CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
1. Relationships 2.0: When Did Marriage Become So Hard?
2. Cohabitating in the Capital City: percentage of young local couples living together before marriage jumps
OTHER NEWS:
3. The Pandemic Exposed the Inequality of American Motherhood
4. Should you not have kids because of climate change? It’s complicated.
5. Parents are missing work at record numbers due to childcare problems and the ‘tripledemic’
6. The financial hardship of divorce
7. How Much Alone Time Do Kids Need?
8. As Gen X and Boomers Age, They Confront Living Alone
9. Holiday traditions aren’t set in stone. You can update them.
10. Deaths from Substance Abuse Rose Sharply Among Older Americans in 2020
11. Teens’ brains aged faster during the first year of the pandemic, study says, and stress may be to blame
12. The incredible shrinking future of college
13. Parents Need Their Own AARP
14. How to handle an overload of grief
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
15. Keeping Ties with Problematic Parents
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1. Relationships 2.0: When Did Marriage Become So Hard?
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?i=1000587024155
No one will deny that marriage is hard. In fact, there’s evidence it’s getting even harder. This week on the show, we revisit a favorite episode from 2018 about the history of marriage and how it has evolved over time. We’ll talk with historian Stephanie Coontz and psychologist Eli Finkel, and explore ways we can improve our love lives — including by asking less of our partners.
2. Cohabitating in the Capital City: percentage of young local couples living together before marriage jumps
https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2022/12/01/cohabitating-in-the-capital-city-percentage-of-young-local-couples-living-together-before-marriage-jumps/
3. The Pandemic Exposed the Inequality of American Motherhood
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/11/covid-impact-women/672251/
Rich and poor women had completely different experiences.
4. Should you not have kids because of climate change? It’s complicated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/02/climate-kids/
Some researchers have claimed the best thing to do for the environment is to have fewer children. The truth is more complicated.
5. Parents are missing work at record numbers due to childcare problems and the ‘tripledemic’
https://fortune.com/2022/11/17/parents-missing-work-childcare-problems-rsv-covid/
The intersection of a health crisis with a massive shortage of childcare staff is forcing working parents to take time off from their jobs at unprecedented rates.
6. The financial hardship of divorce
https://www.wpr.org/financial-hardship-divorce
New research out of UW-Madison shows that divorced mothers are uniquely vulnerable to financial constraints after ending a marriage, with over 44% unable to support themselves and their children above the poverty line. We talk with the author of the study about the economics of divorce.
7. How Much Alone Time Do Kids Need?
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/11/kids-need-alone-time-benefits/672209/
Solitude can help children grow, but some might not be getting enough of it.
8. As Gen X and Boomers Age, They Confront Living Alone
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/27/us/living-alone-aging.html
More older Americans are living by themselves than ever before. That shift presents issues on housing, health care and personal finance.
9. Holiday traditions aren’t set in stone. You can update them.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23460060/holiday-traditions-customs-events-update-change
Renegotiating your holiday traditions should be a group effort.
10. Deaths From Substance Abuse Rose Sharply Among Older Americans in 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/health/deaths-seniors-alcohol-drugs.html
In the pandemic’s first year, death rates linked to alcohol and drugs climbed among seniors as lockdowns and isolation spread.
11. Teens’ brains aged faster during the first year of the pandemic, study says, and stress may be to blame
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/health/pandemic-teen-brains-stress-wellness/index.html
The brains of US teens have physically changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, aging faster than normal, a new study says.
12. The incredible shrinking future of college
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23428166/college-enrollment-population-education-crash
The population of college-age Americans is about to crash. It will change higher education forever.
13. Parents Need Their Own AARP
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/11/parents-caregivers-political-lobby-aarp-model/672167/
Raising kids in America is expensive and isolating. A caregivers’ lobby could help
14. How to handle an overload of grief
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23445017/cumulative-grief-loss-overwhelming-cope-mental-health
When losses stack up, how are you supposed to manage?
15. Keeping Ties with Problematic Parents
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2022/11/29/keeping-ties-with-problematic-parents/
The new book Families We Keep: LGBTQ People and Their Enduring Bonds with Parents, explores why and how the parent-adult child bond remains intact – even when it maybe shouldn’t.
