CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
1. How economic inequality affects the American diet
2. The Americans who are getting the worst of the surge in inflation
3. Review: How food inequality in the U.S. puts yet another burden on mothers
4. Housework is hindering the gender revolution
5. The Nuclear Family Myth
6. Family estrangement: Why adults are cutting off their parents
NEW WORK BY CCF EXPERTS*
7. How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America
8. Contextualizing the Social and Educational Journeys of Adolescents within
the Life Course
9. Children’s Financial Dependence on Mothers: Propensity and Duration
10. Telecommuting and gender inequalities in parents’ paid and unpaid work before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
11. Gender Threat: American Masculinity in the Face of Change
12. 10 Common Mistakes Therapists Make With Estranged Parents
OTHER NEWS:
13. The Loss of a Child Takes a Physical Toll on the Heart
14. The modern family
15. Parents are scrambling after schools suddenly cancel class over staffing and burnout
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1. How economic inequality affects the American diet
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/11/17/how-economic-inequality-affects-the-american-diet/
While the United States tries to control the coronavirus pandemic and recover from it, economic inequality is still a growing issue for Americans. This divide is even worse for people of color. And nowhere does it play out with more far-reaching implications than at the dinner table.
2. The Americans who are getting the worst of the surge in inflation
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/opinions/americans-getting-the-worst-of-the-inflation-fielding-singh-raskind/index.html
With inflation at a 30-year high, Americans are about to face a holiday season marked by surging food prices.
3. Review: How food inequality in the U.S. puts yet another burden on mothers
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/review-how-food-inequality-in-the-u-s-puts-yet-another-burden-on-mothers
4. Housework is hindering the gender revolution
https://www.startribune.com/yuen-housework-is-hindering-the-gender-revolution/600118487/
Women still do most of the housework even though they make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce.
5. The Nuclear Family Myth
https://white-picket-fence.simplecast.com/episodes/the-nuclear-family-myth-L2Bky3cK
This week, host Julie Kohler travels back to the mid-20th century to examine the creation of the “traditional” nuclear family — a myth only made possible through the exploitation of Black women’s domestic labor — and how the family values and nostalgia of this era continue to exist in today’s debate over “caring economy” policies.
6. Family estrangement: Why adults are cutting off their parents
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20211201-family-estrangement-why-adults-are-cutting-off-their-parents/
Polarised politics and a growing awareness of how difficult relationships can impact our mental health are fuelling family estrangement, say psychologists.
7. How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/priya-fielding-singh-phd/how-the-other-half-eats/9780316427272/
8. Contextualizing the Social and Educational Journeys of Adolescents within
the Life Course
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jora.12689
9. Children’s Financial Dependence on Mothers: Propensity and Duration
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23780231211055246
10. Telecommuting and gender inequalities in parents’ paid and unpaid work before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12810
11. Gender Threat: American Masculinity in the Face of Change
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/11/30/gender-threat-american-masculinity-in-the-face-of-change/
12. 10 Common Mistakes Therapists Make With Estranged Parents
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/11/23/10-common-mistakes-therapists-make-with-estranged-parents/
13. The Loss of a Child Takes a Physical Toll on the Heart
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/well/family/death-of-a-child-parents-heart-attack-risk.html
Grieving parents were at high risk of a heart attack in the days following the death of a child, and an increased risk may persist for years.
14. The modern family
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22784054/estrangement-family-friends-friendsgiving
Amid distance and estrangement and strain, some are happily replacing the clans they’re born into with chosen families.
15. Parents are scrambling after schools suddenly cancel class over staffing and burnout
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/23/1057979170/school-closures-mental-health-days-families-childcare-thanksgiving-break
