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Schools Call Mothers First: What the New Study Shows
A US field experiment confirms it: schools call the mother first, even when the father is listed as more available. Here's what that means for your household.
Read article →The School Allowance Lands August 18. Your Mental Countdown Started Weeks Ago
On August 18, France's family allowance fund pays out the school allowance — up to €466 per child. What it doesn't pay for is the two-week mental countdown that follows, and that one person in the house is already running.
Read article →Back-to-School Mental Load: Who Actually Carries It?
Supplies, after-school sign-ups, medical certificates, September childcare, easing back into the routine… The school year doesn't begin on the first day of school: it starts in July, inside one parent's head. According to France's Ifop, 64% of women in couples handled the back-to-school supply shopping, versus 16% of men. Here's the anatomy of an invisible calendar — and of who keeps it.
Read article →Sunday night: why parents dread it more than anyone
On Sunday night, you're not stressed about the week ahead. You're running a full mental inventory of everything coming. Here's why your brain switches gears at 6 p.m., why mothers carry it heaviest — and 5 methods to defuse the Sunday night spiral.
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