Council on Contemporary Families

CCF Media Brief – April 21, 2020

CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:

  1. Think Before You File for Divorce After Lockdown
  2. Women living alone during coronavirus
  3. Singles say they’re better prepared to self-quarantine, but many fear getting shortchanged in medical treatment

NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:

  1. Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month Solution

OTHER NEWS:

  1. RaceWorks Toolkit
  2. Women and COVID-19: Studying the Impact of Sex and Gender
  3. The Boomerang Exes of Quarantine
  4. Child care has become scarce — just when front-line medical workers need it the most
  5. Lower-income parents most concerned about their children falling behind amid COVID-19 school closures
  6. The shift to online learning could worsen educational inequality
  7. What Chronic Coronavirus Stress May Do to Us
  8. The US has the highest maternal death rate of any developed nation. California is trying to do something about that
  9. What Happened to American Childhood?
  10. American Kids Now Know That Parents Work Too Much
  11. Children May Be Afraid of Masks. Here’s How to Help.
  12. How Kids Will Remember the Pandemic
  13. Polyamory in a pandemic: who do you quarantine with when you’re not monogamous?
  14. How to make anniversaries special when you can’t leave the house

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  1. Think Before You File for Divorce After Lockdown
    https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/opinion/articles/2020-04-15/coronavirus-lockdown-may-lead-to-hasty-divorces
    Personal assets are, at best, in flux. And child-custody battles might become even more complicated.
  1. Women living alone during coronavirus
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/the-lily/coronavirus-women-living-alone/
    Seven stories of solitude during the coronavirus, from ages 24 to 86
  1. Singles say they’re better prepared to self-quarantine, but many fear getting shortchanged in medical treatment
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/singles-say-theyre-better-prepared-to-self-quarantine-but-many-fear-getting-shortchanged-in-medical-treatment/
  1. Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month Solution
    https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2020/04/14/fixing-parental-leave-the-six-month-solution/
  1. RaceWorks Toolkit
    http://sparqtools.org/raceworks/?mc_cid=3ef8d7a858&mc_eid=494655a0b1
    A resource for educators and facilitators who want to develop students’ or coworkers’ racial literacy
  1. Women and COVID-19: Studying the Impact of Sex and Gender
    https://www.rand.org/blog/2020/04/women-and-covid-19-studying-the-impact-of-sex-and-gender.html
    The current COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique opportunity to examine the potential value of asking questions about sex and gender differences to inform ongoing policy decisions.
  1. The Boomerang Exes of Quarantine
    https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/04/why-exes-are-reconnecting-coronavirus-quarantine/610081/?utm_source=feed
    Sometimes social distance can lead to unexpected contact.
  1. Child care has become scarce — just when front-line medical workers need it the most
    https://www.vox.com/2020/4/16/21216339/childcare-health-care-medical-workers-coronavirus
    States and volunteers are stepping in to offer child care to health care workers, but there are still gaps in the system.
  1. Lower-income parents most concerned about their children falling behind amid COVID-19 school closures
    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/15/lower-income-parents-most-concerned-about-their-children-falling-behind-amid-covid-19-school-closures/
  1. The shift to online learning could worsen educational inequality
    https://www.vox.com/2020/4/9/21200159/coronavirus-school-digital-low-income-students-covid-new-york
    As school goes digital, low-income students are being left behind.
  1. What Chronic Coronavirus Stress May Do to Us
    https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/allostatic-load-chronic-stress/
    Chronic, heavy stress takes a toll on health. But how much is too much?
  1. The US has the highest maternal death rate of any developed nation. California is trying to do something about that
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/health/maternal-deaths-california/index.html
  1. What Happened to American Childhood?
    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/05/childhood-in-an-anxious-age/609079
    Too many kids show worrying signs of fragility from a very young age. Here’s what we can do about it.
  1. American Kids Now Know That Parents Work Too Much
    https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/work-money/american-kids-now-know-that-parents-work-too-much/
    When parents went out into the world to work, kids thought they worked too much. Now? They’re seeing that we do.
  1. Children May Be Afraid of Masks. Here’s How to Help.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/well/family/coronavirus-children-masks-fear.html
    Experts suggest acclimating children to masks at home and drawing a connection to superheroes’ uniforms.
  1. How Kids Will Remember the Pandemic
    https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/childhood-memory-crisis-pandemic-natural-disaster
    You have some control over what your kids will remember. But can you — and should you — interfere?
  1. Polyamory in a pandemic: who do you quarantine with when you’re not monogamous?
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/01/polyamory-quarantine-coronavirus-pandemic
    Coronavirus is forcing people in poly relationships to make tough choices about who to be intimate with
  1. How to make anniversaries special when you can’t leave the house
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/18/health/how-to-celebrate-anniversary-ideas-indoors-coronavirus-wellness/index.html
    As restrictions on movement and social distancing keep us from going out, you and your partner may be wondering: “How will we celebrate our anniversary?”
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