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Schools Call Mothers First: What the New Study Shows
A September 2026 study 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 →Social Media Age Law Struck Down: The Burden Is Back on You
A law was supposed to take social media monitoring off your plate. It was struck down three weeks before the school year started. Here's what survived, what didn't, and what you can actually do while you wait for a rewrite.
Read article →August 31, 2026: Tonight, Back-to-School Mental Load Peaks
Teachers went back today. Students go back tomorrow. In between, there's tonight: the moment when every piece of household logistics has to be locked down, and it still lands, once again, on one person.
Read article →Back to School 2026: The Mental Load Before Tuesday
Eight days before school starts, an invisible list is running in millions of households. What it actually contains, who's carrying it, and what could lighten it before Tuesday.
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 →Mental Load: The Blind Spot in the Mental Health Push
Mental health is a public priority in 2026. Yet the mental load — the invisible weight carried mostly by women at home — is left out of the conversation.
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