CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
1. The Pandemic Is Making Dads Reevaluate Their Work-Life Balance
2. How to encourage family and friends to stop spreading misinformation on social media
3.‘The Great Resignation’
4. Your zip code may be a factor in how long you’ll stay active
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
5. Coming Home to College: How Living Arrangements are Affecting Student Perceptions of the Path to Adulthood during COVID-19
OTHER NEWS:
6. Census Bureau Releases New Report on Patterns of Poverty
7. This study proves that paid parental leave benefits moms’ health—for decades
8. The Masked Professor vs. the Unmasked Student
9. Think being trans is a ‘trend’? Consider these 18th-century ‘female husbands’
10. Texas’ New Abortion Ban Will Have Some Women Drive Up to Nearly 500 Miles for Appointments
11. Kids, Parents And Experts Weigh In On What Another Disrupted School Year Means
12. Why false claims about Covid-19 vaccines and infertility are so powerful
13. More Americans are taking jobs without employer benefits like health care or paid vacation
14. Boycott Your Parent? Anything for a Climate Fix
15. How the Child Tax Credit Can Break Cycles of Addiction
16. It’s science: Self-care isn’t just good for moms—it helps protect your kids, too
17. How the ‘social safety net’ in a $3.5 trillion budget plan might impact families
18. Why are the waitlists for child care so long?
SCHOLARLY OPPORTUNITIES:
19. SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of Family Nursing- Supporting Structurally Diverse Families
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1. The Pandemic Is Making Dads Reevaluate Their Work-Life Balance
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/08/pandemic-dads-parenting-work-life-balance/619908/
The past year and a half has been exhausting and stressful for parents. It also, unexpectedly, gave many fathers more of the family time they want.
2. How to encourage family and friends to stop spreading misinformation on social media
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/29/health/misinformation-how-to-talk-to-family-friends-tips-wellness/index.html
In a time when all social media users are content creators, the lines between true and false can be blurred.
3.‘The Great Resignation’
https://news.utexas.edu/2021/08/20/the-great-resignation/
UT sociologist Jennifer Glass on why so many people are leaving their jobs
4. Your zip code may be a factor in how long you’ll stay active
https://news.yale.edu/2021/08/23/your-zip-code-may-be-factor-how-long-youll-stay-active
Older people living in less advantaged neighborhoods become disabled roughly two years earlier than their counterparts in more affluent neighborhoods, according to a new Yale study.
5. Coming Home to College: How Living Arrangements are Affecting Student Perceptions of the Path to Adulthood during COVID-19
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/09/07/coming-home-to-college-how-living-arrangements-are-affecting-student-perceptions-of-the-path-to-adulthood-during-covid-19/
6. Census Bureau Releases New Report on Patterns of Poverty
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/patterns-of-poverty.html
A new report released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows 34.0% of the U.S. population was in poverty for at least two months between January 2013 and December 2016.
7. This study proves that paid parental leave benefits moms’ health—for decades
https://www.mother.ly/state-of-motherhood/support-for-mothers-is-non-partisan/paid-maternity-leave-benefits-moms-health-for-decades
It’s much longer than just the few short weeks after birth.
8. The Masked Professor vs. the Unmasked Student
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/us/professor-unmasked-students-delta.html
At universities, some instructors are finding the return to the classroom a nerve-racking experience. A few have quit — one in the middle of class.
9. Think being trans is a ‘trend’? Consider these 18th-century ‘female husbands’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/10/transgender-history-18th-century-female-husbands
Some think they can avoid accepting trans people by reducing our existence to a passing fad. But we’ve always been here
10. Texas’ New Abortion Ban Will Have Some Women Drive Up to Nearly 500 Miles for Appointments
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-new-abortion-ban-will-have-some-women-drive-nearly-500-miles-appointments-1625110
Texas’ new six-week abortion ban may have some women driving up to nearly 500 miles in order to access out-of-state abortion care.
11. Kids, Parents And Experts Weigh In On What Another Disrupted School Year Means
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/06/1034631865/kids-parents-and-experts-weigh-in-on-what-another-disrupted-school-year-means
The schooling challenges from the first year of the pandemic remain. Another disrupted school year means the pandemic’s academic and emotional impact on children will persist unless addressed.
12. Why false claims about Covid-19 vaccines and infertility are so powerful
https://www.vox.com/22639366/covid-19-vaccine-fertility-pregnancy-myths
The anti-vax fertility panic, explained.
13. More Americans are taking jobs without employer benefits like health care or paid vacation
https://www.vox.com/recode/22651953/americans-gig-independent-workers-benefits-vacation-health-care-inequality
An astonishing one in three US workers does gig work now.
14. Boycott Your Parent? Anything for a Climate Fix
https://www.newsweek.com/boycott-your-parent-anything-climate-fix-opinion-1627118
15. How the Child Tax Credit Can Break Cycles of Addiction
https://www.newsweek.com/how-child-tax-credit-can-break-cycles-addiction-opinion-1627144
16. It’s science: Self-care isn’t just good for moms—it helps protect your kids, too
https://www.mother.ly/life/health-wellness/taking-care-of-ourselves-can-protect-our-children-from-inheriting-toxic-stress
Research suggests that practicing self-care and knowing when to ask for help is vital.
17. How the ‘social safety net’ in a $3.5 trillion budget plan might impact families
https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/25/22641414/biden-budget-plan-blueprint-moving-forward-with-child-care-paid-leave-medicare-reform-tax-cuts
While the proposal has a ‘rocky’ path ahead, under reconciliation rules, the budget plan’s details could pass with a simple majority
18. Why are the waitlists for child care so long?
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/08/19/why-are-the-waitlists-for-child-care-so-long/
Why are there such long waitlists for quality child care? People want it, so why doesn’t the market respond to the demand with greater supply?
19. SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of Family Nursing- Supporting Structurally Diverse Families
https://journals.sagepub.com/page/jfn/cfp2
