France has recorded the highest birth rate in Europe – something it's managed to sustain since 2000. This is driven partly by the fact that the country's wages have remained fairly stable, but gender equality and parents' freedom to work may also be encouraging women to have kids.

What would you do if you had to work more for less money? This is a question faced by many French employees, as the famous 35-hour work week – and 25-day paid holiday – goes under government review. Could it bebonjourto the eight hour work day andau revoirto the two hour lunch?

In the US, 83% of new mums are Gen Yers, and though 88% of this generation want to avoid becoming a ‘helicopter parent’, many are happy to use tech to check on their kids. In the second of a two-part report, we ask if more dads will take paternity leave, and look at the rise of the ‘drone parent’.

The PR industry favours the young, but often requires employees to work past retirement age. Knowing that it may be hard to find your place if you’re not part of Gen Y, Wunderlich Kaplan Communications is offering a new internship to women over 40. But is age really just a number?