Council on Contemporary Families

CCF’s Weekly Media Round-up by Steve Mintz, April 5th, 2016

CCF Briefing

  1. Housing Vouchers, Economic Mobility, and Chicago’s Infamous ‘Projects’
  2. Overall Stagnation in Legal Jobs Hides Underlying Shifts
  3. 6 ways good parents contribute to their child’s anxiety
  4. Boundless life expectancy: The future of aging populations
  5. Girls Just Wanna Be Heard
  6. The End of Welfare as We Know It
  7. Same-Sex Couples Can Now Adopt Children In All 50 States
  8. Teenage Sexting Is Not Child Porn
  9. New therapies for ADHD: Buyer beware
  10. Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest
  11. Investigating the Minds of Mass Killers
  12. Yes, Marry for the Sake of the Children
  13. Parents With Sleep Problems Think Their Children Have Them, Too
  14. Love in the Time of Monogamy
  15. Will You Sprint, Stroll or Stumble Into a Career?
  16. A Conversation With Asians on Race
  17. What Hulk Hogan’s Gawker Lawsuit Means for Our Privacy
  18. How Do You Die From Alzheimer’s?
  19. Old Age: Simulation vs. Reality
  20. A new look at personal income inequality and social class
  21. Why is the American government ignoring 23 million of its citizens?
  22. California’s $15 Minimum Wage Makes A Lot Less Sense Outside Of Silicon Valley
  23. Advice on Boys and Sex, From the Author of ‘Girls and Sex’
  24. Body Language
  25. American poverty grows more concentrated.
  26. A new family form but an old question
  27. This model of wealthy suburban living is starting to fray
  28. Investigating the Minds of Mass Killers
  29. A bachelor’s degree isn’t the only path to success
  30. Can Handwriting Make You Smarter?
  31. Teenagers Hardest
  32. 2015 was a terrible year for the common working man
  33. Late-Night Work Email: Blessing or Curse?
  34. Crime Spike in St. Louis Traced to Cheap Heroin and Mexican Cartels
  35. Work, Life, and Everything

 

  1. Housing Vouchers, Economic Mobility, and Chicago’s Infamous ‘Projects’

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/03/what-demolitions-of-chicagos-projects-in-1990-reveal-about-housing-vouchers/475809/?utm_source=nl__link4_040116

Relocating to a lower-poverty neighborhood has significant, long-term benefits for kids, regardless of their age.

 

  1. Overall Stagnation in Legal Jobs Hides Underlying Shifts

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/business/dealbook/overall-stagnation-in-legal-jobs-hides-underlying-shifts.html

Low-skilled jobs like bookkeepers, file clerks and data entry are shrinking, while high-skilled jobs like professional workers are growing.

 

  1. 6 ways good parents contribute to their child’s anxiety

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/04/01/6-ways-good-parents-contribute-to-their-childs-anxiety/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_parent

 

  1. Boundless life expectancy: The future of aging populations

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2016/03/23-life-expectancy-extention-koettl#.Vv0a-xxsStg.email

 

  1. Girls Just Wanna Be Heard

https://newrepublic.com/article/132110/girls-just-wanna-heard

In her new book, Nancy Jo Sales explores how teenage girls on social media provoke attention—but fails to show how they also demand respect.

 

  1. The End of Welfare as We Know It

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/the-end-of-welfare-as-we-know-it/476322/

America’s once-robust safety net is no more.

 

  1. Same-Sex Couples Can Now Adopt Children In All 50 States

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mississippi-same-sex-adoption_us_56fdb1a3e4b083f5c607567f

A federal judge ruled Mississippi’s ban on same-sex adoption is unconstitutional.  CCFer Brian Powell testified in this case.

 

  1. Teenage Sexting Is Not Child Porn

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/04/opinion/teenage-sexting-is-not-child-porn.html?emc=edit_ty_20160404&nl=opinion&nlid=2782969&_r=1

Decriminalize consensual behavior. That way we can focus on real digital harm.

 

  1. New therapies for ADHD: Buyer beware

http://hechingerreport.org/adhd-studies-on-new-therapies/

 

  1. Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html

With so much research showing that young males suffer beneath the gravity of conventional masculinity, why isn’t there more help for them on campus?

 

  1. Investigating the Minds of Mass Killers

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/04/health/investigating-the-minds-of-mass-killers.html

Lone killers usually don’t fit into any existing category of mental illness, and there’s little evidence that early treatment would have helped.

 

  1. Yes, Marry for the Sake of the Children

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/opinion/yes-marry-for-the-sake-of-the-children.html

Marriage is critical for mitigating the risk of living in poverty.

 

  1. Parents With Sleep Problems Think Their Children Have Them, Too

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/parents-with-sleep-problems-think-their-children-have-them-too/

Doctors have to remember that reports of the children are coming through the filter of the parents — on sleep and other issues.

 

  1. Love in the Time of Monogamy

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/books/review/love-in-the-time-of-monogamy.html

What happens when scholars take on the morally controversial question of polygamy?

 

  1. Will You Sprint, Stroll or Stumble Into a Career?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/will-you-sprint-stroll-or-stumble-into-a-career.html

The long launch into adulthood has gotten even longer. Why are so many new graduates wandering or straggling after college?

 

  1. A Conversation With Asians on Race

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/opinion/a-conversation-with-asians-on-race.html

Asian-Americans confront stereotypes about their community.

 

  1. What Hulk Hogan’s Gawker Lawsuit Means for Our Privacy

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/opinion/what-hulk-hogans-gawker-lawsuit-means-for-our-privacy.html

A tawdry trial about sex tapes and celebrity shows how we should rethink information in the digital age.

 

  1. How Do You Die From Alzheimer’s?

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/ask-well-how-do-you-die-from-alzheimers/

Alzheimer’s disease lasts six to eight years, on average, from the onset of symptoms until death. Patients who are physically healthy when Alzheimer’s is diagnosed can live for up to 15 or even 20 years.

 

  1. Old Age: Simulation vs. Reality

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/opinion/old-age-simulation-vs-reality.html

A reader says a museum’s efforts to let visitors experience the physical challenges of the elderly are flawed.

 

  1. A new look at personal income inequality and social class

http://journalistsresource.org/studies/economics/inequality/income-inequality-research-distribution-class

A study in the American Journal of Sociology looks at the link between growing income inequality and workforce roles since the 1980s.

 

  1. Why is the American government ignoring 23 million of its citizens?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-is-the-american-government-ignores-23-million-of-its-citizens/2016/03/31/4da5d682-f428-11e5-a3ce-f06b5ba21f33_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_headlines

A vast underground army of released felons — adult men and women convicted of serious criminal offenses for which they have been punished with prison time or probation, and who now form part of the general population.

 

  1. California’s $15 Minimum Wage Makes A Lot Less Sense Outside Of Silicon Valley

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/californias-15-minimum-wage-makes-a-lot-less-sense-outside-of-silicon-valley/

In San Francisco, most of the jobs that pay less than $15 an hour (or at least those that likely will in 2022, when the $15 wage is expected to take effect) are typical low-wage work: fast food cooks, dishwashers, manicurists, cashiers. But in Fresno, the list is much longer, and includes jobs that are often considered working- or even lower-middle-class: preschool teachers, nursing assistants, bank tellers. Overall prices are more than 20 percent higher in the Bay Area than in Fresno; rents are almost double.

 

Nearly 16 percent of U.S. workers are in some form of alternative employment arrangement such as temporary, on-call or contract work, up from 10 percent in 2005. But as The Wall Street Journal wrote this week, very little of that increase is due to people finding work through online apps. Instead, the shift is largely due to old-economy employers in manufacturing, education, health and public administration contracting out a growing share of their work. In 2014, 14 million people lived in extremely poor neighborhoods in the U.S., more than twice as many as in 2000. Young, college-educated adults are increasingly moving to urban centers. The suburbanization of the US population continues for everyone else.

 

  1. Advice on Boys and Sex, From the Author of ‘Girls and Sex’

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/boys-sex-peggy-orenstein-author-of-girls-and-sex/

 

  1. Body Language

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/interrogation/2016/04/an_interview_with_peggy_orenstein_author_of_girls_and_sex_navigating_the.html

Girls and Sex author Peggy Orenstein on the mixed messages of Kim Kardashian and why teen girls still haven’t learned real sexual confidence.

 

  1. American poverty grows more concentrated.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2016/03/31-concentrated-poverty-recession-kneebone-holmes

More than half of all poor Americans now live in high poverty or extremely poor neighborhoods.

 

  1. A new family form but an old question

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-new-family-form-but-an-old-question/2016/04/01/1427d85c-f68e-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_opinions

Parenting rights shouldn’t be different for same-sex couples.

 

  1. This model of wealthy suburban living is starting to fray

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-news/this-model-of-wealthy-suburban-living-is-starting-to-fray/2016/04/02/e9ad0ace-f107-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_headlines

For decades, Fairfax County, Va. — the nation’s second wealthiest county — has been a place of good governance and elite schools. Now, years of budget cuts are taking their toll, and a population that is growing older, poorer and more diverse is sharpening the need for basic services.

 

  1. Investigating the Minds of Mass Killers

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/04/health/investigating-the-minds-of-mass-killers.html

Lone killers usually don’t fit into any existing category of mental illness, and there’s little evidence that early treatment would have helped.

 

  1. A bachelor’s degree isn’t the only path to success

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/social-mobility-memos/posts/2016/04/01-not-just-college-technical-education-pathway-middle-class-petrilli

Few economically disadvantaged students attend or complete four-year colleges. Technical and career education could offer a more viable path out of poverty.

 

  1. Can Handwriting Make You Smarter?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/can-handwriting-make-you-smarter-1459784659?mod=djem10point

Compared with those who type their notes, people who write them out in longhand appear to learn better, retain information longer, and more readily grasp new ideas.

 

  1. Teenagers Hardest

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/upshot/schools-are-slow-to-learn-that-sleep-deprivation-hits-teenagers-hardest.html

Younger people need more sleep than adults, and they face antiquated school schedules.

 

  1. 2015 was a terrible year for the common working man

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/30/2015-was-a-terrible-year-for-the-common-working-man/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_headlines

By one measure, last year saw a record-setting rise in wage inequality between men who earn the most and those whose earnings fall somewhere in the middle.

 

  1. Late-Night Work Email: Blessing or Curse?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/late-night-work-email-blessing-or-curse-1459275326?mod=djem10point

Flexible workplace policies now enable more of us to leave the office early, put the kids to bed and log on from home to finish our work. Some celebrate the option as a freedom. For others, it feels like an intrusion on their home life.

 

  1. Crime Spike in St. Louis Traced to Cheap Heroin and Mexican Cartels

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/us/crime-spike-in-st-louis-traced-to-cheap-heroin-and-mexican-cartels.html

In recent years, Mexican drug traffickers have inundated the St. Louis area with a new, potent form of heroin, drastically reducing prices to lure suburban users.

 

  1. Work, Life, and Everything

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/work-life-and-everything/

Celebrating the end of ambition.

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