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Why Sweden Isn’t The Family Paradise You May Think

Wild nature, good childcare, equal rights: Sweden is often romanticized as a paradise for parents to raise kids. But the reality is far more complicated.

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Where Dementia Patients Live Their Parallel Lives — With Staff Playing Along

People with dementia are often patronized and their movements restricted — like in prison, some say. Gammeloase, a retirement home in Germany does things very differently. For Germany’s Die Zeit, Anna Scheld asks whether this approach is sustainable and whether it could be replicated elsewhere.

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Women Of Disquiet: A Loud, Hard ‘No’ To Portugal’s Paid Housewife Scheme

A right-wing association of men in Portugal wants housewives to be recognized for their work — but in doing so wants to make sure that housework is something that is only connected to the female gender. Stop right there.

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