What The New Child Tax Credit Would — And Wouldn’t — Do For Families
Joe Hughes talked to Fatherly about what the new CTC proposes — and exactly where it falls short.
In 2021, Americans got a brief taste of a wildly audacious and expanded social safety net program. As part of the American Rescue Plan, Congress expanded the child tax credit (CTC) — a long-running program that gave qualifying families a partially refundable tax credit based on their income — into something much bigger and more profound…
Josh Duhamel's Baby Has A Uniquely Old-School Name — And, No, It’s Not ‘Gary’
Though the name may be a surprise, the name Duhamel didn’t pick isn’t.
The Wonderfully Wacky Baby Naming Trends Defining The 2020s, According To A Baby Naming Expert
We sat down with a baby naming expert to talk about the baby name trends defining the past decade and beyond. Here’s what to know.
20 Years Later, I Saw The Postal Service In Concert, And Damn It Feels Good To Be Emo
At Madison Square Garden, as the summer turned into the fall of 2023, Ben Gibbard took to the stadium arena, at exactly 9:00 PM in an all-black outfit — button-up, jeans, microphone with a red cord — and quickly dove into the opening track of Death Cab For Cutie’s 2003 groundbreaking album, Transatlanticism.
It’s Probably Best Kids Don’t Know The Real History Of Halloween
… While everyone loves Halloween, perhaps no one knows more about it than Lisa Morton, an American horror author and screenwriter who has won the Bram Stoker Award — horror’s premier literary award — six times, for her nonfiction, short fiction, graphic-novel work, and anthologies, and nominated a total of 10 times.
Workers Are About To Get Hit Hard By The Child Care Funding Crisis
Child care has always been a business in which the numbers just don’t add up, says Melissa Colagrosso, a veteran of the child care industry and CEO of A Place To Grow Children’s Center in Oak Hill, West Virginia. The razor-thin profit margins, high operating costs, and professional requirements for early childhood educators mean one small blip and your business could be deep in the red…
Child Labor Laws Are Being Repealed Across The Country. Why Now?
“This is part of a much larger agenda of privatization and deregulation of our public institutions,” says Mast. “When you have youth potentially foregoing higher education, future earnings, and the ability to earn higher wages in our economy, their wages are depressed over their entire lifetime. That's bad for the macro economy. It's bad for adults...”
9 Things Parents With Student Loans Need To Do Before October
Since the vast majority of us last made student loan payments, a lot has changed — so how can we best prepare? Fatherly spoke to three student loan experts about the new landscape of student loan repayment, what to expect, and how to get ready for October. Bottom line: Don’t delay. Figure out what you owe and what repayment plan will work for you — now.
Student Loan Payments Are Back — How Biden's SAVE Program Could Help Families
SAVE is potentially big news for families, given that borrowers between the ages of 35 to 49 — peak parenting years in the U.S. — make up the largest group of borrowers by far (at 14 million) and owe the most in federal student loans. And because under SAVE, family size directly affects how much borrowers will pay each month…
Travis Barker's Punk Rock Baby Name Idea Is Divine '80s Inspiration
“Yo, Adrian!” meets “Institutionalized” in a punk-rock baby name mash-up for the ages.
The Secretary Of Education Sets His Sights On Child Care
Child care costs are soaring and Americans are struggling. Secretary Miguel Cardona explains the struggle — and the path to a permanent solution.
Pete Buttigieg: “Every Form Of Transportation Could Be Made Easier For Families”
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg just made flying easier and cheaper for parents. Now, he has his sights on sidewalks (and trains, and roadways, and car seats, and...).
2.7 Million Kids Have Parents In Prison. Here’s What It’s Really Like.
Nearly a million parents are incarcerated in America. Lonnie Lewis Jr. wants everyone to know what that’s like — and the profound impact it has.
11 Things Everyone Should Know About The $1.7 Trillion Student Debt Crisis
Three experts explain what we all need to understand about the student debt crisis — and how it can be fixed.
10 Ways The Child Tax Credit Changed Families' Lives
As more data comes out about the transformative effects of the Child Tax Credit, we spoke to experts who outlined 11 major takeaways on what we know about the CTC.
The Anti-Abortion Movement Is the Enduring Conservative Ethos. Why?
What we know about the anti-abortion movement, and what we don't.
Vehicle Safety Ratings Will Soon Focus on Pedestrian Safety, Too
… For the first time ever, and amid a massive rise in traffic-related deaths of pedestrians, the NCAP and NHTSA are going to look again at how they rate vehicle safety. And this time, they’re not just going to think about people inside the cars and how they will fare in an accident — they’ll also look at how safe the cars are for the pedestrians around them who share the roads.
Paid Leave Is the Workplace Equalizer That Americans Deserve
America lags behind, well, everyone when it comes to paid leave policy. The result? A cycle of socio-economic and racial discrimination goes on and on.
“Housing Is At The Intersection of Almost Everything”
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge on what the federal government wants to do to make families lives easier — starting with affordable homes.