The Council on Contemporary Families is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to providing the press and public with the latest research and best-practice findings about American families.

In a new brief report from CCF, Jessica Su finds that breastfeeding benefits are modest, and reach some children more than others
A new brief report from CCF takes a look at how cognitive labor related to household management influences well-being in different ways for mothers and fathers.
New research on how mothers’ concerns about community COVID-19 transmission affects their labor force participation.
CCF Expert and Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz spoke at the recent opening of Legacy Washington’s “Love, Equally” exhibit.
Maureen talks with host Krys Boyd to discuss “the working conditions of parents who must return to work weeks after giving birth and the challenges they face raising healthy children.”
Family formation has long been touted as a source of racial inequality, but what does the research actually say?