Backup child care
Benefits-eligible MIT staff, faculty, and postdocs (associates and fellows) can request up to 15 days of backup child care per fiscal year (July 1 - June 30).
Eligible MIT graduate students can request up to 15 days of backup child care per fiscal year (July 1 - June 30) or date of graduation, whichever comes first.
Enhanced family supports
Beginning July 1, 2025, MIT benefits-eligible staff, faculty, and postdocs will have access to savings on a number of family and education support services.
MIT MyLife Services
MIT's employee assistance program, MIT MyLife Services, provides MIT faculty, staff, postdocs – and families – 24/7 access to a network of experts who are available to help with life concerns.
Parent coaching
Parents of infants through teens can sign up for a solution-focused consultation with a certified parenting coach.
Work-Life webinar series
Presented by Work-Life, these webinars provide research-based strategies, tips, and information to help you deal with a diverse array of work-life and wellbeing issues, including parenting.
Additional Resources
Raising Teens & Young Adult Development: Two groundbreaking projects highlight the stages of development from childhood to adulthood, as well as the research-based ways in which parents can help.
TeenLife: Offers a free, comprehensive web directory of STEM, gap year, pre-college, overnight summer, and community service programs for students in grades 7–12.
