My husband and I decided to work part time after the birth of our first child. Strangers have asked my husband why he's taking care of our kids. We've both taken pay cuts — but we've also saved money on childcare. When we had our first child, my husband and I needed to figure out how to balance childcare and work. We both wanted to spend time with our son but didn't want to stop working or pay for expensive childcare. The UK has some of the highest childcare costs in the world, and the lack...

Studiostockart/ Getty Images Workplace well-being is having its moment. I think that’s safe to say, even though, yes, I’m saying it as a Chief Well-Being Officer. Never before have we had the opportunity we now have to redefine work around well-being. Never before have both employees and leaders been more in alignment on the value and necessity of well-being, both in their organizations and in their lives. We have the opportunity to create the world of work that we want to work in. Both the...

Image source: TikTok/melissa-mccabe To read more of Sethuraman S.'s article, please click here. A teenage mom has received appreciation after taking her toddler as her date to the school prom. Melissa Mccabe, who is 16 now, became pregnant when she was 14 and gave birth to Arthur in November 2020. Mccabe, who lives in the U.K., describes her 1-year-old son as her "little blessing" and said she wanted him to be part of her prom. "When prom came around, no one could really have him and I...

Keith Magee - Arron Dunworth © Provided by CNN To read more of Keith Magee's article, please click here. Editor’s Note: Keith Magee is a theologian, political adviser and social justice scholar. He is chair and professor of practice in social justice at Newcastle University (United Kingdom). He is visiting professor in cultural justice at University College London Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, senior fellow within Cultural Engagement, where he leads Black Britain and Beyond ,...

New York, NY, USA-December 28, 2019 A Untied Methodist Church with a Pride Flag showing support for the LGBT community Photo: Shutterstock To read more of Bil Browning's article, please click here. The Methodist Church UK has issued an inclusive language guide that urges church officials and lay people to update terminology to be more welcoming. “As Christians, we need to have the courage for conversations that can sometimes be difficult, to recognise that we sometimes exclude people, to...