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When deciding to join a lab, scientists thinking of having children should consider what kind of support will be available to them.

Balancing the need to network and showcase your scientific work with the demands of parenthood is a difficult act.

Raising children does not require having a done-and-dusted career path.

Being a parent helps to put things into perspective – and make strategic career decisions.

Providing more flexible parental support would reduce the assumption that mothers should be the main caregivers and make it easier for fathers like Modesto Redrejo-Rodríguez to share childcare responsibilities.

Science and parenthood can go together well.

Children on campus may be an unusual sight, but if institutions are supportive it can help parents at the start of their science career.

Shared parenting and flexible working times make everything a lot easier.

Being a parent can push you to reach for higher goals.

Having a child makes you focus on the things that truly matter.