CCF Media Brief – June 17, 2020

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JUNE 17, 2020

CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:

NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:

Uber-rich parents and their fixers may be just the tip of the iceberg. Turns out it’s hard for teachers to resist pushy parents.
Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis

OTHER NEWS:

When Your Family Spreads Misinformation
The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls
Study Examines The Lasting Effects Of Having — Or Being Denied — An Abortion
An age-by-age guide to talking to your kids about racism
What’s Worrying Teenagers Right Now
The Millennial Mental-Health Crisis
Study: Police killings traumatize high school students and hurt academic performance
Why Some Families Are Hit So Hard By COVID-19
Pandemic Could Scar a Generation of Working Mothers
Masks, No Kissing and ‘a Little Kinky’: Dating and Sex in a Pandemic
Young Americans are having less sex than ever
When we’re lonely, close friends, colleagues and celebrities all might seem the same to our brains
Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People
‘The system is unfair’: US trans and non-binary people hit by voting barriers

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Gay Couples Can Teach Straight People a Thing or Two About Arguing
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/parenting/relationship-advice-gay-straight.html
Same-sex couples, on average, resolve conflict more constructively than different-sex couples, and with less animosity, studies have shown.

Co-Parenting During Coronavirus Has Made Families More Flexible Than Ever
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a32728744/co-parenting-coronavirus/
Divorced parents fear that the pandemic will up-end their custody arrangements, but that’s not what’s happening on the ground.

When Your Family Spreads Misinformation
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/06/when-family-members-spread-coronavirus-misinformation/613129/
In times of crisis, family group chats can become dangerous platforms for the spread of false claims.

The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/revolution-will-be-incomplete-without-black-women-and-girls/613045/
The nationwide outcry against systemic racism almost always centers men and boys.

Study Examines The Lasting Effects Of Having — Or Being Denied — An Abortion
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/877846258/study-examines-the-lasting-effects-of-having-or-being-denied-an-abortion
In The Turnaway Study, Diana Greene Foster shares research conducted over 10 years with about 1,000 women who had or were denied abortions, tracking impacts on mental, physical and economic health.

What’s Worrying Teenagers Right Now
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/well/family/teenagers-mental-health-unrest-virus.html
Between the quarantines and the demonstrations, Crisis Text Line and other mental health professionals see a rise in teen anxiety.

The Millennial Mental-Health Crisis
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/why-suicide-rates-among-millennials-are-rising/612943/
Suicides and overdoses among young adults were already skyrocketing before the pandemic started. Now experts fear that the situation is going to get even worse.

Study: Police killings traumatize high school students and hurt academic performance
https://www.vox.com/2020/6/10/21284793/police-killings-school-performance-desmond-ang
State violence against unarmed minorities has four times the impact of other homicides.

Why Some Families Are Hit So Hard By COVID-19
https://www.fatherly.com/news/how-to-make-pp-bigger-apple-juice-viral-trend/
Multigenerational households are at high risk of transmission of COVID-19.

Pandemic Could Scar a Generation of Working Mothers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/business/economy/coronavirus-working-women.html
Working from home has highlighted and compounded the heavier domestic burden borne by women. Now office reopenings may force new career sacrifices.

Masks, No Kissing and ‘a Little Kinky’: Dating and Sex in a Pandemic
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/well/live/coronavirus-sex-dating-masks.html
New York City public health officials have frank new advice for people who are looking for companionship and physical intimacy during the pandemic.

Young Americans are having less sex than ever
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/health/young-americans-less-sex-intl-scli-wellness/index.html
Young Americans are having less sex — and they can’t even blame the coronavirus pandemic for this one.

When we’re lonely, close friends, colleagues and celebrities all might seem the same to our brains
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/health/loneliness-effects-brain-activity-study-wellness-scn/index.html
Have you ever experienced that distant feeling that people are around you but not with you? Loneliness might affect how our brains perceive people, a new study finds. Increased reports of loneliness due to social distancing has researchers concerned.

Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/coronovirus-covid-transgender-lgbtq-jobs.html
As the pandemic ravages the country, there are concerns that an already marginalized group will be further left behind.

‘The system is unfair’: US trans and non-binary people hit by voting barriers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/16/trans-people-voting-november-election
Difficulties in obtaining identification mean large numbers of potential voters are vulnerable to disenfranchisement