CCF MEDIA BRIEF – OCTOBER 18, 2019
CCF MEMBERS IN THE NEWS:
- Understanding the Financial Risks with Owing Child Support
- We checked out these dating apps for Trump supporters. Here’s what we found
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
- Raising a Village: Identifying Social Supports for All Kinds of Families
- Children Are Now Back at School, Time to Focus on What Their Parents Need
OTHER NEWS:
- ‘You don’t have to settle’: the joy of living (and dying) alone
- What I Learned About Equal Partnership By Studying Dual-Income Couples
- The movement to make workers’ schedules more humane
- A stressful pregnancy reduces the chances of having a boy, a study shows
- A group of YouTubers is trying to prove the site systematically demonetizes queer content
- When kids are threats: the assessments unfairly targeting students with disabilities
- California Tells Schools to Start Later, Giving Teenagers More Sleep
- The Poland Model—Promoting ‘Family Values’ With Cash Handouts
- Helping Teenagers Quit Vaping
- Parenting Styles Are About You, Not the Baby
- How America Lost Dinner
- Why Is Middle School So Hard for So Many People?
- Young people are poisoning themselves at alarming rates with over-the-counter drugs’
- How to Be a Good Husband to a Stay-at-Home Mom
- Is Your Child Struggling in School? Talk to Your Pediatrician
- The world will have more than 250 million obese kids by 2030, a new report warns
- How To Talk To Teens About Vaping
- 6 Ways to Talk to Your Partner About Their Phubbing And Screen Time
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- Understanding the Financial Risks with Owing Child Support
https://www.wisewage.org/post/understanding-financial-risks-owing-child-support
- We checked out these dating apps for Trump supporters. Here’s what we found
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2019/10/9/20903269/trump-supporters-dating-apps-online
- Raising a Village: Identifying Social Supports for All Kinds of Families
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2019/10/15/raising-a-village-identifying-social-supports-for-all-kinds-of-families/
- Children Are Now Back at School, Time to Focus on What Their Parents Need
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2019/10/08/parents-cant-go-it-alone-they-never-have-what-to-do-for-parents-to-help-our-next-generation/
- ‘You don’t have to settle’: the joy of living (and dying) alone
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/13/you-dont-have-to-settle-the-joy-of-living-and-dying-alone
Data confirms more women have realized there are far worse things than dying alone, which is bad news for the patriarchy
- What I Learned About Equal Partnership By Studying Dual-Income Couples
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/10/how-dual-income-couples-find-balance-love-and-work/599938/
I studied over 100 dual-income couples and found that the ones who managed to create partnerships that felt truly equal had a few things in common.
- The movement to make workers’ schedules more humane
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/10/15/20910297/fair-workweek-laws-unpredictable-scheduling-retail-restaurants
Fair workweek laws, which aim to end unpredictable scheduling for workers, explained.
- A stressful pregnancy reduces the chances of having a boy, a study shows
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/15/health/stressful-pregnancy-boy-babies-wellness/index.html
Moms-to-be who undergo physical or mental stress during their pregnancies are less likely to have a boy and may also have a higher risk of preterm birth, according to a study published Monday.
- A group of YouTubers is trying to prove the site systematically demonetizes queer content
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/10/10/20893258/youtube-lgbtq-censorship-demonetization-nerd-city-algorithm-report
They reverse-engineered YouTube’s ad revenue bot to investigate whether it’s penalizing queer content.
- When kids are threats: the assessments unfairly targeting students with disabilities
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/14/when-kids-are-threats-the-assessments-unfairly-targeting-students-with-disabilities
A systemic problem in New Mexico schools turns a well-meaning evaluation into a stigma unfairly ensnaring minority groups
- California Tells Schools to Start Later, Giving Teenagers More Sleep
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/us/school-sleep-start.html
A new law pushed back start times at most public middle and high schools, citing research that says attendance and performance will improve if teenagers get more sleep.
- The Poland Model—Promoting ‘Family Values’ With Cash Handouts
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/10/poland-family-values-cash-handouts/599968/
The country’s governing party, which just won another election, has married right-wing social policy with left-wing economic policy.
- Helping Teenagers Quit Vaping
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/well/family/helping-teenagers-quit-vaping.html
As vaping deaths rise, quitting has a new urgency. But experts say withdrawal can be even more challenging than from conventional cigarettes.
- Parenting Styles Are About You, Not the Baby
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/culture/parenting-styles-for-baby-dont-matter/
What’s kind of parent are you? The answer is happily clear: It doesn’t matter, not in the least.
- How America Lost Dinner
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/10/work-its-whats-for-dinner/599770/
People want to cook and eat together. Modern life has other plans.
- Why Is Middle School So Hard for So Many People?
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/10/why-middle-school-and-preteens-are-so-challenging/599542/
It doesn’t have to be this way.
- Young people are poisoning themselves at alarming rates with over-the-counter drugs’
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/10/7/20898609/teen-suicide-poisoning-ways-to-help-mental-health
There’s been a dramatic uptick in self-poisonings, particularly among girls and young women. There are ways to help.
- How to Be a Good Husband to a Stay-at-Home Mom
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/how-to-be-good-husband-stay-at-home-mom/
It all comes down to managing expectations and a good deal of empathy.
- Is Your Child Struggling in School? Talk to Your Pediatrician
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/well/family/is-your-child-struggling-in-school-talk-to-your-pediatrician.html
A new report advises pediatricians to give academic failure the same attention as any other complex problem affecting a child.
- The world will have more than 250 million obese kids by 2030, a new report warns
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/health/childhood-obesity-intl-scli/index.html
More than 250 million school-aged children and adolescents will be classed as obese by 2030, putting huge pressure on healthcare systems, a new report on childhood obesity warns.
- How To Talk To Teens About Vaping
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/10/06/766971966/how-to-talk-to-teens-about-vaping?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=health
Vaping has attracted a new generation to nicotine and is fueling a dangerous outbreak of lung disease. If you’re a parent of a teen you’re probably worried. But what should you say to your kids?
- 6 Ways to Talk to Your Partner About Their Phubbing And Screen Time
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/talk-to-partner-phubbing-screen-time/
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