CCF MEDIA BRIEF – DECEMBER 6, 2019
CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
- Single Moms vs. Single Dads: Examining the Double Standards of Single Parenthood
- The Best Parenting Advice Is to Go Live in Europe
- Family diversity, new normal
- Early Motherhood Has Always Been Miserable
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
- Dads Count Too: Family-Friendly Policies Must Include Fathers
- Why we won’t call 911: Too often, police officers’ response to mental illness is deadly
- If I [Take] Leave, Will You Stay? Paternity Leave and Relationship Stability
OTHER NEWS:
- For Millennials Making Their Way, a Detour: To Caregiving
- Women in medicine are not given the respect they deserve, from their male colleagues or patients
- How queer and trans people are turning the internet into a safe holiday space
- Perfectionism is killing us
- When So-Called Work Ethic Replaces Productivity, American Families Suffer
- Why Child Care Is So Ridiculously Expensive
- What’s Lost When Black Children Are Socialized Into a White World
- The future of sex ed has arrived. Is America ready?
- The Crisis in Youth Suicide
- Black babies die at twice the rate of white babies in the US. One woman wants to change that
- Child life expectancy projections cut by years
- Gun Deaths in the U.S. Have Spiked Since 2014, Young People Most Likely to Be Killed
- Children Are More Likely To Die In Mass Shootings at Home Than At School, Study Shows
- How online ratings make good schools look bad
- More than 6 million US middle and high schoolers used tobacco products in 2019
- Premature Babies at Higher Diabetes Risk
- When Teens Abuse Parents, Shame and Secrecy Make It Hard to Seek Help
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- Single Moms vs. Single Dads: Examining the Double Standards of Single Parenthood
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/single-moms-vs-single-dads-215634518.html?guccounter=1
- The Best Parenting Advice Is to Go Live in Europe
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/11/american-parents-international-advice/602329/
Many Americans are fascinated by the child-rearing practices of other countries, but those practices might be harder to import than they seem.
- Family diversity, new normal
https://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2019/11/23/family-diversity-new-normal/
- Early Motherhood Has Always Been Miserable
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/opinion/sunday/babies-mothers-anxiety.html
“I declare if I tho’t I was to be thus occupied for the rest of my life,” one new mom wrote in 1828, “I would lie down & die.”
- Dads Count Too: Family-Friendly Policies Must Include Fathers
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2019/12/03/dads-count-too-family-friendly-policies-must-include-fathers/
- Why we won’t call 911: Too often, police officers’ response to mental illness is deadly
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2019/11/26/why-we-wont-call-911-too-often-police-officers-response-to-mental-illness-is-deadly/
- If I [Take] Leave, Will You Stay? Paternity Leave and Relationship Stability
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2019/11/19/if-i-take-leave-will-you-stay-paternity-leave-and-relationship-stability/
- For Millennials Making Their Way, a Detour: To Caregiving
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/business/millennials-caregiving.html
Here is a concern that baby boomers might not have thought of: Their children could be taking care of them while still in their 20s or 30s.
- Women in medicine are not given the respect they deserve, from their male colleagues or patients
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/03/women-in-medicine-are-not-given-the-respect-they-deserve-from-their-male-colleagues-or-patients
The gender gap in medicine is actually a gap in respect, an easy word to say but hard to teach
- How queer and trans people are turning the internet into a safe holiday space
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/11/27/20983800/thanksgiving-queer-trans-friendsgiving-transgiving
From turkey tips to transgiving, the internet is helping queer and trans people survive the holidays.
- Perfectionism is killing us
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/11/27/20975989/perfect-mental-health-perfectionism
More people than ever say they’re feeling pressured to look and be the best. It’s taking a toll.
- When So-Called Work Ethic Replaces Productivity, American Families Suffer
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/work-money/work-ethic-productivity-american-families-suffer/
It turns out that #grinding doesn’t have that much to do with office productivity. It does, however, have a lot to do with unhappy, overworked families.
- Why Child Care Is So Ridiculously Expensive
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/why-child-care-so-expensive/602599/
Three broad reasons obtaining care for kids now costs as much as buying a brand new Hyundai Elantra each year
- What’s Lost When Black Children Are Socialized Into a White World
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/11/how-black-mothers-prepare-their-children-school/599578/
I interviewed dozens of black mothers about how they help their kids navigate schools where they might be perceived as threats or made to feel unwelcome.
- The future of sex ed has arrived. Is America ready?
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/3/20877238/sex-education-california-lgbtq-gender-schools-health
Even in liberal California, families are pushing back against lessons on gender identity. The battles could be a blueprint for the rest of the country.
- The Crisis in Youth Suicide
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/well/mind/the-crisis-in-youth-suicide.html
Too often, suicide attempts and deaths by suicide, especially among the young, become family secrets that are not investigated and dealt with in ways that might protect others from a similar fate.
- Black babies die at twice the rate of white babies in the US. One woman wants to change that
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/25/african-american-doula-collective-mothers-toxic-stress-racism-cleveland-infant-mortality-childbirth
In the US, black babies die at twice the rate of white babies. In Cleveland, the mortality rate is nearly three times as high. Can birth advocates make a difference in one of America’s most segregated cities?
- Child life expectancy projections cut by years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50631220
Children born this year expected to live shorter lives than previously thought, say official stats.
- Gun Deaths in the U.S. Have Spiked Since 2014, Young People Most Likely to Be Killed
https://www.newsweek.com/gun-deaths-us-have-spiked-since-2014-young-people-most-likely-killed-1473503
“The burden of death due to firearm violence is a significant public health problem in the United States,” wrote the authors of the study.
- Children Are More Likely To Die In Mass Shootings at Home Than At School, Study Shows
https://www.newsweek.com/mass-shootings-children-domestic-violence-1473554
Federal law prohibits convicted domestic abusers or family members subject to a protective order from possessing firearms.
- How online ratings make good schools look bad
https://www.vox.com/videos/2019/12/5/20991778/greatschools-ratings-schools-video-data
GreatSchools is America’s unofficial school ratings website. We conducted a data analysis of their scores.
- More than 6 million US middle and high schoolers used tobacco products in 2019
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/health/youth-tobacco-survey-e-cigarettes-study/index.html
More than 6 million middle and high school students were currently using tobacco product in 2019, according to National Youth Tobacco Survey data released Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Premature Babies at Higher Diabetes Risk
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/well/live/premature-babies-at-higher-diabetes-risk.html
Infants born prematurely were at increased risk of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in ensuing decades.
- When Teens Abuse Parents, Shame and Secrecy Make It Hard to Seek Help
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/29/777295848/when-teens-abuse-parents-shame-and-secrecy-make-it-hard-to-seek-help?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=childrenshealth
Most people think domestic violence involves an adult abusing an intimate partner or a child, but children can also threaten, bully and attack family members. Some abused parents are speaking out.
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