CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JANUARY 3, 2020
CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
- The Gendering of Holiday Labor
- Why You Should Often Ignore Your Child’s Opinion of You As A Parent
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
- Making Friends with Stepchildren
OTHER NEWS:
- Can 2020 finally be the year that employers recognize fathers as involved parents?
- Happy Wife, Happy Life
- All Parents Offer Empty Promises and Hollow Threats. But Do They Do Harm?
- Teenage Boys Who Think Men and Women Should Be Treated Equally Less Likely to Be Violent
- The year in patriarchy 2019: from Epstein conspiracy theories to Japanese high heels
- Chemicals That Haven’t Been Used for Years Are Still Having an Impact on the Growth of Fetuses in U.S.
- What Drives College Admissions? Money Mostly.
- Adolescent Addiction Expert Weighs In On Proposed Ban On Flavored E-Cigarette Pods
- New Report Shows That An Alarming Number Of Children Are Being Poisoned By Opioids
- Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid time off
- Volunteering and other good deeds reduce physical pain, a study finds
- Why Do Kids Ask So Many Questions? They Fear Fake News.
- The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable.
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- The Gendering of Holiday Labor
https://daily.jstor.org/the-gendering-of-holiday-labor/
Women in heterosexual relationships still do most of the domestic work. During the holiday season, the tasks multiply.
- Why You Should Often Ignore Your Child’s Opinion of You As A Parent
https://www.grandmagazine.com/2019/12/why-you-should-often-ignore-your-childs-opinion-of-you-as-a-parent/
- Making Friends with Stepchildren
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2019/12/24/making-friends-with-stepchildren/
- Can 2020 finally be the year that employers recognize fathers as involved parents?
https://www.mother.ly/news/work-life-balance-dads-2020
- Happy Wife, Happy Life
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/202001/happy-wife-happy-life
- All Parents Offer Empty Promises and Hollow Threats. But Do They Do Harm?
https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/empty-promises-and-hollow-threats-harm/
When a child acts out, it is all too easy to make a promise or threat a parent has no intention or ability to keep. But that could hurt your relationship in the long run.
- Teenage Boys Who Think Men and Women Should Be Treated Equally Less Likely to Be Violent
https://www.newsweek.com/teenage-boys-men-women-treated-equally-violent-1479012
Teaching teenage boys about gender equality could prevent them from being violent, a study suggests.
- The year in patriarchy 2019: from Epstein conspiracy theories to Japanese high heels
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/28/year-in-patriarchy-arwa-mahdawi
As strongmen try to take over the world, women have been fighting back and making their voices heard. Here are some highlights – and lowlights
- Chemicals That Haven’t Been Used for Years Are Still Having an Impact on the Growth of Fetuses in U.S.
https://www.newsweek.com/chemicals-that-havent-been-used-years-are-still-having-impact-growth-fetuses-us-1479606
Pollutants from chemicals still found in the environment years after they were last used are still having an impact on fetuses, a study has found.
- What Drives College Admissions? Money Mostly.
https://www.fatherly.com/uncategorized/what-drives-college-admissions-money/
It would be nice to believe that cream rises to the top and that a rising tide brings up all boats, but parents’ liquidity still ensures rich children find a place at elite schools.
- Adolescent Addiction Expert Weighs In On Proposed Ban On Flavored E-Cigarette Pods
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/01/792916482/adolescent-addiction-expert-weighs-in-on-proposed-ban-on-flavored-e-cigarette-po?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=health
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Sharon Levy, a pediatrician and an adolescent addiction expert with Boston Children’s Hospital, about the FDA’s proposed ban on most flavored e-cigarette pods.
- New Report Shows That An Alarming Number Of Children Are Being Poisoned By Opioids
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/20/790319831/new-report-shows-that-an-alarming-number-of-children-are-being-poisoned-by-opioi?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=health
A new study finds that children are being poisoned by opioids, and a growing number of them in recent years are ending up in pediatric ICUs for lifesaving procedures.
- Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid time off
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/24/21035628/new-york-paid-time-off
Workers have paid vacation days in Turkmenistan, Brazil, and the European Union — but not in the US.
- Volunteering and other good deeds reduce physical pain, a study finds
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/health/volunteering-reduces-pain-wellness/index.html
Consider a New Year’s resolution of giving and volunteering to reduce pain and improve your health.
- Why Do Kids Ask So Many Questions? They Fear Fake News.
https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/why-do-kids-ask-so-many-questions-they-fear-fake-news/
Many kids ask over 70 questions an hour. The onslaught isn’t just a product of curiosity. Developing minds want to know whether sources can be trusted.
- The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/27/21028342/trans-visibility-backlash-internet-2010
This decade has been a double-edged sword for trans people.