CCF MEDIA BRIEF – NOVEMBER 1, 2019
NEW FROM CCF:
- New CCF symposium! Defining Consent
- New CCF fact sheet! 10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty
NEW ON THE BLOG:
- Mothering While Black
- Fears of Violence: Concerns of Middle-Class Latinx Parents
CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
- Sharing Chores May Contribute to Relationship Happiness
- The disturbing reality of unwanted sex on college campuses
- Getting dads to do more around the house, starting with a history lesson
OTHER NEWS:
- How We Think As Children Could Predict How Our Brains Will Age at 70
- American kids are having test troubles
- US teens use screens more than seven hours a day on average
- Poor kids spend nearly 2 hours more on screens each day than rich kids
- Why am I a scaredy-cat and you’re not? The science of fright
- Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate Children Against Measles Risk ‘Destroying’ Their Immune Systems, Scientists Believe
- American Kids Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep and It’s Affecting Their Success at School, Scientists Warn
- Study: Children Whose Mothers Took Acetaminophen During Pregnancy More Likely To Have ADHD, Autism
- When the Government Seizes Your Embryos
- Heavy social media use linked to poor sleep
- It Isn’t About Your Love Language; It’s About Your Partner’s
- The Greatest White Privilege Is Life Itself
- We should be alarmed by schools’ creepy plan to monitor students
- Are we ready for men to take the pill?
- A ‘Menopause Champion’ at Work? Yes. You Also Get Paid Leave.
- Pregnant and Depressed
- Researchers find sex bias in the natural history collections of museums around the world
- When Teen Drinking Becomes a Disorder
- STDs are sexist, and women are the losers. Here’s why
- Parents: Want More Work Life Balance? Get Behind A Four Day Work Week
- Young people who use flavored tobacco at first are more likely to keep using tobacco later, study says
- 16 Tips For Creating Healthy Boundaries With Your Extended Family
- The Pre-wedding Parties Where Couples Charge Admission
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- New CCF symposium! Defining Consent
https://contemporaryfamilies.org/defining-consent-symposium-2019-keynote-coontz-and-england-no-easy-answers/
- New CCF fact sheet! 10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty
https://contemporaryfamilies.org/10-scary-facts-about-child-poverty/
- Mothering While Black
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2019/10/22/mothering-while-black/
- Fears of Violence: Concerns of Middle-Class Latinx Parents
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2019/10/29/fears-of-violence-concerns-of-middle-class-latinx-parents/
- Sharing Chores May Contribute to Relationship Happiness
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/sharing-chores-may-contribute-relationship-happiness#stream/0
Who does the dishes in your household? The answer to that question may reveal quite a lot about your relationships and level of happiness.
- The disturbing reality of unwanted sex on college campuses
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2019/10/21/20924977/unwanted-sex-college-campus-metoo-rape-sexual-assalt
A new survey on sexual assault and misconduct on college campuses says 13% of respondents experienced sexual contact to which they had not consented since enrolling in college.
- Getting dads to do more around the house, starting with a history lesson
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/health/dad-father-equal-parenting-house-wellness-strauss/index.html
- How We Think As Children Could Predict How Our Brains Will Age at 70
https://www.newsweek.com/dementia-aging-study-brains-tests-1468657
Scientists hope their research will help us understand conditions like dementia.
- American kids are having test troubles
https://www.vox.com/vox-sentences/2019/10/30/20940994/vox-sentences-naep-test-armenian-genocide-turkey
National reading scores decline
- US teens use screens more than seven hours a day on average
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/29/health/common-sense-kids-media-use-report-wellness/index.html
US teens spend an average of more than seven hours per day on screen media for entertainment, and tweens spend nearly five hours, a new report finds — and that doesn’t include time spent using screens for school and homework.
- Poor kids spend nearly 2 hours more on screens each day than rich kids
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/10/29/20937870/kids-screentime-rich-poor-common-sense-media
Kids from more affluent families have more access to tech but use it less.
- Why am I a scaredy-cat and you’re not? The science of fright
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/health/halloween-horror-movie-scare-wellness/index.html
Do the people around you scream for Halloween and howl at horror movies while you hide your head in fright? There could be a good reason you spook easily.
- Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate Children Against Measles Risk ‘Destroying’ Their Immune Systems, Scientists Believe
https://www.newsweek.com/parents-vaccinate-children-measles-immune-systems-scientists-1468436
The study provides more proof that children should be vaccinated against the virus, experts stressed.
- American Kids Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep and It’s Affecting Their Success at School, Scientists Warn
https://www.newsweek.com/american-kids-arent-getting-enough-sleep-its-affecting-their-success-school-scientists-warn-1466882
Sleep “should be considered as vital as exercise and diet,” an expert told “Newsweek.”
- Study: Children Whose Mothers Took Acetaminophen During Pregnancy More Likely To Have ADHD, Autism
https://www.newsweek.com/tylenol-pregnancy-adhd-autism-study-1468948
A recent study from John Hopkins University found a correlation between mothers who took Tylenol while pregnant and babies with developmental disorders, but researchers have yet to prove whether the drug was the cause of the neurological differences.
- When the Government Seizes Your Embryos
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/when-the-government-seizes-your-embryos
In Poland, single women who have frozen embryos are now barred from accessing them.
- Heavy social media use linked to poor sleep
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50140111
Teenagers using social media for more than three hours a day are more likely to go to bed after 23:00 and wake during the night, UK research suggests.
- It Isn’t About Your Love Language; It’s About Your Partner’s
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/10/how-the-five-love-languages-gets-misinterpreted/600283/
A framework meant to help people become more attuned to their partners now gets treated like a personality test.
- The Greatest White Privilege Is Life Itself
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/too-short-lives-black-men/600628/
Like so many other black men in America, Elijah Cummings died too young.
- We should be alarmed by schools’ creepy plan to monitor students
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/18/school-shootings-surveillance-police-database-privacy
A new Florida database shares students’ data with law enforcement. It’s part of a broader trend to ‘protect’ students from school shooters
- Are we ready for men to take the pill?
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49879667
Blurring of traditional gender roles could finally mean that the male pill is on the horizon.
- A ‘Menopause Champion’ at Work? Yes. You Also Get Paid Leave.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/world/europe/menopause-women-gender-gap.html
A British broadcaster says its new menopause policy will help free up a “taboo” subject and close what has been called the “gender pain gap.”
- Pregnant and Depressed
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/10/pregnant-and-depressed/600460/
For many people, pregnancy can be one of the most emotionally taxing experiences of their life.
- Researchers find sex bias in the natural history collections of museums around the world
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/health/sex-bias-male-female-natural-history-collections-intl-trnd-scli/index.html
Researchers have found an unlikely but compelling example of sex bias in the natural history collections of museums around the world.
- When Teen Drinking Becomes a Disorder
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/well/family/Teenage-drinking-alcohol-disorder.html
Why are some adolescents more vulnerable than others to excessive and risky alcohol use?
- STDs are sexist, and women are the losers. Here’s why
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/health/stds-are-sexist-against-women-wellness/index.html
When it comes to sexually transmitted diseases, women bear the brunt of the discomfort and danger, both biologically and socially, experts say.
- Parents: Want More Work Life Balance? Get Behind A Four Day Work Week
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/work-life-balance-four-day-work-week/
Across the pond, politicians have proposed a 32 hour workweek. Parents in the United States should propose one, too.
- Young people who use flavored tobacco at first are more likely to keep using tobacco later, study says
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/health/youth-flavored-tobacco-use-study/index.html
Young people who first try a flavored tobacco product are at higher risk of using tobacco later on, according to a new study.
- 16 Tips For Creating Healthy Boundaries With Your Extended Family
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/relationships/extended-family-problems-healthy-boundaries/
It takes a village. But the village needs to be managed well.
- The Pre-wedding Parties Where Couples Charge Admission
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/10/stag-and-doe-jack-jill-wedding-party/600538/
At a “stag and doe,” communities come together to celebrate the spouses-to-be—and give them a financial boost.
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