CCF Briefing
- Why are out-of-work men so unhappy in the US?
- At major colleges, sexual assaults most likely off-campus
- Intimacy and sex are important for well-being for older adults
- For decades, women on the Pill suffered. They didn’t have to.
- Does parental quality matter? Evidence on the transmission of human capital
- How Parkland Was Different, and Why Much Remains the Same
- The Value of Childhood Crushes
- The Secret History of Women in Coding
- The Google and Apple App That Helps Saudi Men Limit Female Relatives’ Travel
- As dollar stores move into cities, some say they are not just a response to poverty – but a cause
- Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit
- My Wife Was Dying, and We Didn’t Tell Our Children
- A New Law Made Him a ‘Free Man on Paper,’ but He Died Behind Bars
- The telling
- Ruling affirming the rights of students accused of sexual misconduct roils California colleges
- Why Are We Still Dismissing Girls’ Pain?
- Embryo ‘Adoption’ Is Growing, but It’s Getting Tangled in the Abortion Debate
- States Flout Abortion Coverage Requirements, Federal Investigators Say
- Do Women in Politics Face a Double Standard?
- What Is Death?
- Everything I Know About Feminism I Learned From Nuns
- Do American Women Still Need an Equal Rights Amendment?
- Don’t Let Sex Distract You From the Revolution
- Esquire’s Cover Boy and Our Culture of Shame
- A Mother Learns the Identity of Her Child’s Grandmother. A Sperm Bank Threatens to Sue.
- ‘I Am Now Your Mom’: On Twitter, a Pledge of Support for L.G.B.T. Youths
- Sharon Mattes, 48, Dies; Central Figure in a Gay Custody Case
- U.S. Airlines to Offer New Gender Options for Non-Binary Passengers
- Dialysis Is a Way of Life for Many Older Patients. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be.
- Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants
- Don’t expand Social Security. Our elderly are mostly fine.
- Active-Shooter Drills Are Tragically Misguided
- When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class
- What You and Your Family Need to Know About Maternal Depression
- Girls Get Tech. They Just Need Others to Believe It.
- Eating Processed Foods Tied to Shorter Life
- Depression During and After Pregnancy Can Be Prevented, National Panel Says. Here’s How.
- The Biggest Economic Divides Aren’t Regional. They’re Local. (Just Ask Parents.)
- How to Help Teens Weather Their Emotional Storms
- Dear Therapist: My Daughter Hasn’t Wanted a Relationship With Me for 25 Years
- The Wedding-Industry Bonanza, on Full Display
- The measure of a country is how it treats its prisoners. The U.S. is failing.
- Are Smartphones and Social Media Hurting Our Kids?
- When Wall Street Is Your Landlord
- 14 Children Died in the Parkland Shooting. Nearly 1,200 Have Died From Guns Since.
- Behavior at Age 6 May Predict Adult Income
- Navigating the Male-Female Work Relationship
- How to Make Time with Family and Loved Ones Count
- Inflammation in Midlife May Lead to Memory Problems
- How racial and regional inequality affect economic opportunity for black Americans
- Why are out-of-work men so unhappy in the US?
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/02/12/why-are-out-of-work-men-so-unhappy-in-the-us/
In a study spanning four different regions of the world, Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto find that prime-age men who have dropped out of the labor force suffer from remarkably low levels of life satisfaction and well-being, with the American cohort in especially deep despair.
- At major colleges, sexual assaults most likely off-campus
But their responsibility to address those could be curtailed by the Trump administration’s Title IX rules
- Intimacy and sex are important for well-being for older adults
- For decades, women on the Pill suffered. They didn’t have to.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/07/decades-women-pill-suffered-they-didnt-have/
- Does parental quality matter? Evidence on the transmission of human capital
https://www.nber.org/papers/w25495.pdf
Using administrative data for Israeli students, Eric Gould et al. exploit variations in parental involvement due to death, divorce, and increasing specialization of parental roles in larger families to study the causal impact of parental education on a child’s human capital (indicated by a high-stakes matriculation exam). The researchers show that parental education has a large causal impact on the human capital of children; but critically, the size of the impact depends on the amount of time a child spends with each parent.
- How Parkland Was Different, and Why Much Remains the Same
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/us/school-shootings-parkland.html
The Parkland students became a force for gun control legislation and boosted the youth vote. Here’s how they changed America’s response to mass shootings.
- The Value of Childhood Crushes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/well/family/valentines-day-children-crushes-parenting.html
Don’t diminish them as “puppy love,” experts say.
- The Secret History of Women in Coding
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.html
Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong? Speaking of which, if you are a woman with a keen interest in computer programming, you might want to consider completing an online coding course. You can learn more about some of the most popular coding courses out there by doing some research online. Who knows, a new career in computer programming or even web design could be calling your name.
- The Google and Apple App That Helps Saudi Men Limit Female Relatives’ Travel
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-app-women.html
Rights groups urge the two tech giants to remove an app available on their platforms that men use to control women relatives under Saudi “guardianship” laws.
- As dollar stores move into cities, some say they are not just a response to poverty – but a cause
In cities, the stores trade in economic despair, with many residents saying they are a vital source of cheap staples. But as they cluster in low-income neighborhoods, some see a steep downside.
- Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/remembering-the-murder-you-didnt-commit
DNA evidence exonerated six convicted killers. So why do some of them recall the crime so clearly?
- My Wife Was Dying, and We Didn’t Tell Our Children
The choice was unusual, but loving: We wanted them to live without the shadow of their mother’s mortality hanging over them.
- A New Law Made Him a ‘Free Man on Paper,’ but He Died Behind Bars
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/criminal-justice-reform-steve-cheatham.html
Terminally ill federal prisoners have long had the option of applying for what is called compassionate release – at least in theory. But in practice, that reprieve has come too late for many.
- The telling
https://aeon.co/essays/when-a-parent-dies-by-suicide-how-are-the-children-told
When a parent dies by suicide, how the children are told casts a permanent shadow on their understanding of life and loss
- Ruling affirming the rights of students accused of sexual misconduct roils California colleges
https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-california-universities-title-ix-20190215-story.html
state appellate court ruled that “fundamental fairness” requires that accused students have a right to a hearing and to cross-examine their accusers. The decision last month came in a USC case but applies to all California public and private colleges.
- Why Are We Still Dismissing Girls’ Pain?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/opinion/girls-pain-sexual-abuse.html
People continue to struggle with the idea that women are the authorities on their own bodies.
- Embryo ‘Adoption’ Is Growing, but It’s Getting Tangled in the Abortion Debate
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/health/embryo-adoption-donated-snowflake.html
Many agencies that offer donated embryos, including most of those supported by federal grants, are affiliated with Christian or anti-abortion rights organizations.
- States Flout Abortion Coverage Requirements, Federal Investigators Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/us/politics/states-abortion-coverage-medicaid.html
One state, South Dakota, has for 25 years failed to provide the required coverage for abortion in cases of rape or incest, a government report says.
- Do Women in Politics Face a Double Standard?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/opinion/letters/women-politics-sexism.html
Readers discuss if and how gender bias and stereotypes play a role in politics, citing past presidential races.
- What Is Death?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/opinion/sunday/death-definition.html
It’s not a simple biological fact. It’s a complex social choice.
- Everything I Know About Feminism I Learned From Nuns
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/opinion/sunday/catholic-school-nuns-feminism.html
What it meant to be surrounded by educated women who were not wives or mothers.
- Do American Women Still Need an Equal Rights Amendment?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/sunday-review/women-equal-rights-amendment.html
We’re already living in Phyllis Schlafly’s nightmare.
- Don’t Let Sex Distract You From the Revolution
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/opinion/sunday/sex-power-feminism.html
Maybe the Second Wave celibates were on to something.
- Esquire’s Cover Boy and Our Culture of Shame
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/opinion/esquire-american-boy-cancel-culture.html
I’m a trans woman living in Brooklyn. And I have tremendous empathy for the conservative teen in Wisconsin.
- A Mother Learns the Identity of Her Child’s Grandmother. A Sperm Bank Threatens to Sue.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/health/sperm-donation-dna-testing.html
The results of a consumer genetic test identified the mother of the man whose donated sperm was used to conceive Danielle Teuscher’s daughter. Legal warnings soon followed.
- ‘I Am Now Your Mom’: On Twitter, a Pledge of Support for L.G.B.T. Youths
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/lgbt-youth-social-media.html
A California woman reached out to L.G.B.T. youths on Twitter, volunteering to be their mom, and an entire tribe of strangers showed up for family duty.
- Sharon Mattes, 48, Dies; Central Figure in a Gay Custody Case
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/obituaries/sharon-mattes-dead.html
When she entered into a same-sex relationship, her mother sued for custody of her young son, and won.
- U.S. Airlines to Offer New Gender Options for Non-Binary Passengers
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/business/airline-travel-gender-choices.html
American, Delta and United are among the carriers planning to allow passengers to choose something other than ‘male’ or ‘female’ when buying their tickets.
- Dialysis Is a Way of Life for Many Older Patients. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/health/dialysis-kidney-disease.html
So-called conservative management can ease symptoms without dialysis in some people with kidney disease. But many of them are never given the option.
- Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants
https://contemporaryfamilies.org/household_undocumentedimmigrants/
A fact sheet prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Youngmin Yi, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Cornell University.
- Don’t expand Social Security. Our elderly are mostly fine.
Federal spending on the 65-plus population amounts to 40 percent of non-interest outlays, up from 35 percent in 2005. By 2029, the CBO projects it to be 50 percent.
- Active-Shooter Drills Are Tragically Misguided
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/active-shooter-drills-erika-christakis/580426
There’s scant evidence that they’re effective. They can, however, be psychologically damaging-and they reflect a dismaying view of childhood.
- When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class
https://hechingerreport.org/when-a-college-degree-is-no-longer-a-ticket-to-the-middle-class/
The New York Times found that the proportion of households earning between $35,000 and $100,000 fell from 53 percent in 1967 to 43 percent in 2013. By this definition, the Times found that since 2000 more people have been exiting the middle class because they’re making too little to qualify, not too much.
- What You and Your Family Need to Know About Maternal Depression
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/health/maternal-depression-prevention-pregnancy-.html
A government panel’s new recommendations could bring hope to many women at risk for the condition. Here is what the group said and how you can use the information.
- Girls Get Tech. They Just Need Others to Believe It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/technology/girls-stem-fields-study.html
New research explores how access to technology helps put girls on par with boys.
- Eating Processed Foods Tied to Shorter Life
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/well/eat/eating-processed-foods-longevity-death-mortality.html
Foods like instant noodles and soups, breakfast cereals and chicken nuggets were associated with an earlier death.
- Depression During and After Pregnancy Can Be Prevented, National Panel Says. Here’s How.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/health/perinatal-depression-maternal-counseling.html
The task force of experts recommended at-risk women seek certain types of counseling, and it cited two specific programs that have been particularly effective.
- The Biggest Economic Divides Aren’t Regional. They’re Local. (Just Ask Parents.)
Why people living in smaller cities or towns tend to give higher ratings to their communities.
- How to Help Teens Weather Their Emotional Storms
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/well/family/how-to-help-teens-weather-their-emotional-storms.html
A D.I.Y. snow globe full of glitter is an apt metaphor for the emotional chaos of the adolescent brain.
- Dear Therapist: My Daughter Hasn’t Wanted a Relationship With Me for 25 Years
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/02/my-adult-daughter-doesnt-speak-me-anymore/582361/
I want to reestablish our connection, but she won’t even acknowledge me at family events.
- The Wedding-Industry Bonanza, on Full Display
Young couples attend wedding expos to plan their big day-and quickly learn the steep price of a perfect wedding.
- The measure of a country is how it treats its prisoners. The U.S. is failing.
- Are Smartphones and Social Media Hurting Our Kids?
https://freebeacon.com/issues/are-smartphones-and-social-media-hurting-our-kids/
- When Wall Street Is Your Landlord
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/single-family-landlords-wall-street/582394
Incentivized by the federal government, institutional investors became major players in the rental market. They promised to return profits to their investors and convenience to their tenants. Investors are happy. Tenants are not.
- 14 Children Died in the Parkland Shooting. Nearly 1,200 Have Died From Guns Since.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/us/parkland-obituaries-students.html
For the project “Since Parkland,” teenage journalists wrote profiles for every child killed by gun violence in the year since the Florida school shooting.
- Behavior at Age 6 May Predict Adult Income
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/well/family/behavior-at-age-6-may-predict-adult-income.html
Boys with high levels of inattention later earned an average of about $17,000 less a year, while prosocial behaviors predicted higher incomes.
- Navigating the Male-Female Work Relationship
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/opinion/me-too-male-bosses.html
There’s plenty of safe middle ground between a man’s leering at women and his simply avoiding them.
- How to Make Time with Family and Loved Ones Count
We get it, we’re all busy. But real, meaningful relationships thrive when they’re face-to-face. Here’s how to make time for them.
- Inflammation in Midlife May Lead to Memory Problems
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/well/mind/inflammation-midlife-memory-dementia.html
The greater the number of inflammatory factors, the steeper the cognitive decline over 20 years of follow-up
- How racial and regional inequality affect economic opportunity for black Americans
Discusses how a history of racially discriminatory policies and practices in the United States has led to the concentration of African-Americans in the South and urban Midwest, limited their upward mobility, and reinforced inequalities between regions.
