Understanding sharing and balance
An exchange on equal terms: news on reciprocity in couples, at work and in conversation.
The same UK parental leave package nets £10.1 billion or costs £6.3 billion, depending on one line item
A University of Bath report published on October 13, 2026 values a redesign of UK parental leave at a £10.1 billion net social gain. Without the money value of parents' wellbeing, the same model shows a £6.3 billion net cost.
A psychologist calls paternity leave medicine, and Germany's fathers plan 3.8 months to mothers' 14.9
A psychologist argued in Time on October 10, 2026 that paternity leave is child development, on correlational research. Germany's 2025 figures show fathers planning 3.8 months of parental allowance to mothers' 14.9.
Mothers handle 71% of household mental tasks, fathers 45%, as a mental load coach goes on CBS
Zach Watson, a mental load coach, appeared on “CBS Mornings” on October 1, 2026. A University of Bath and University of Melbourne survey of 3,000 US parents puts mothers at 71% of household mental tasks and fathers at 45%.