CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
- Why doesn’t the US value child care? A historic look
- Mothers Need a Continuous System of Care Even After Babies are Born
- Have modern parents sacrificed too much of themselves by prioritising their children?
- Platonic parenting? How some start families when romance isn’t happening or wanted
NEW WORK BY CCF EXPERTS*
- Why the White House Needs A Child and Family Policy Council
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
- The First Feminist Who Loved Me
- What Recent College Grads Say About the Impact of their Student Loans
OTHER NEWS:
- It took a pandemic… Expanded assistance, material hardship, and helping others during the Covid-19 crisis
- The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act passes in the House
- We Celebrate Transracial Adoption. But Child Welfare Can’t Ignore Race
- CDC Mask Mandate Forgets Kids. Here Are Parents’ Real Options
- Why Is Re-Entering the Workforce So Hard on Moms?
- The Professional Women Who Are Leaning Out
- How College Became a Ruthless Competition Divorced From Learning
- A Deep Look at One Classroom
- A bill aims to stop abusers stalking ex-partners. US telecom firms are lobbying against it
- The Gates Divorce Is About More Than a Marriage
- How to Discipline a Toddler: What the New Research Says
- A climate scientist explains why it’s still okay to have kids
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- Why doesn’t the US value child care? A historic look
https://www.inforum.com/on-the-minds-of-moms/7006430-Why-doesn%E2%80%99t-the-US-value-child-care-A-historic-look
The pandemic has laid bare the stunning paucity of opportunities for children and their parents — a situation that’s brought financial and emotional disaster not just to American mothers, but to the U.S. economy
- Mothers Need a Continuous System of Care Even After Babies are Born
https://www.newsweek.com/mothers-need-continuous-system-care-even-after-babies-are-born-opinion-1588918
In our nation, babies are born into a system of well-child care—a series of planned health care visits designed to protect their health from day one through age six. But what about their mothers?
- Have modern parents sacrificed too much of themselves by prioritising their children?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/have-modern-parents-sacrificed-much-prioritising-children/
Today’s parents forgo friendships and outside interests to concentrate solely on raising their kids – but they are storing up trouble
- Platonic parenting? How some start families when romance isn’t happening or wanted
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/5/5/22382955/platonic-parenting-how-some-start-families-when-romance-isnt-happening-or-wanted-brad-wilcox
A growing share of adults are looking for partners to help with parenting — but aren’t counting on finding “the one”
- Why the White House Needs A Child and Family Policy Council
https://scholars.org/contribution/why-white-house-needs-child-and-family-policy
- The First Feminist Who Loved Me
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/05/11/the-first-feminist-who-loved-me/
- What Recent College Grads Say About the Impact of their Student Loans
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/05/04/new-from-ccf-what-recent-college-grads-say-about-the-impact-of-their-student-loans/
- It took a pandemic… Expanded assistance, material hardship, and helping others during the Covid-19 crisis
https://inequality.stanford.edu/covid/material-hardship?mc_cid=16c7ed909c&mc_eid=494655a0b1
- The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act passes in the House
https://www.mother.ly/state-of-motherhood/we-need-the-pregnant-workers-fairness-act
The bill is all about protecting pregnant workers and their unborn children. It now heads to the Senate.
- We Celebrate Transracial Adoption. But Child Welfare Can’t Ignore Race
https://www.newsweek.com/we-celebrate-transracial-adoption-child-welfare-cant-ignore-race-opinion-1589058
- CDC Mask Mandate Forgets Kids. Here Are Parents’ Real Options
https://www.fatherly.com/news/cdc-mask-mandate-forgets-kids-here-are-parents-real-options/
Most kids are unvaccinated and will be for many months.
- Why Is Re-Entering the Workforce So Hard on Moms?
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/career/a36202167/mothers-return-to-work-support/
As mothers driven out of their jobs by the pandemic think about returning to work, they’re facing more significant challenges than ever.
- The Professional Women Who Are Leaning Out
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/why-dont-more-american-moms-work-part-time/618741/
The competing demands of work and motherhood have some white-collar women choosing part-time work—and loving it.
- How College Became a Ruthless Competition Divorced From Learning
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/marriage-college-status-meritocracy/618795/
It is a truth universally acknowledged that elite parents, in possession of excellent jobs, want to get their kids into college.
- A Deep Look at One Classroom
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/us/remote-learning-struggles.html
A reporter’s embed with a high school class tells the story of this interrupted, destabilizing school year.
- A bill aims to stop abusers stalking ex-partners. US telecom firms are lobbying against it
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/06/us-wireless-industry-bill-domestic-violence-victims
Lobby group is trying to change language in the bill, which would allow victims to remove themselves from family phone plans
- The Gates Divorce Is About More Than a Marriage
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/05/bill-and-melinda-gates-divorce-foundation/618803/
When the richest of the rich split up, the usual dilemmas are mixed in with the fate of enormous charitable efforts and billion-dollar stock holdings.
- How to Discipline a Toddler: What the New Research Says
https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/how-to-discipline-a-toddler/
It’s still not OK to hit your kid, and new research gives parents healthy alternatives.
- A climate scientist explains why it’s still okay to have kids
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22399882/climate-change-kids-children-overpopulation
Some say you shouldn’t have children in the era of climate change. Don’t buy it.
