CCF Media Brief – June 4, 2021

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.

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

Criticizing Or Complaining Rarely Buys You Anything
https://www.grandmagazine.com/2021/05/criticizing-or-complaining/#
CCF Board Member Joshua Coleman for Grand Magazine

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.

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.