CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
1. Why people who are anti-sexist aren’t necessarily anti-racist
2. It’s Time To Retire The Phrase “Working Mom”
3. On welfare reform’s 25th anniversary, how are single-mom families faring?
4. 5 Ways to Be a Better Step-Grandparent
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
5. How Couples Justified Relying on Mothers as the “Default” Parent During the Pandemic
OTHER NEWS:
6. Children And Teens Gained Weight At An Alarming Rate During The Pandemic, The CDC Says
7. For Parents of Disabled Children, School Mask Wars Are Particularly Wrenching
8. It’s time to stop describing lifesaving health care as “elective”
9. ‘Truth-telling has to happen’: the museum of America’s racist history
10. A World Without Children
11. The bias that blinds: why some people get dangerously different medical care
12. How to Support Your Partner After the Death of a Parent
13. Judith Butler: ‘We need to rethink the category of woman’
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1. Why people who are anti-sexist aren’t necessarily anti-racist
https://www.deseret.com/2021/9/12/22663552/general-social-survey-says-acceptance-of-gender-equality-race-equity-moved-at-different-paces-racism
Researchers tracked attitudes over 40 years on gender and racial equality, and say that changing views matter when it comes to supporting policies that combat or reinforce inequality
2. It’s Time To Retire The Phrase “Working Mom”
https://www.romper.com/parenting/time-to-retire-the-phrase-working-mom
We are proud champions of “working mothers,” but that title has got to go.
3. On welfare reform’s 25th anniversary, how are single-mom families faring?
https://www.deseret.com/2021/9/21/22674391/on-welfare-reforms-25th-anniversary-how-are-single-mother-households-faring-has-poverty-dropped
Research finds single-mother households today are most likely living in houses comparable in quality to those of middle-class families at the time welfare was reformed a quarter-century ago
4. 5 Ways to Be a Better Step-Grandparent
https://www.aarp.org/home-family/friends-family/info-2021/step-grandparents.html
With the right approach, step-grandparents can plan an important role in families
5. How Couples Justified Relying on Mothers as the “Default” Parent During the Pandemic
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/09/21/how-couples-justified-relying-on-mothers-as-the-default-parent-during-the-pandemic/
New study shows that couples justified relying on mothers as the “default” parent during the pandemic, seeing those arrangements as “practical” and “natural” because of longstanding gendered norms about caregiving and inequalities in parents’ work roles.
6. Children And Teens Gained Weight At An Alarming Rate During The Pandemic, The CDC Says
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/09/17/1038211236/weight-gain-obesity-children-teens-pandemic
As a group, American children and teenagers have seen a significant increase in weight gain since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with the biggest jumps occurring in younger school-aged children and those who were already prone to obesity, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
7. For Parents of Disabled Children, School Mask Wars Are Particularly Wrenching
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/us/politics/disabled-students-mask-mandate.html
In Tennessee, where the governor allows families to ignore school mask mandates, some parents are making excruciating calculations each morning about whether to send their children to school.
8. It’s time to stop describing lifesaving health care as “elective”
https://www.vox.com/22678393/elective-surgery-nonessential-trans-gender-affirming-hysterectomy
Labels like “nonessential” are getting in the way of urgent treatments and surgeries. There’s a better way.
9. ‘Truth-telling has to happen’: the museum of America’s racist history
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/19/the-legacy-museum-america-racist-history
The Legacy Museum, opening in October, lands at a time when racial violence is again on the rise and critical race theory is being used to prevent America’s racist past being taught in schools
10. A World Without Children
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/09/millennials-babies-climate-change/620032/
A generation facing an intractable problem debates whether to bring a new generation into the world.
11. The bias that blinds: why some people get dangerously different medical care
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/21/bias-that-blinds-medical-research-treatment-race-gender-dangerous-disparity
Medical research and practice have long assumed a narrow definition of the ‘default’ human, badly compromising the care of anyone outside that category. How can this be fixed?
12. How to Support Your Partner After the Death of a Parent
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/how-to-support-a-grieving-partner/
Here’s how you can help during this difficult time.
13. Judith Butler: ‘We need to rethink the category of woman’
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/sep/07/judith-butler-interview-gender
The author of the ground-breaking book Gender Trouble says we should not be surprised when the category of women expands to include trans women
