Women have nearly achieved equality with men in today’s workforce, with one glaring exception: Mothers.

A new study finds that babies raised by working mothers don't necessarily suffer cognitive setbacks, an encouraging finding that follows a raft of previous reports suggesting that women with infants were wiser to stay home.

Economists may assert that we’re in the early stages of a recovery, but surveys continue to show that the impact of the Great Recession on American families is deep, widespread and grim.

Sole parents living on welfare will soon have to seek paid work or attend a training course. Simon Collins talks to a group of mothers about the personal and financial stresses they will face

Any one scientific study cannot provide definitive answers to complex quandaries