CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JANUARY 29, 2021
NEW FACT SHEET FROM CCF!
- Why Families Need More Financial Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic
CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
- Calls to state child-abuse hotline have declined during pandemic, but impact is less clear
- How family friendly work policies affect children’s health
- Across Rich Nations, Disadvantaged Children Do Better When Work-Family Balance Is a Policy Priority
- Men Who Cheat Are Mainly In It For the Emotional Validation
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
- Updated Roundup: 2020 CCF Blog Posts about Covid-19 and Families
- The Labor of “Living Diaper to Diaper”
- National Spouses Day is Next Week…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America
OTHER NEWS:
- We Should Not Pay Women to Be Moms
- The Myth That Gets Men Out of Doing Chores
- How to Use Chores to Create a Gender-Equal Household
- A big hurdle for older Americans trying to get vaccinated: Using the internet
- Coronavirus: people of colour must get fair access to vaccines, Fauci says
- Look At The Racial And Ethnic Disparities In The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
- Pregnant Women Get Conflicting Advice on Covid-19 Vaccines
- A New Option for Morning-After Contraception?
- Only 2% of teens eat enough veggies—here’s how to start healthy habits early
- The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship
- Kamala Harris, multiracial identity, and the fantasy of a post-racial America
- White women’s role in white supremacy, explained
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- Why Families Need More Financial Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://contemporaryfamilies.org/family-financial-support-covid-fact-sheet/
- Calls to state child-abuse hotline have declined during pandemic, but impact is less clear
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-child-welfare/2021/01/09/calls-arizonas-child-abuse-hotline-down-but-kids-still-go-foster-care/4101709001/
- How family friendly work policies affect children’s health
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/1/28/22205426/time-or-money-better-for-kids-utah-family-work-university-texas-austin-council-contemporary-families
- Across Rich Nations, Disadvantaged Children Do Better When Work-Family Balance Is a Policy Priority
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/prc/research/research-brief-series/2021-research-briefs/andersson-work-family-reconciliation.php
- Men Who Cheat Are Mainly In It For the Emotional Validation
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/emotional-validation-men-who-cheat-seek-it/
In her new book, sociologist Dr. Alicia Walker looks at the reasons some men have affairs. They probably aren’t what you think.
- Updated Roundup: 2020 CCF Blog Posts about Covid-19 and Families
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/01/12/updated-roundup-2020-ccf-blog-posts-about-covid-19-and-families/
- The Labor of “Living Diaper to Diaper”
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/01/26/the-labor-of-living-diaper-to-diaper/
- National Spouses Day is Next Week…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/01/19/national-spouses-day-is-next-week-feeling-any-pressure-a-fact-sheet-on-prospects-for-marriage-in-contemporary-america/
- We Should Not Pay Women to Be Moms
https://www.newsweek.com/we-should-not-pay-women-moms-opinion-1564944
- The Myth That Gets Men Out of Doing Chores
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/01/boys-men-messy-chores/617845/
They’re just as good at recognizing messes as women—they just don’t feel the same pressure to clean them up.
- How to Use Chores to Create a Gender-Equal Household
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/create-gender-equal-household-parents-kids/
Kids can learn a lot if you model these behaviors.
- A big hurdle for older Americans trying to get vaccinated: Using the internet
https://www.vox.com/recode/22250606/older-americans-seniors-computer-literacy-skills-internet-digital-divide
Not all seniors have what’s needed to quickly snag a vaccine appointment: a computer and an internet connection.
- Coronavirus: people of colour must get fair access to vaccines, Fauci says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/28/us-coronavirus-vaccines-poc-groups-fair-access-fauci
Top US public official says vaccine must go to those most at risk, not just ‘middle-class white people’
- Look At The Racial And Ethnic Disparities In The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961747932/a-look-at-the-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-the-covid-19-vaccine-rollout
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Samantha Artiga, director of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Racial Equity and Health Policy Program, about racial and ethnic disparities in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
- Pregnant Women Get Conflicting Advice on Covid-19 Vaccines
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/health/pregnant-women-covid-vaccines.html
The W.H.O. and the C.D.C. provide differing views, and experts partly blame a lack of data because expectant mothers have been excluded from clinical trials.
- A New Option for Morning-After Contraception?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/well/family/pregnancy-contraception.html
An hormonal IUD may work as well as morning-after pills for preventing pregnancy, a new study suggests.
- Only 2% of teens eat enough veggies—here’s how to start healthy habits early
https://www.mother.ly/news/just-2-of-teens-eat-the-recommended-amount-of-veggies
Parents everywhere: yup, that sounds about right.
- The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/pandemic-goodbye-casual-friends/617839/
There’s a reason you miss the people you didn’t even know that well.
- Kamala Harris, multiracial identity, and the fantasy of a post-racial America
https://www.vox.com/first-person/22230854/kamala-harris-inauguration-mixed-race-biracial
Politicians who happen to be multiracial face expectations that simply aren’t realistic.
- White women’s role in white supremacy, explained
https://www.vox.com/2021/1/15/22231079/capitol-riot-women-qanon-white-supremacy
Women at the Capitol riot are just the latest reminder of a long history.
