CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
1. How We Should Really Think About Divorce: A Response to Cornwall and Coltrane
2. American history is a parade of horrors — and also heroes
3. The Pros and Cons of Contraception
4. Why Learning the History of Slavery in America Doesn’t Have to Be Depressing
5. The Excitement and Anxiety of a New Start
OTHER NEWS:
6. Pain in Children is Often Ignored. For Children of Color, It’s Even Worse.
7. Why it’s time to stop privileging marriage in America
8. A Teen’s Journey Into the Internet’s Darkness and Back Again.
9. Family history of psychiatric disorders increases risk of postpartum depression: Study
10. How We Can Help Children Grow in the Wake of a Crisis
11. State Abortion Bans Will Harm Women and Families’ Economic Security Across the US
12. Your Doppelgänger Is Out There and You Probably Share DNA With Them
13. Using digital media to relax is related to lower-quality parenting
14. Companies are cutting paid parental leave, delivering a gut punch to American families
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
15. Do Pandemics Make Strange Bedfellows?
16. How Immigration Status Shapes Family Negotiations
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1. How We Should Really Think About Divorce: A Response to Cornwall and Coltrane
https://ifstudies.org/blog/how-we-should-really-think-about-divorce-a-response-to-cornwall-and-coltrane
2. American history is a parade of horrors — and also heroes
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-14/stephanie-coontz-slavery-shame-american-history-abolition
3. The Pros and Cons of Contraception
https://www.arcdigital.media/p/cons-contra-contraception/
Evaluating the arguments
4. Why Learning the History of Slavery in America Doesn’t Have to Be Depressing
https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Why-Learning-the-History-of-Slavery-in-America-Doesnt-Have-to-Be-Depressing
5. The Excitement and Anxiety of a New Start
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-excitement-and-anxiety-of-a-new-start-11661005447
Transitions can be tough—here’s how to embrace them in this moment of change
No paywall: https://kanebridgenews.com/the-excitement-and-anxiety-of-a-new-start/
6. Pain in Children is Often Ignored. For Children of Color, It’s Even Worse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/well/pain-management-children-race.html
Racial differences in medical care are part of a theme experts are seeing “over and over” again.
7. Why it’s time to stop privileging marriage in America
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/16/opinions/marriage-advantages-us-filipovic/index.html
It pays to be married.
8. A Teen’s Journey Into the Internet’s Darkness and Back Again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/health/adolescents-mental-health-technology.html
As anxiety and depression soar among adolescents, researchers struggle to understand how exactly social media affects mental health.
9. Family history of psychiatric disorders increases risk of postpartum depression: Study
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/mental-health/3606591-family-history-of-psychiatric-disorders-increases-risk-of-postpartum-depression-study/
“Growing up in an environment with parents struggling with mental health problems potentially influences the social support received from these parents when going into motherhood.”
10. How We Can Help Children Grow in the Wake of a Crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/well/family/post-traumatic-growth-covid.html
Research suggests people can experience positive change as a result of adversity. Children are no exception.
11. State Abortion Bans Will Harm Women and Families’ Economic Security Across the US
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/state-abortion-bans-will-harm-women-and-families-economic-security-across-the-us/
State abortion bans will negatively affect women and families’ economic security as well as state and local economies.
12. Your Doppelgänger Is Out There and You Probably Share DNA With Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/science/doppelgangers-twins-dna.html
That person who looks just like you is not your twin, but if scientists compared your genomes, they might find a lot in common.
13. Using digital media to relax is related to lower-quality parenting
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220824102931.htm
Caregivers who consume digital media for relaxation are more likely to engage in negative parenting practices, according to a new multinational study.
14. Companies are cutting paid parental leave, delivering a gut punch to American families
https://www.care.com/c/companies-are-cutting-paid-family-leave/
A new survey shows paid family leave policies are on the chopping block at many U.S. companies, and that’s bad news for parents.
15. Do Pandemics Make Strange Bedfellows?
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2022/08/23/do-pandemics-make-strange-bedfellows/
16. How Immigration Status Shapes Family Negotiations
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2022/08/16/how-immigration-status-shapes-family-negotiations/
