CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
- Women in Singapore less satisfied with their marriages during and after circuit breaker: Study
- Women won’t achieve gender equality for their kids until they stop doing all the housework
- Can Families Hang On to the Slower Pace of Pandemic Life?
- Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows
- How life could get better for working parents and caregivers — in the long run
- I Became a Mother at 25, and I’m Not Sorry I Didn’t Wait
- How many American children have cut contact with their parents?
- How to Navigate and Resolve Family Conflicts — Strategies for Happy Family Life
- Criticizing Or Complaining Rarely Buys You Anything
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
- Staying Ready, Staying Vigilant, Staying Safe: Hyperarousal and hypervigilance in African American male adolescents exposed to community violence
- Mothers Need a Continuous System of Care Even After Babies are Born
- The Difference Debt Makes: College Students and Grads on How Student Debt Affects Their Life Choices – And What They Would Do Differently If It Were Forgiven
OTHER NEWS:
- The Costs of Reproductive Health Restrictions
- ‘No going back to normal’: 43,000 US kids lost a parent to COVID
- Housing Systems Must Better Support Families with Young Children Experiencing Homelessness
- The COVID-19 Pandemic and LGBTQ Students
- How Colleges Tell Student-Parents They Don’t Belong
- Family Caregivers Feel the Pandemic’s Weight
- Covid-19 Raised Housework Demands, and Women Carried More of the Burden
- The Pandemic Created a Child-Care Crisis. Mothers Bore the Burden.
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- Women in Singapore less satisfied with their marriages during and after circuit breaker: Study
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/women-in-singapore-less-satisfied-with-their-marriages-during-covid-19-pandemic-study
Women were less satisfied with their marriages during and after the circuit breaker, a study has found.
- Women won’t achieve gender equality for their kids until they stop doing all the housework
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/women-won-t-achieve-gender-equality-their-kids-until-they-ncna1267493
Kids will later emulate what they see their parents doing now, no matter how few princess movies you let them see.
- Can Families Hang On to the Slower Pace of Pandemic Life?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-families-hang-on-to-the-slower-pace-of-pandemic-life-11621353833
Covid-19 provided a much-needed break from overscheduling for some children and teens. Their parents want to keep it that way.
- Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/13/996570855/disinformation-dozen-test-facebooks-twitters-ability-to-curb-vaccine-hoaxes
Researchers have found just 12 people are responsible for the bulk of the misleading claims and outright lies about COVID-19 vaccines that proliferate on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
- How life could get better for working parents and caregivers — in the long run
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/20/health/working-parents-better-life-wellness/index.html
Because of the pandemic, there’s a momentum to make life better for all working caregivers. But it needs additional recognition and support to keep going and make a long-term difference. Find out how that could happen.
- I Became a Mother at 25, and I’m Not Sorry I Didn’t Wait
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/motherhood-baby-bust-early-parenthood.html
- How many American children have cut contact with their parents?
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/05/22/how-many-american-children-have-cut-contact-with-their-parents
A young field of research suggests it is surprisingly common
- How to Navigate and Resolve Family Conflicts — Strategies for Happy Family Life
https://better.net/life/how-to-navigate-and-resolve-family-conflicts-strategies-for-happy-family-life/
- Criticizing Or Complaining Rarely Buys You Anything
https://www.grandmagazine.com/2021/05/criticizing-or-complaining/#
CCF Board Member Joshua Coleman for Grand Magazine
- Staying Ready, Staying Vigilant, Staying Safe: Hyperarousal and hypervigilance in African American male adolescents exposed to community violence
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/05/18/staying-ready-staying-vigilant-staying-safe-hyperarousal-and-hypervigilance-in-african-american-male-adolescents-exposed-to-community-violence/
- Mothers Need a Continuous System of Care Even After Babies are Born
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/05/25/mothers-need-a-continuous-system-of-care-even-after-babies-are-born/
- The Difference Debt Makes: College Students and Grads on How Student Debt Affects Their Life Choices – And What They Would Do Differently If It Were Forgiven
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/06/01/the-difference-debt-makes-college-students-and-grads-on-how-student-debt-affects-their-life-choices-and-what-they-would-do-differently-if-it-were-forgiven/
- The Costs of Reproductive Health Restrictions
https://iwpr.org/costs-of-reproductive-health-restrictions/
An Economic Case for Ending Harmful State Policies
- ‘No going back to normal’: 43,000 US kids lost a parent to COVID
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/5/31/no-going-back-to-normal-43000-us-kids-lost-a-parent-to-covid
Thousands of American children are struggling with the emotional and financial toll of losing a parent to COVID-19 — and the long-term effects on their physical, mental and financial health.
- Housing Systems Must Better Support Families with Young Children Experiencing Homelessness
https://www.childtrends.org/blog/housing-systems-must-better-support-families-with-young-children-experiencing-homelessness
- The COVID-19 Pandemic and LGBTQ Students
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2021/05/24/covid-19-pandemic-and-lgbtq-students/
The coronavirus pandemic has hurt LGBTQ students in unique and troubling ways, according to a new report by the Point Foundation and the Williams Institute at University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law.
- How Colleges Tell Student-Parents They Don’t Belong
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/05/why-college-hard-student-parents-obstacles-graduation/618996/
America’s higher-education system is designed for childless students who come to college right out of high school, and full of unnecessary obstacles for parents seeking a degree.
- Family Caregivers Feel the Pandemic’s Weight
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/health/coronavirus-home-caregivers-elderly.html/
Early studies reveal the toll that lockdowns, isolation and stress have taken on those who care for older Americans.
- Covid-19 Raised Housework Demands, and Women Carried More of the Burden
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-raised-housework-demands-and-women-carried-more-of-the-burden-11621589410/
Women report spending more time than men during the lockdown on cleaning, shopping and caring for children or adults
- The Pandemic Created a Child-Care Crisis. Mothers Bore the Burden.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/17/upshot/women-workforce-employment-covid.html
When the pandemic created a child-care crisis, mothers became the default solution. Interviews with 15 women in Los Angeles County revealed what that cost them — a loss of identity apart from one, being a mother. Read their stories here.