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Parent Group Chats: The Mental Load That Never Switches Off
School, club, neighbors, birthday gifts: group chats create an invisible load. Who reads, who sorts, who replies? Insee data and a 5-step method.
Read article →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 →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 →End-of-School-Year Mental Load: Why June Overflows for Parents
School fair, end-of-year show, teacher gifts, class photos, enrollment forms for September, summer camp sign-ups… June is often described by parents as the most loaded month of the school year. According to the 2026 Family Barometer by France's Unaf, 74% of working parents struggled at least once in the past year to meet family responsibilities because of work. In June, that conflict peaks. Here's the anatomy of a very organized avalanche — and of who carries it.
Read article →AI Homework Help for Kids: Sensible Use, Safeguards and the Parent's Role
AI can help a child understand their homework, as long as it doesn't do the homework for them. Sensible uses by age, the risks worth knowing, the rules that protect minors, what parents still need to do, and what Coco Tutor actually does.
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