CCF Briefing
- Nearly 8,000 Boy Scout Leaders Have Been Accused of Sexual Abuse Since 1944, Researcher Found
- Parenting Like an Economist Is a Lot Less Stressful
- Parenting Looks Nothing Like What the Experts Say
- ‘Intensive’ Parenting Is Now the Norm in America
- There Used to Be Consensus on How to Raise Kids
- How to Win at Taking Your Child to Work
- Trump Is Wasting Our Immigration Crisis
- It’s time to return black women to the center of the history of women’s suffrage
- Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
- How The Citizenship Question Could Break The Census
- Democrats Court a New Voting Bloc: People Who Don’t Own Homes
- The Dread of Waiting for the Supreme Court to Rule on L.G.B.T. Rights
- The multi-trillion-dollar cost of sexual violence: Research roundup
- Anxiety Disorders on Campus: A New Epidemic
- W.H.O. Says Limited or No Screen Time for Children Under 5
- Divorce Advice (And It Won’t Cost You a Thing)
- Why America May Already Have Its Highest Minimum Wage
- Warren’s Student-Debt Deal Would Most Benefit Stronger Earners, Study Finds
- A guide to Democratic talking points not far off the mark
- Everything’s deadlier in the South
- Poor People’s Privacy Can’t Be an Afterthought
- On L.G.B.T. Rights, the Supreme Court Asks the Question
- Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed, Pot? Just Call It a Job Machine
- Putting Locks and Keys Between Guns and Children
- Soft Bedding, Unsafe Sleep Practices Cause Most Infant Suffocation Deaths
- Is the Immediate Playback of Events Changing Children’s Memories?
- Japan to Compensate Forcibly Sterilized Patients, Decades After the Fact
- Sooner or Later Your Cousin’s DNA Is Going to Solve a Murder
- Nearly 8,000 Boy Scout Leaders Have Been Accused of Sexual Abuse Since 1944, Researcher Found
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/nyregion/boy-scouts-sex-abuse.html
A professor reviewed long-secret files. The Scouts say that every account of suspected abuse has now been reported to law enforcement agencies.
- Parenting Like an Economist Is a Lot Less Stressful
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/04/oster-cribsheet-parenting-guide/587734/
Emily Oster outlines a data-centric child-rearing approach in her new book, Cribsheet.
- Parenting Looks Nothing Like What the Experts Say
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/01/parenting-books-improv/580795/
Everyone’s winging it, but that’s not a bad thing.
- ‘Intensive’ Parenting Is Now the Norm in America
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/01/intensive-helicopter-parenting-inequality/580528/
The style of child-rearing that most aspire to takes a lot of time and money, and many families can’t pull it off.
- There Used to Be Consensus on How to Raise Kids
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/03/america-new-dr-spock/555311/
Dr. Benjamin Spock, the 20th-century icon of parenting expertise, has been replaced by a chorus of conflicting ideas and advice.
- How to Win at Taking Your Child to Work
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/parenting/take-your-child-to-work-day.html
It seems like a great idea, but there’s potential for disaster. Here are tips to get you and your kids through the day.
- Trump Is Wasting Our Immigration Crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/opinion/trump-immigration-border-wall.html
The system needs to be fixed, but “the wall” is only part of the solution.
- It’s time to return black women to the center of the history of women’s suffrage
Erased by white suffragists, black women’s work was vital to the fight for women’s rights.
- Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/opinion/closing-the-racial-wealth-gap.html
The United States tolerates a widening chasm between the very rich few and the many with low incomes. Even more shameful, the burden of poverty falls heaviest on African-Americans and other people of color.
- How The Citizenship Question Could Break The Census
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-citizenship-question-could-break-the-census/
- Democrats Court a New Voting Bloc: People Who Don’t Own Homes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/upshot/2020-democrats-court-renters.html
Renters have finally gotten Washington’s attention. Can anyone running for president help them?
- The Dread of Waiting for the Supreme Court to Rule on L.G.B.T. Rights
After securing the right to marry, many L.G.B.T. people have feared a backlash and noted that we have little to protect ourselves against it.
- The multi-trillion-dollar cost of sexual violence: Research roundup
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/economics/ecnonomic-cost-sexual-violence
- Anxiety Disorders on Campus: A New Epidemic
- W.H.O. Says Limited or No Screen Time for Children Under 5
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/health/screen-time-kids.html
Children under 5 should also get more exercise and sleep in order to develop better habits that will stave off obesity and diseases in adolescence and adulthood.
- Divorce Advice (And It Won’t Cost You a Thing)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/fashion/weddings/divorce-advice-and-it-wont-cost-you-a-thing.html
We found lawyers willing to help for free. Or, you can hire one. Your choice. (Here’s a tip: don’t use a lawyer as your therapist. Therapists are much cheaper.)
- Why America May Already Have Its Highest Minimum Wage
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/upshot/why-america-may-already-have-its-highest-minimum-wage.html
Because of states and cities, the effective average is almost at $12 an hour.
- Warren’s Student-Debt Deal Would Most Benefit Stronger Earners, Study Finds
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposal for the government to forgive a huge chunk of student debt would disproportionately help upper-income households, a new analysis shows.
- A guide to Democratic talking points not far off the mark
Housing expenditures, covering emergency expenses, death in childbirth.
- Everything’s deadlier in the South
Heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, suicide, sepsis, guns, infant mortality
- Poor People’s Privacy Can’t Be an Afterthought
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/opinion/privacy-poverty.html
When someone who is living paycheck to paycheck falls victim to an online fraud or a breach, the cascade of repercussions can be devastating.
- On L.G.B.T. Rights, the Supreme Court Asks the Question
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/opinion/lgbt-rights-supreme-court.html
We’ll soon find out whether federal law protects L.G.B.T. employees from being fired for who they are.
- Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed, Pot? Just Call It a Job Machine
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/business/economy/jobs-in-cannabis-weed-marijuana.html
As legalization spreads, listings for cannabis-related positions on recruitment sites have soared. But working in the industry comes with caveats.
- Putting Locks and Keys Between Guns and Children
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/nyregion/ny-gun-owner-laws.html
New York would join a small handful of states that require gun owners with a minor in the house to lock up their weapons.
- Soft Bedding, Unsafe Sleep Practices Cause Most Infant Suffocation Deaths
Experts recommend that cribs have no soft bedding or soft objects, and that adults never sleep in the same bed with a baby.
- Is the Immediate Playback of Events Changing Children’s Memories?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/well/family/video-altering-memory.html
Looking at a video right after an event can overlay and alter the actual memory of the experience, experts say.
- Japan to Compensate Forcibly Sterilized Patients, Decades After the Fact
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/world/asia/japan-sterilization-eugenics-compensation.html
Under a eugenics law repealed in 1996, thousands of Japanese were sterilized because of intellectual disabilities, mental illness or genetic disorders.
- Sooner or Later Your Cousin’s DNA Is Going to Solve a Murder
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/golden-state-killer-dna.html
The Golden State Killer case was just the start. Hundreds of cold cases are hot again thanks to a new genealogy technique. The price may be everyone’s genetic privacy
