CCF Media Brief – June 3, 2020

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JUNE 3, 2020

CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:

When Couples Fight About Virus Risks
Men are taking on (slightly) more household chores amid the coronavirus pandemic
More men are doing housework during the pandemic, research finds
New Research Shows Men Are Doing More Housework

NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:

OTHER NEWS:

The unbearable grief of Black mothers
The stark loneliness of digital togetherness
Coronavirus is killing more men. But the lockdown is disastrous for women and their rights
Picky eating linked to demanding parents who limit foods, study says
Distress in seniors surges amid coronavirus pandemic
Ohio Abortion Laws May Have Caused Rise in Later Terminations as Women Struggle to Access Treatment Quickly
When schools shut down: How education interruptions can hurt student achievement
Pregnancy Loss Tied to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
How Do You Decide if Children Can Play Together Again?
This Summer Will Scar Young Americans for Life
LGBTQ Teens Who Died By Suicide Are 5 Times More Likely to Have Been Bullied Than Non-LGBTQ Counterparts
How to Talk to Aging Parents About Them Moving In With You
Parents and child care providers are falling apart. It could get much worse
Mothers are still doing most of the parenting during a pandemic
The New Relationships That Fizzled Out in Quarantine

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When Couples Fight About Virus Risks
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/parenting/coronavirus-risks-activities.html
Should the kids use a public bathroom? Is bike riding with friends allowed? Here’s how to deal with a new kind of parenting disagreement.

The unbearable grief of Black mothers
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/5/28/21272380/black-mothers-grief-sadness-covid-19
Between Covid-19 and police brutality, the burden of grief is yet another risk to Black mothers’ health.

The stark loneliness of digital togetherness
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2020/5/26/21256190/zoom-facetime-skype-coronavirus-loneliness
Zoom, FaceTime, and other video calls have become the sole way for some friends and family to connect during quarantine. But does it really bring us closer, or only highlight the distance?

Coronavirus is killing more men. But the lockdown is disastrous for women and their rights
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/24/world/women-rights-coronavirus-intl/index.html
The novel coronavirus seems to be more deadly for men. But in many other ways, women are bearing the brunt of this pandemic.

Picky eating linked to demanding parents who limit foods, study says
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/health/picky-eaters-wellness/index.html
Want to raise a non-picky eater? Stop demanding your child eat and stop restricting the foods they do eat, a new study says.

Distress in seniors surges amid coronavirus pandemic
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/25/health/seniors-distress-depression-coronavirus-pandemic/index.html
As states relax coronavirus restrictions, older adults are advised, in most cases, to keep sheltering in place. But for some, the burden of isolation and uncertainty is becoming hard to bear.

Ohio Abortion Laws May Have Caused Rise in Later Terminations as Women Struggle to Access Treatment Quickly
https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-abortion-laws-may-have-caused-rise-later-terminations-women-struggle-access-treatment-1506417
Laws that restrict access to abortions in Ohio may have sparked a rise in later-term terminations as women struggled to quickly access the procedure, researchers believe.

When schools shut down: How education interruptions can hurt student achievement
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/education/education-interruptions-student-achievement/
Studies suggest education interruptions — whether schools close for a snowstorm, a hurricane or summer break — can hurt student achievement.

Pregnancy Loss Tied to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/well/family/pregnancy-loss-tied-to-increased-risk-of-type-2-diabetes.html
Compared with women who had delivered, those who experienced a pregnancy loss were at an 18 percent increased risk for Type 2 diabetes.

How Do You Decide if Children Can Play Together Again?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/well/family/coronavirus-reopening-children-parents-play-dates.html
As always, parents must weigh the risks, look at what the experts say and make decisions based on their own level of comfort.

This Summer Will Scar Young Americans for Life
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/cruel-summer-young-americans/612154/
With jobs and internships canceled, Generation Z is entering a summer of uncertainty—and the damage could last forever.

LGBTQ Teens Who Died By Suicide Are 5 Times More Likely to Have Been Bullied Than Non-LGBTQ Counterparts
https://www.newsweek.com/lgbtq-teens-who-died-suicide-are-5-times-more-likely-have-been-bullied-non-lgbtq-counterparts-1506655
A new study has found that LGBTQ teenagers who die by suicide are five times more likely to have been bullied than their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts.

How to Talk to Aging Parents About Them Moving In With You
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/relationships/talking-to-aging-parents-moving-in/
Are they planning on moving in? Are you sure? These are the discussions that should be had.

Parents and child care providers are falling apart. It could get much worse
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/health/preschools-child-care-closing-pandemic-wellness/index.html
In 2020, the UN Global Day of Parents arrives as many parents and child care providers are increasingly overstretched

Mothers are still doing most of the parenting during a pandemic
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/health/parenting-day-mothers-pandemic-wellness/index.html
The hope was the pandemic would be a wake-up call. Stuck at home, men would realize the emotional and domestic burden many women shoulder in the home and step up. That hasn’t happened, at least yet, new figures suggest.

The New Relationships That Fizzled Out in Quarantine
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/05/new-relationships-coronavirus-pandemic/612352/
The pandemic made every non-cohabiting couple a long-distance one—and effectively stopped a whole legion of blossoming romances in their tracks.