The future of parenting will be more complex. Here's how businesses can help
The future of parenting will be more complex. Here's how businesses can help

Parenting

It’s said that parents have the hardest job in the world — and that job comes with plenty of hopes, fears, and unmet needs that brands can help solve.
What the Future: Parenting
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It’s said that parents have the hardest job in the world — and that job comes with plenty of hopes, fears, and unmet needs that brands should be paying attention to. What the Future: Parenting offers exclusive data and analysis on what today’s (and tomorrow’s) parents want, and how business leaders and policymakers can support them today and in the years to come.

What the Future: Parenting also explores how forces like climate change, technological innovation, and shifting social norms could reshape family dynamics and parenting styles in the years to come, and what those changes means for industries as varied as technology, health, food and beverage, education, and finance.

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Letter from the Editor


How technology is reshaping family dynamics and parenting in the future

Matt Carmichael, What the Future editor, head of the Ipsos Trends & Foresight Lab

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Shifts


The changes in people, markets and society that will shape the future of parenting

Trevor Sudano, principal, Ipsos Strategy3

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Interviews & Features


How today’s parents are raising tomorrow’s leaders differently 

Rachel Minkin, research associate, Pew Research Center

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The futures parents want — and expect —for their children 

Brand insights from Ipsos’ Sheena Singh

How brands can navigate complex parenting styles 

Catherine Bertrac, senior vice president of marketing, Kinder

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Why brands should support modern parents against old biases

Brand insights from Ipsos’ Melissa Dunne

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How AI can (maybe?) make parenting roles more equal 

Avni Patel Thompson, founder, Milo

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How climate anxiety is shaping people’s decisions to have kids 

Jade Sasser, podcaster; associate professor, University of California, Riverside

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Why parenting leads to greener perspectives (and purchases) 

Brand insights from Ipsos’ Alicia Levers

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Future Jobs to Be Done

Brand insights from Ipsos’ Philip Ryan

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