Psychology class: Time off for new fathers raises bias awareness
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Time off for new fathers raises bias awareness
From your studies, outline what psychological research has told us about the role of the father
To what extent does evidence in the article agree with this?
The article mentions that since 2015, UK parents have had the option of ‘shared parental leave’. What is this? What do the uptake figures suggest?
What does Stuart Mitchell, who works for Aviva, say about shared parental leave?
The article states that the US analytics company ‘Humanyze’ makes parental leave mandatory. To what extent do the attachment theories you have studies agree with this sort of practice?
What are the economics implications of research into the role of mothers and fathers? Refer to the comments by Gregg Carman and Fahad Sayood
Danny Galbraith, St Bartholomew’s School
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