CCF’s Media Roundup – February 19, 2020

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – FEBRUARY 19, 2020

CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:

How to Make Your Marriage Gayer
Don’t Marry a Man Who Doesn’t Vacuum
6 signs you’re pushing away your adult children
Solitude and the creative life
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
If the Nuclear Family Has Failed, What Comes Next?
Men Who Do Household Chores Are More Sexually Attractive To Women, Research Suggests
Why Love and Marriage Didn’t Always Go Hand In Hand
If You Want a Marriage of Equals, Then Date as Equals
Rather than judging Pete Buttigieg’s marriage, straight America may want to take a cue or two from it

NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:

Highlights from the 2020 CCF Conference
The Puzzling Persistence of Gendered Dating
National Spouses Day Was Last Week…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America

OTHER NEWS:

Why Teenagers Reject Parents’ Solutions to Their Problems
Women Who Survive Domestic Abuse More Likely to Develop Heart Disease, Diabetes, Die of Any Cause
Singles Awareness Day: The benefits of being single
Dwyane Wade’s unflinching support of his trans daughter is a turning point
Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools
The Loneliness of Early Parenthood
The eco gender gap: why is saving the planet seen as women’s work?
Is it impossible to breastfeed and have a full-time job?
Americans have fewer kids than they say they want. Alaska has a solution.
The Consequences of Leaning on Your Child For Emotional Support

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How to Make Your Marriage Gayer
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/sunday/marriage-housework-gender-happiness.html
Same-sex spouses feel more satisfied with their partners than heterosexual ones. What’s the secret?

Don’t Marry a Man Who Doesn’t Vacuum
https://gen.medium.com/dont-marry-a-man-who-doesn-t-vacuum-90e8a514ae2c
Women beware: Nearly half of American men still want a housewife

6 signs you’re pushing away your adult children
https://www.considerable.com/life/family/parental-alientation/
Parental alienation is a real problem. You want to spend more time with them, but they’re always too busy. Here’s what’s going on — and how you can fix it.

The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuclear-family-was-a-mistake/605536/
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.

If the Nuclear Family Has Failed, What Comes Next?
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/02/nuclear-family-multigenerational-cohousing-depaulo/606511/
Many Americans are reimagining life at home, exploring models of kinship and community that might help more people flourish.

Men Who Do Household Chores Are More Sexually Attractive To Women, Research Suggests
https://www.bolde.com/men-household-chores-attractive-women/

If You Want a Marriage of Equals, Then Date as Equals
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/if-you-want-marriage-equals-then-date-equals/606568/
Why are many dating practices a throwback to an earlier era?

Why Teenagers Reject Parents’ Solutions to Their Problems
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/well/family/why-teenagers-reject-parents-solutions-to-their-problems.html
It’s usually because we’re not giving them what they’re really looking for.

Women Who Survive Domestic Abuse More Likely to Develop Heart Disease, Diabetes, Die of Any Cause
https://www.newsweek.com/women-survive-domestic-abuse-heart-disease-diabetes-all-cause-mortality-1487630
The study involved tens of thousands of women, including over 18,000 who experienced domestic abuse.

Dwyane Wade’s unflinching support of his trans daughter is a turning point
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/2/14/21137163/dwyane-wade-zaya-transgender-daughter
Black trans kids desperately need public support. Wade’s moment on Ellen DeGeneres’s show is only the beginning.

Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/business/facial-recognition-schools.html
A district in New York has adopted the technology in the name of safety. Opponents cite privacy and bias concerns.

The Loneliness of Early Parenthood
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/02/loneliness-early-parenthood-mothers-estrange-friendships/606100/
It’s common to feel socially isolated after having a baby, but estrangement from friends doesn’t have to last forever.

The eco gender gap: why is saving the planet seen as women’s work?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/06/eco-gender-gap-why-saving-planet-seen-womens-work
From soap to reusable cutlery, green products are overwhelmingly marketed to and bought by women. Does this discourage men from taking responsibility?

Is it impossible to breastfeed and have a full-time job?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/06/us-breastfeeding-financial-burden
US working mothers who wish to breastfeed must navigate a lack of sufficient maternity leave and unspoken financial costs – not to mention time

Americans have fewer kids than they say they want. Alaska has a solution.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/7/21125303/alaska-basic-income-birth-rate-fertility
Alaska’s small basic income is causing parents to have more kids.

The Consequences of Leaning on Your Child For Emotional Support
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/relationships/father-and-child-relationships/parentification-parents-relying-kids-for-emotional-support/
Children are naturally empathic so it’s easy for moms and dads to place children in situations where they feel more like parents than children. But this behavior can be extremely damaging.