NEW BRIEF REPORT FROM CCF!
1. Mothers Are the Primary Earners in Growing Numbers of Families with Children, Including Married-Couple Families
CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
2. Most moms will be breadwinners at some point. Why don’t we treat them that way?
3. For the first time, most U.S. moms will likely be the family breadwinner within their child’s first 18 years
4. Remote work might solve the family care crisis for immigrants
5. Men are just as emotional as women: New research debunks gender stereotypes
6. These 7 Types Of Marriages Allow Modern Couples To Write Their Own Happily Ever After
7. Why aren’t more younger people getting married?
8. What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
9. Parental Leave Is American Exceptionalism at Its Bleakest
10. If work from home is making you depressed, you’re not alone. But a law from the Great Depression can fix it.
11. Work from home is going to change how you get promoted, and why
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
12. Considering the symbolic meanings of food: How the Other Half Eats
13. What happens to women who have unintended pregnancies? Well, it depends.
14. Why is American health care so inaccessible? It only got easy when my dad was dying.
OTHER NEWS:
15. Cutting paid leave hurts low-wage workers the most
16. How to Spot Depression in Young Children
17. What if It Never Gets Easier to Be a Working Parent?
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1. Mothers Are the Primary Earners in Growing Numbers of Families with Children, Including Married-Couple Families
https://sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfamilies/2021/11/02/breadwinning-mothers-brief-report/
2. Most moms will be breadwinners at some point. Why don’t we treat them that way?
https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/4/22761860/would-helping-breadwinner-moms-boost-fertiliity-child-tax-credit-work-life-balance-childcare
New research finds surprising links between education and when women become family breadwinner
3. For the first time, most U.S. moms will likely be the family breadwinner within their child’s first 18 years
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/for-the-first-time-most-u-s-moms-will-likely-be-the-family-breadwinner-within-their-childs-first-18-years-11635877450
New research on how children rely on mothers’ financial support comes as more than 1.6 million women have left the workforce since February 2020.
4. Remote work might solve the family care crisis for immigrants
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/577721-remote-work-might-solve-the-family-care-crisis-for-immigrants
5. Men are just as emotional as women: New research debunks gender stereotypes
https://www.today.com/health/new-research-debunks-gender-stereotypes-about-emotions-t237160
A new study published last week in the journal Nature dispels the widely held gender stereotype that women are more emotional than men.
6. These 7 Types Of Marriages Allow Modern Couples To Write Their Own Happily Ever After
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a37825670/types-of-marriage/
First comes love, then comes marriage, right? Eh, the old song doesn’t quite paint a picture of the vast array of forms wedded bliss can take (ya know, the kinds that provide deep fulfillment and joy).
7. Why aren’t more younger people getting married?
https://www.wpr.org/why-arent-more-younger-people-getting-married
CCF’s Stephanie Coontz discusses the changing calculus of marriage decisions on Wisconsin Pubic Radio
8. What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/11/does-having-kids-make-you-happy/620576/
Research has found that having children is terrible for quality of life—but the truth about what parenthood means for happiness is a lot more complicated.
9. Parental Leave Is American Exceptionalism at Its Bleakest
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/11/us-paid-family-parental-leave-congress-bill/620660/
The U.S. is the only wealthy country in the world that leaves new parents to fend for themselves.
10. If work from home is making you depressed, you’re not alone. But a law from the Great Depression can fix it.
https://www.businessinsider.com/flexibility-of-work-from-home-dystopian-future-endless-work
Getting to work where, when, and how we want feels like a profound victory — but the lack of clear office hours means work is bleeding into our personal time in new and disturbing ways.
11. Work from home is going to change how you get promoted, and why
https://www.businessinsider.com/work-from-home-performance-evaluations-management-reviews-promotions-raises
With the rise of remote work, managers lost the ability to assess employees in person. That’s forcing them to reward people in a new way: based on results, not appearances.
12. Considering the symbolic meanings of food: How the Other Half Eats
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/11/09/considering-the-symbolic-meanings-of-food-how-the-other-half-eats/
13. What happens to women who have unintended pregnancies? Well, it depends.
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/11/02/what-happens-to-women-who-have-unintended-pregnancies-well-it-depends/
14. Why is American health care so inaccessible? It only got easy when my dad was dying.
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/10/26/why-is-american-health-care-so-inaccessible-it-only-got-easy-when-my-dad-was-dying/
15. Cutting paid leave hurts low-wage workers the most
https://www.vox.com/2021/10/29/22749595/paid-leave-sick-parental-leave-biden-build-back-better-bill
Just 8 percent of low-wage workers have access to paid family leave, compared to 20 percent of all workers.
16. How to Spot Depression in Young Children
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/well/family/depression-young-children.html
We tend to think of childhood as a time of innocence and joy, but as many as 2 to 3 percent of children from ages 6 to 12 can have serious depression.
17. What if It Never Gets Easier to Be a Working Parent?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/30/business/paid-family-leave-working-parents.html
The shock of the pandemic threw care taking arrangements into disarray. Many families find themselves back in the same precarious arrangement they had before, with the burden still on mothers.
