Children & Families

Lawrence and Allison Holt with their children, from left, Holly, Jace, Josh, Lexi, Sidney, Maci and Katie. The Holts, who were recently named the Oklahoma Department of Human Services Adoptive Parents of the Year, have adopted their seven children, ranging in age from 10 months to 6 years, within the last five years.

Children & Families

A national campaign to improve foster care

Ron Haskins

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Are you a Dream Hoarder?

Monday, June 19, 2017

Michael Grabinski, two weeks old held by his mother Calee.

Brookings Now

It’s time to make paid parental leave happen nationally, and here’s how to do it

Friday, June 16, 2017

Katy Yeager Gooding meets with social worker Davis at Lily's Place in Huntington, West Virginia

Social Mobility Memos

A paid parental leave policy Republicans and Democrats might agree on

Aparna Mathur and Isabel V. Sawhill

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Reports

Mothers relax on the grass with their babies at Central Park during a warm day in New York, March 22, 2012. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED SATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) - RTR2ZQFC

Children & Families

Paid family and medical leave: An issue whose time has come

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

A girl naps in the stands at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York

Children & Families

Start high school later for better academic outcomes

David Figlio

Thursday, May 25, 2017

A couple pose for a selfie during a foggy morning commute in New York's Harbor.

Children & Families

Cohabiting parents differ from married ones in three big ways

Richard V. Reeves and Eleanor Krause

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Students arrive for class at Mahnomen Elementary School in Mahnomen, Minnesota.

Children & Families

Convenience plus a conscience: Lessons for school integration

Richard V. Reeves and Edward Rodrigue

Friday, March 24, 2017

Four-year olds Ryan Htut (L) and Justin Hernandez play in a plastic cube at the Frederick, Maryland Head Start facility March 13, 2012.

Children & Families

Why the federal government should subsidize childcare and how to pay for it

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Blog Posts

Kane plays with a toy at the home of his family in El Paso

Social Mobility Memos

Social skills matter, but how do we measure and grow them in the classroom?

Allegra Pocinki and Richard V. Reeves

Friday, June 2, 2017

Up Front

The Hutchins Center Explains: Why programs for young children are long-term investments

Brittany Scott and Louise Sheiner

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A family holds hands as they cross the street on the first day of Spring in New York.

Social Mobility Memos

In Europe, cohabitation is stable…right?

W. Bradford Wilcox and Laurie DeRose

Monday, March 27, 2017

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Generation Unbound

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Voices for Children

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Experts

Isabel V. Sawhill

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Ron Haskins

The Cabot Family Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Co-Director - Center on Children and Families

Richard V. Reeves

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Co-Director - Center on Children and Families

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Multimedia

Children & Families

Cash assistance for child poverty

Ron Haskins, H. Luke Shaefer, Chris Wimer, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Children & Families

Becoming brilliant: What science tells us about raising successful children

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Fred Dews

Friday, June 10, 2016

Children & Families

Invest in children for better outcomes

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Fred Dews

Friday, May 27, 2016

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Reports

The future of school-based social and emotional learning programs

Should the U.S. enact a universal child allowance?

Like father, like son? Family instability across generations

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families

The Cabot Family Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Co-Director - Center on Children and Families

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Co-Director - Center on Children and Families