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[email protected] web: www.bc.edu/boisi BOSTON COLLEGE BOISI CENTER FOR RELIGION AND AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE Symposium on Religion and Politics THE FUTURE OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY “A Comparative Look at Having and Raising Children” Table of Contents: Nicholas Eberstadt, “The Global Flight from the Family,” Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2015… 1 Pamela Druckerman, Bringing up Bebe (New York: Penguin Press, 2012). “Day Care?” (chapter 6)… 8 “Let Him Live his Life” (chapter 14)… 19 Claire Cain Miller, “The Economic Benefits of Paid Parental Leave,” New York Times, January 30, 2015… 27 Claire Cain Miller and Liz Alderman, “Why U.S. Women Are Leaving Jobs Behind,” New York Times, December 12, 2014… 31 “Managing Population Change: Case Study: Pro-Natalist Policy in France,” BBC.com… 38 “French Birth Rate Falls below Two Children per Woman,” Reuters, January 14, 2014… 39 Gretchen Livingston, “U.S. Is the Outlier when It Comes to Paid Parental Leave,” Pew Research Center, December 12, 2013… 40 Gordon B. Dahl, et. al., “What Is the Case for Paid Maternity Leave,” NBER Working Paper no. 19595 (October 2013) (Abstract)… 45 Simon Rogers, “Child Care Costs: How the UK Compares with the World,” Guardian, May 21, 2012… 46 Michael Baker, et. al., “Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well-Being,” NBER Working Paper no.