Parenthood

Around 54 per cent of parents surveyed do not have an instant answer to their kid's question and 44 per cent have admitted to making up answers on the spot, an Amazon Alexa commissioned survey said on Monday. The survey conducted by market research firm Kantar among more than 750 parents across six cities found that 52 per cent of respondents instantly searched and answered accurately. "The survey reveals that about 54 per cent of surveyed parents often feel that they don't have instant answers for kids' questions. It further indicates that 52 per cent of respondents instantly search and answer accurately if they don't know the answer. What's interesting to note is that 44 per cent of surveyed parents admitted to making up answers on the spot," the survey said. According to the survey, over 90 per cent of parents agree that they encourage their kids to ask more questions to help them continually grow and learn about new things and nearly 92 per cent of parents agree that they learn

The Delhi High Court has said the exclusion of "infertile couples" from the benefit of surrogacy prima facie violates their basic right to parenthood as it denies them access to legally and medically-regulated procedures and services. The court's order came on a petition filed by a married couple aggrieved by an amendment to the surrogacy law "effectively barring the use of surrogacy services by infertile couples unless both of them have the ability to generate gametes". The petitioner couple said before the March 14 notification by the Centre that introduced the exclusion in question by amending paragraph 1(d) of Form 2 under rule 7 of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, they were looking for a surrogate as the wife was found to be infertile, but have now been deprived of their right to parenthood for all times to come and their fertilised embryo has become "legally unviable". A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said the crux of the matter lies in the "apparen

Mandatory paternity leave would help close the wage gap and strengthen family bonds