CCF Media Brief – July 30, 2020

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JULY 30, 2020

CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:

Number of households with hungry children nearing 14 million, study finds
Help! I’m Quarantining With My Parents!
Frat Parties. Dorms. Dining Halls. Here’s How College Campuses Are Trying To Stop Coronavirus Outbreaks This Fall.
When Grandparents Are Estranged From Their Grandchildren
Does going back to school mean walking into danger?

NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:

OTHER NEWS:

The Pandemic Is Putting Marriage Even Further Out of Reach
There Is So Much More Than the Nuclear Family, Even Now
When Caring for Your Child’s Needs Becomes a Job All Its Own
Colleges Are Getting Ready to Blame Their Students
Black Children Are More Likely to Die After Surgery Than White Peers, Study Shows
Fertility rate: ‘Jaw-dropping’ global crash in children being born
Lonely Girls: How the Pandemic Has Deepened the Isolation of Adolescents
Is It Possible to Create Homeschooling Pods and Microschools Without “Opportunity Hoarding”?
Will Kids Follow the New Pandemic Rules at School?
The pandemic is raising concerns about how teens use technology. But there’s still a lot we don’t know.
Why It’s Good to Be Old, Even in a Pandemic
Lockdown has made it easier to talk about how difficult love can be

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Frat Parties. Dorms. Dining Halls. Here’s How College Campuses Are Trying To Stop Coronavirus Outbreaks This Fall.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/coronavirus-college-campus-dorms-parties-classrooms
“We don’t know if things are going to necessarily get better. Or get worse.”

When Grandparents Are Estranged From Their Grandchildren
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/well/family/estrangement-grandparents-grandchildren.html
At heart, estrangement from grandchildren reflects estrangement from adult children, the gatekeeper middle generation that can promote or deny access.

Does going back to school mean walking into danger?
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/7/25/21334524/school-covid-19-masks-utah-safety-governor-herbert-mandate-pandemic
The question isn’t safety, it’s a matter of relative risk, experts say

The Pandemic Is Putting Marriage Even Further Out of Reach
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/pandemic-marriage-out-of-reach-americans/614506/
Married life is already the purview of the privileged. The economic crisis will only make things worse.

There Is So Much More Than the Nuclear Family, Even Now
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/how-people-care-their-community-during-pandemic/614275/
The narrative of family as the most legitimate form of care during the pandemic can make it hard to see all the creative ways people are showing up for one another.

When Caring for Your Child’s Needs Becomes a Job All Its Own
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/us/children-disabilities-parenting-poverty-assistance.html
For some parents, work outside the home is impossible as they navigate complicated and frustrating systems for help. But they don’t have to go it alone.

Colleges Are Getting Ready to Blame Their Students
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/colleges-are-getting-ready-blame-their-students/614410/
As campuses reopen without adequate testing, universities fault young people for a lack of personal responsibility.

Black Children Are More Likely to Die After Surgery Than White Peers, Study Shows
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/health/black-children-surgery-deaths.html
A large study, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggests that disparities exist in surgery outcomes, even among healthy children.

Fertility rate: ‘Jaw-dropping’ global crash in children being born
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53409521
The world is ill-prepared for the global crash in children being born which is set to have a “jaw-dropping” impact on societies, say researchers.

Lonely Girls: How the Pandemic Has Deepened the Isolation of Adolescents
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lonely-girls-how-the-pandemic-has-deepened-the-isolation-of-adolescents-11595937600
The coronavirus lockdown has increased the fear of missing out for many girls; social media reveals who’s getting together and who’s stuck at home

Is It Possible to Create Homeschooling Pods and Microschools Without “Opportunity Hoarding”?
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a33434758/homeschooling-pods/
Parents are choosing between a host of unfavorable options for fall’s return to school, but “pandemic pods” also bring about issues of inequity.

Will Kids Follow the New Pandemic Rules at School?
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/us-schools-reopen-kids-social-distance/614713/
Students are generally capable of doing what public-health experts ask, but not all of them, not everything, and not all the time.

The pandemic is raising concerns about how teens use technology. But there’s still a lot we don’t know.
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/7/29/21346005/technology-social-media-impact-teenagers-research-common-sense-report
A new report from Common Sense Media analyzes current research on how social media impacts teens’ mental health.

Why It’s Good to Be Old, Even in a Pandemic
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/well/live/aging-benefits-pandemic.html
That aging can make us better than ever may be the biggest dirty little secret of all time.

Lockdown has made it easier to talk about how difficult love can be
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/22/lockdown-love-romatic-relationships-coronavirus
This time has been a trial by fire for romantic relationships, leading to a new openness about our shared frailties