Center on Children and Families

Future of Children

Work and Family

On October 5, 2011, the Brookings Institution and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School released the latest Future of Children volume, titled "Work and Family." The articles in this volume review the problems encountered by working families and propose policies for both the public and private sectors aimed at reducing work-family pressures.

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Past Editions of The Future of Children


Immigrant Children (Vol. 21, no. 1)


Fragile Families (Vol. 20, no. 2)


Transition to Adulthood (Vol. 20, no. 1)


Preventing Child Maltreatment (Vol. 19, no. 2)


America's High Schools (Vol. 19, no. 1)


Juvenile Justice (Vol. 18, no. 2)


Children and Electronic Media (Vol. 18, no. 1)


The Next Generation of Antipoverty Policies (Vol. 17, no. 2)


Excellence in the Classroom (Vol. 17, no. 1)


Opportunity in America (Vol. 16, no. 2)


Childhood Obesity (Vol. 16, no. 1)


Marriage and Child Wellbeing (Vol. 15, no. 2)


School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps (Vol. 15, no. 1)


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