Biweekly Briefings

CCF Briefing

1. The Menopausal Vagina Monologues
2. Honey, I Swept the Floor!
3. 2 Passengers Charged With Sexual Assault Aboard Aircraft as F.B.I. Cracks Down
4. ‘An Attack on Students’ Rights’: Reactions to Betsy DeVos’s New Rules on Sexual Assault
5. The Continuing Tragedy of the Separated Children
6. Preventing Muscle Loss Among the Elderly
7. The Catholic Church Is Sick With Sex
8. Do Public School Students Have Constitutional Rights?
9. From 0 to 10 Million: Vaping Takes Off in the U.S.
10. It’s Tempting to Take Social Security at 62. You Should Wait.
11. A Debate Over ‘Rational Suicide’
12. How Rising Inequality Has Widened the Justice Gap
13. How Photography Exploits the Vulnerable
14. Addiction Doesn’t Always Last a Lifetime
15. Weekend Reads: From Tiger Moms to Laissez-Faire Parents
16.  ‘It’s Like, Who’s Next?’: A Troubled School’s Alarming Death Rate
17. When Is a Baby Fully Protected by Vaccines?
18. It’s time to give prisoners a big raise
19. Every woman I know has had that Ariana Grande moment
20. Strategies for Long-Distance Caregiving
21. The Test That Changed Their Lives
22. What Does Science Tell Us About Sex Ed?
23. When Seeking Answers Causes Unintended Pain
24. Why Cities Must Take the Lead on Upgrading Service Jobs
25. Where chronic student absence is a problem and strategies to make progress
26. Who Pays on a Date? That’s Still a Complicated Question
27. Parents’ Jobs Increasingly Shape How Far Kids Get in Life
28. A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s New College Sexual-Assault Policy
29. Why Are STDs on the Rise If Americans Are Having Less Sex?
30. Reining In the Excesses of Title IX
31. Sex Ed Is About More Than Just Sex
32. It’s Time for a National Museum of Disability
33. The rise of the middle class safety net
34. Why You Should Stop Yelling at Your Kids
35. Assisted Reproductive Technologies May Pose Heart Risks for Babies
36. Laws Punishing Homeless People for Sleeping in Public Are Cruel and Unusual, Court Rules
37. Blame Emergency Rooms for the Out-of-Control Cost of Health Care
38. Google researchers say the tech industry has contributed to an attention crisis’
39. Texas Law Requiring Burial or Cremation of Fetal Remains Struck Down by Judge

1. The Menopausal Vagina Monologues

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/well/live/menopause-sex-vagina-vaginal-dryness-pain-treatment-estrogen-hormones.html

About half of menopausal women suffer from vaginal dryness and painful intercourse. Yet less than half of those women seek help.

2. Honey, I Swept the Floor!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/style/modern-love-honey-i-swept-the-floor.html

Why do so many husbands feel the need to boast about completing simple household chores? With mine, it’s all about branding.

3. 2 Passengers Charged With Sexual Assault Aboard Aircraft as F.B.I. Cracks Down

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/us/airplane-assault-seattle.html

Prosecutors said they need ‘the flying public’s help’ to root out sexual assaults and misconduct on airplanes, a problem that is gaining public notice.

4. ‘An Attack on Students’ Rights’: Reactions to Betsy DeVos’s New Rules on Sexual Assault

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/us/devos-college-sexual-assault.html

Students, alumni and advocates shared their thoughts on the rules, which give more rights to students accused of rape, assault or harassment.

5. The Continuing Tragedy of the Separated Children

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/opinion/family-separation-trump-zero-tolerance.html

Just because mass separations have been halted doesn’t mean that the crisis is over.

6. Preventing Muscle Loss Among the Elderly

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/well/live/preventing-muscle-loss-among-the-elderly.html

Sarcopenia, a decline in skeletal muscle in older people, contributes to loss of independence.

7. The Catholic Church Is Sick With Sex

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/egan-catholic-church-pope-francis.html

Outside of condemning adulterous behavior, Christ never said anything about who you could love.

8. Do Public School Students Have Constitutional Rights?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/public-school-constitution-rights.html

The Supreme Court used to answer with a resounding yes. In recent decades, regrettably, it has changed its mind.

9. From 0 to 10 Million: Vaping Takes Off in the U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/health/vaping-cigarettes-nicotine.html

Since 2004, millions of American have started using e-cigarettes. More than half also smoke traditional cigarettes.

10. It’s Tempting to Take Social Security at 62. You Should Wait.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/business/social-security-retirement.html

Most Americans start the retirement payments as soon as they are eligible, and many need to. If you can afford a delay, that will pay off.

11. A Debate Over ‘Rational Suicide’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/health/suicide-elderly.html

Americans are increasingly determined to exercise control over their deaths, and many believe suicide ought to be considered a reasonable option.

12. How Rising Inequality Has Widened the Justice Gap

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/business/rising-inequality-widened-justice-gap.html

When low-income families face difficult legal disputes, most cannot afford a lawyer. A small change in tax policy could solve this problem, an economist says.

13. How Photography Exploits the Vulnerable

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/photography-exploitation-opioid.html

There are too many gratuitous photos of people jamming needles into their bodies and bloated corpses carried out of filthy homes.

14. Addiction Doesn’t Always Last a Lifetime

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/addiction-recovery-survivors.html

In fact, most addicts recover, often on their own. Here are some of their stories.

15. Weekend Reads: From Tiger Moms to Laissez-Faire Parents

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/letters/parenting-children.html

In letters to the editor our readers discuss different parenting styles and the effects they have on children.

16.  ‘It’s Like, Who’s Next?’: A Troubled School’s Alarming Death Rate

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/nyregion/suicide-school-overdose-deaths-ny-family-foundation.html

Seven alumni died in 2016, then 13 more the next year. How could any school, even one for troubled youths, have so many of its students die so young?

17. When Is a Baby Fully Protected by Vaccines?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/well/family/when-is-a-baby-fully-protected-by-vaccines.html

Vaccines don’t confer 100 percent immunity, but when

18. It’s time to give prisoners a big raise

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-give-prisoners-a-big-raise/2018/09/03/6be40364-ad5b-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html

Even prison administrators want inmates to be paid more for their work.

19. Every woman I know has had that Ariana Grande moment

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/09/03/every-woman-i-know-has-had-that-ariana-grande-moment/

The men I’ve seen cross lines seem to revel in testing boundaries.

20. Strategies for Long-Distance Caregiving

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/well/live/strategies-for-long-distance-caregiving.html

When a loved one in another state is ill, virtually attending appointments is only part of the solution.

21. The Test That Changed Their Lives

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/nyregion/nyc-specialized-high-school-shsat.html

The SHSAT, a grueling one-day exam, is considered a golden ticket into one of New York City’s eight prestigious schools, if you score high enough. But the test is not perfect and has been the subject of public debate over its role in school segregation.

22. What Does Science Tell Us About Sex Ed?

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-does-science-tell-us-about-sex-ed/

Hundreds of studies on sex ed and teen pregnancy prevention programs have been conducted, and what they show is that teaching kids about sex doesn’t make them start breeding like rabbits. Instead, it may prod them to delay having sex. Comprehensive sex education programs that include information about contraception have also been shown to reduce rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and to increase the use of condoms and other contraceptives.

23. When Seeking Answers Causes Unintended Pain

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/insider/family-foundation-ny-suicide-deaths.html

In reporting a story about suicide and drug overdoses, a reporter’s thankless tasks include calling parents shocked by the sudden interest.

24. Why Cities Must Take the Lead on Upgrading Service Jobs

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/09/why-cities-must-take-the-lead-on-upgrading-service-jobs/569050/

Millions of U.S. workers hold insecure jobs that don’t pay enough to support a family. That needs to change, and cities can lead the way.

25. Where chronic student absence is a problem and strategies to make progress

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/08/31/first-look-where-chronic-student-absence-is-a-problem-and-strategies-to-make-progress/

Many students across America head back to the classroom this week, and in the weeks and months that follow, some will miss so many days of school it jeopardizes their academic success. A new interactive map and accompanying report from the Hamilton Project assesses rates of student absence at the school, district, and state levels, offering a comprehensive look at the pervasive problem of chronic absenteeism across the country.

26. Who Pays on a Date? That’s Still a Complicated Question

https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-pays-on-a-date-thats-still-a-complicated-question-1535895181

27. Parents’ Jobs Increasingly Shape How Far Kids Get in Life

https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-jobs-increasingly-shape-how-far-kids-get-in-life-1536001334

28. A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s New College Sexual-Assault Policy

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/08/a-guide-to-how-the-new-rules-on-campus-sexual-assault-could-work/569035/

How a hypothetical accusation could actually play out in practice, if the Education Department’s proposed rules become law

29. Why Are STDs on the Rise If Americans Are Having Less Sex?

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/why-are-stds-on-the-rise-if-people-are-having-less-sex/568909/

The CDC found that reported cases of three STDs hit an all-time high in 2017, suggesting that while sexual activity is decreasing in the U.S., it’s getting riskier.

30. Reining In the Excesses of Title IX

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/title-ix-reforms-are-overdue/569215/

The Department of Education’s proposed rule changes aren’t without their flaws—but they move the policy in a more just direction.

31. Sex Ed Is About More Than Just Sex

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/sex-ed-is-about-more-than-just-sex/

Debates over sex ed often focus on whether to teach kids to practice abstinence before marriage or whether they should learn about birth control and safe sex. But this focus on the “sex” in sex ed leaves out a lot of what experts say kids should be learning in school, particularly at younger ages. Classrooms can also be a place where kids learn about their bodies, how they work, and how to form healthy relationships of all types.

32. It’s Time for a National Museum of Disability

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/national-museum-disability-american-history.html

Without a home, many crucial chapters in American history could be lost.

33. The rise of the middle class safety net

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-rise-of-the-middle-class-safety-net/

New research from Richard Reeves and Christopher Pulliam find that the American middle class—families making between $37,000 and $147,000 per year, as defined by the Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings—has become increasingly reliant on welfare benefits such as Medicaid, food stamps, and housing assistance over the last 50 years.

34. Why You Should Stop Yelling at Your Kids

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/well/family/why-you-should-stop-yelling-at-your-kids.html

It doesn’t make you look authoritative. It makes you look out of control to your kids. It makes you look weak.

35. Assisted Reproductive Technologies May Pose Heart Risks for Babies

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/well/live/assisted-reproductive-technologies-may-pose-heart-risks-for-babies.html

Blood pressure levels were significantly higher in a group born with fertility treatments than in controls.

36. Laws Punishing Homeless People for Sleeping in Public Are Cruel and Unusual, Court Rules

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/us/-homeless-sleeping-on-street-ruling.html

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said that if no shelter space is available, the laws violate the Constitution.

37. Blame Emergency Rooms for the Out-of-Control Cost of Health Care

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/emergency-rooms-cost-insurance.html

Patients might not care about this fight between hospitals and insurers. But they should.

38. Google researchers say the tech industry has contributed to an attention crisis’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/05/google-researchers-say-tech-industry-has-contributed-an-attention-crisis/

39. Texas Law Requiring Burial or Cremation of Fetal Remains Struck Down by Judge

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/us/texas-fetal-burying-court-abortion.html

The federal court ruling is the latest in a series of legal setbacks for anti-abortion activists and state Republican leaders.

CCF Briefing

1. The Unbearable Darkness of Young Adult Literature
2. Study: Children of Divorce Less Likely to Earn Degree
3. Want to Protect the Right to Abortion? Train More People to Perform Them
4. Posters Suggesting That Women Can Drink While Pregnant Stir Backlash
5. Should You Track Your Teen’s Location?
6. Middle Schools Face Concentrated Poverty and Gaps in Opportunity, Report Finds
7. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will propose new campus sexual misconduct rules that bolster the rights of the accused and protect colleges.
8. Coming of Age — and Becoming a Writer — in an America Obsessed With ‘Dead Girls’
9. The U.S. Hits Record STD Numbers—And Prevention Budgets Continue to Fall
10. Why Are STDs on the Rise If Americans Are Having Less Sex?
11. Talk to Your Kids About Porn
12. The Transgender Language War
13. Who’s Afraid of a White Minority?
14. A Broken Relationship and Accusations of Emotional Abuse: The Case of Keith Ellison
15. Scared to Be a Parent?
16. The Case for Ending Apartment Bans
17. Little Decline in Number of Children in Public Housing With High Lead Levels, Report Says
18. How Abortion Rights Will Die a Death by 1,000 Cuts
19. Our Coronary Complacency
20. Supreme Court Stays Out of Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care
21. A Fertility Doctor Used His Sperm on Unwitting Women. Their Children Want Answers.

 

1. The Unbearable Darkness of Young Adult Literature

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-unbearable-darkness-of-young-adult-literature-1535495594?mod=djemMER

Books on sexual abuse, dysphoria, racism, gang life, domestic violence and school shootings.

 

2. Study: Children of Divorce Less Likely to Earn Degree

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/08/29/study-children-divorce-less-likely-earn-degree

Being a child of divorce nearly halves the likelihood that a young person will earn a bachelor’s or graduate degree compared to someone whose parents remain married

 

3. Want to Protect the Right to Abortion? Train More People to Perform Them

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/opinion/abortion-provider-training-roe.html

It’s time for a national commitment to training and supporting the next generation of providers.

 

4. Posters Suggesting That Women Can Drink While Pregnant Stir Backlash

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/world/australia/alcohol-pregnancy-poster-drinkwise.html

The posters, distributed throughout Australia, were made by a group largely funded by the alcohol industry, and their wording was changed after an outcry.

 

5. Should You Track Your Teen’s Location?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/well/family/should-you-track-your-teens-location.html

As a psychologist, I worry that location tracking can confuse the question of who is mainly responsible for the safety of the roaming adolescent — the parent or the teenager?

 

6. Middle Schools Face Concentrated Poverty and Gaps in Opportunity, Report Finds

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/nyregion/middle-schools-nyc-segregation.html

A new study examines the challenges faced by children at middle schools with large numbers of low-income students, and how hard integration will be to achieve.

 

7. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will propose new campus sexual misconduct rules that bolster the rights of the accused and protect colleges.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/us/politics/devos-campus-sexual-assault.html

The proposed rules, obtained by The New York Times, narrow the definition of sexual harassment, holding schools accountable only for formal complaints filed through proper authorities and for conduct said to have occurred on their campuses. They would also establish a higher legal standard to determine whether schools improperly addressed complaints.

 

8. Coming of Age — and Becoming a Writer — in an America Obsessed With ‘Dead Girls’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/books/review/alice-bolin-dead-girls-michelle-tea-against-memoir.html

“Dead Girls,” by Alice Bolin, and “Against Memoir,” by Michelle Tea, reflect on American culture’s often violent fixation on female bodies.

 

9. The U.S. Hits Record STD Numbers—And Prevention Budgets Continue to Fall

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/gonorrhea-syphilis-chlamydia-budget-cuts/568837

Funding cuts are one hurdle to stopping the spread of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia.

 

10. Why Are STDs on the Rise If Americans Are Having Less Sex?

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/why-are-stds-on-the-rise-if-people-are-having-less-sex/568909

The CDC found that reported cases of three STDs hit an all-time high in 2017, suggesting that while sexual activity is decreasing in the U.S., it’s getting riskier.

 

11. Talk to Your Kids About Porn

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/talking-to-kids-about-porn/568744/

Many teens will be exposed to it anyway—often unintentionally—and they need the guidance of their parents to process what they’ve seen.

 

12. The Transgender Language War

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-transgender-language-war-1535582272?mod=djemMER

California threatens to jail health workers who refuse to use ‘preferred’ pronouns.

 

13. Who’s Afraid of a White Minority?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/opinion/america-white-minority-majority.html

The battle over how to project the future population of the United States has profound political implications.

 

14. A Broken Relationship and Accusations of Emotional Abuse: The Case of Keith Ellison

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/us/keith-elllison-karen-monahan.html

Allegations against the high-profile progressive leader represent a potentially new chapter of the #MeToo movement.

 

15. Scared to Be a Parent?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/style/scared-to-be-a-parent.html

Fear not — there are books and consultants to help you figure out if you even want a child.

 

16. The Case for Ending Apartment Bans

https://www.dataforprogress.org/housing/?utm_source=citylab-daily&silverid=MzEwMTU3NjIzNjM4S0

In the 1970s, the U.S. built one new apartment for every four new Americans, and 35 percent of renters were cost-burdened. But in the 1990s and 2000s, there was new apartment unit for every 11 new American residents and that rent burden group reached 50 percent after the recession in 2009.

 

17. Little Decline in Number of Children in Public Housing With High Lead Levels, Report Says

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/nyregion/nyc-public-housing-lead.html

The number of children in public housing that tested positive for elevated lead levels remained steady over the last few years, even as it declined across the city.

 

18. How Abortion Rights Will Die a Death by 1,000 Cuts

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-abortion-rights-roe-casey.html

Brett Kavanaugh may consider Roe v. Wade settled law, but the Supreme Court is still allowing states to place draconian restrictions on abortion services.

 

19. Our Coronary Complacency

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/opinion/swartz-heart-disease.html

Deaths from heart attacks are dropping, but the number of people whose hearts cannot pump enough blood for a healthy, comfortable existence is on the rise.

 

20. Supreme Court Stays Out of Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/us/politics/supreme-court-gay-rights-philadelphia-foster-care.html

The justices refused to intercede in a dispute between Philadelphia and a Catholic foster care agency that does not work with same-sex couples.

 

21. A Fertility Doctor Used His Sperm on Unwitting Women. Their Children Want Answers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/us/fertility-doctor-pregnant-women.html

Donald Cline, an Indiana doctor, may have fathered more than three dozen children. Decades later, they are finding one another through DNA testing sites.

 

CCF Briefing

1. Despite strong economy, many Americans struggling to get by
2. Breast-Feeding Mothers Should Avoid Marijuana, Pediatricians Say
3. The Trump Tax Cuts Were Supposed to Depress Housing Prices. They Haven’t.
4. How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink? None, Say These Researchers
5. How a Plant Ages
6. Does Our Cultural Obsession With Safety Spell the Downfall of Democracy?
7. What Is Identity?
8. The Kinship of Anxious, Exhausted New Moms
9. 17,500 Dutchmen Gave Their DNA in a Murder Inquiry. After 20 Years, an Arrest.
10. How to Celebrate a Complicated Win for Women
11. Women Struggling to Get Pregnant Turn to Fertility Apps
12. In World’s ‘Happiest’ Countries, Signs of a Happiness Gap
13. $1.7 Billion Federal Job Training Program Is ‘Failing the Students’
14. Hairy Baby? Better Get a C-section. Gingivitis? C-section. Scoliosis? C-section.
15. A Symbol for ‘Nobody’ That’s Really for Everybody
16. Distracted? Work Harder!
17. Weekend Reads: Here’s Some About Sex
18. Moving On, Part 2 — With Dr. Harriet Lerner
19. Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
20. England to Allow Women to Take Early Abortion Pill at Home
21. ‘Divided,’ Part 2: The Chaos of Reunification
22. How Many Work Friends Do You Really Need?
23. Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life
24. Would-be parents are grieving — and suing — after their embryos are lost
25. The Problem With ‘Hey Guys’
26. Phones Are Changing the Texture of Family Life
27. Why It Feels So Terrible to Drop Your Kid at College
28. The Isolating Life of Parenting a Potential Psychopath
29. Pregnant and Addicted to Heroin
30. America’s Invisible Pot Addicts
31. The Criminalization of Parenthood
32. Teaching boys to examine gender in patriarchal societies
33. White Fragility in Teaching and Education: An Interview With Dr. Robin DiAngelo
34. ‘Risky’ Playgrounds Are Making a Comeback
35. Gender Equality Could Push Men’s and Women’s Personalities Apart
36. Take a Look at These Unusual Strategies for Fighting Dementia
37. The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagine
38. S.T.D. Diagnoses Reach Record 2.3 Million New Cases in U.S.
39. Can an Office Temperature Be ‘Sexist’? Women, and Science, Say So
40. Murder of a Prominent Scientist or a Daughter’s ‘Act of Mercy’?
41. College vs. Paycheck
42. Feeling Suicidal, Students Turned to Their College. They Were Told to Go Home.
43. Fatherhood Through the Lens of Steve Jobs
44. Study Causes Splash, but Here’s Why You Should Stay Calm on Alcohol’s Risks
45. Single People Aren’t to Blame for the Loneliness Epidemic
46. The joy of traveling alone: A New York Times travel writer describes why she loves exploring solo
47. The Study of Why Men Stay Single: What No One Is Telling You

1. Despite strong economy, many Americans struggling to get by

https://apnews.com/1d31cf4b56e449769ab4cb456237ea1f/Despite-strong-economy,-many-Americans-struggling-to-get-by

40% of American families struggled to meet a basic need last year — food, health care, housing or utilities — according to an Urban Institute survey of 7,600 adults

2. Breast-Feeding Mothers Should Avoid Marijuana, Pediatricians Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/health/marijuana-breast-milk-mothers.html

A new study showed that chemical traces of marijuana can be detected in breast milk up to six days after use, highlighting the need for research into the effect of pot on babies.

3. The Trump Tax Cuts Were Supposed to Depress Housing Prices. They Haven’t.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/business/housing-prices-tax-law.html

So far, economists see only faint effects of the new tax law in housing prices. The predicted carnage hasn’t materialized.

4. How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink? None, Say These Researchers

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/health/alcohol-drinking-health.html

A large study of drinking habits in 195 countries contradicts widely shared advice on healthy drinking.

5. How a Plant Ages

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/science/plants-aging-telomeres.html

The genetic mechanisms that seem to influence human life span may also be at work in plants.

6. Does Our Cultural Obsession With Safety Spell the Downfall of Democracy?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review/splintering-william-egginton-coddling-greg-lukianoff-jonathan-haidt.html

Two new books — “The Splintering of the American Mind,” by William Egginton, and “The Coddling of the American Mind,” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt — warn of the threat to the country’s political and social well-being by a fractured generation convinced of its fragility.

7. What Is Identity?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review/francis-fukuyama-identity-kwame-anthony-appiah-the-lies-that-bind.html

Francis Fukuyama’s “Identity” and Kwame Anthony Appiah’s “The Lies That Bind” examine the role of personal identity in our modern age.

8. The Kinship of Anxious, Exhausted New Moms

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/letters/new-moms-friendship.html

Having friends to advise and commiserate is invaluable in the early months of motherhood, two readers agree

9. 17,500 Dutchmen Gave Their DNA in a Murder Inquiry. After 20 Years, an Arrest.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/world/europe/netherlands-murder-dna.html

A practice known as familial DNA profiling, in which investigators take samples from potential relatives of a suspect, has led to the resolution of two major Dutch cold murder cases.

10. How to Celebrate a Complicated Win for Women

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/how-to-celebrate-a-complicated-win-for-women.html

Can we honor those who helped achieve women’s suffrage, while recognizing the complexity — and occasional ugliness — of their movement?

11. Women Struggling to Get Pregnant Turn to Fertility Apps

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/business/women-fertility-apps-pregnancy.html

Wearable apps can help women determine their most fertile days each month. Despite numerous successes, not all doctors are convinced they actually work.

12. In World’s ‘Happiest’ Countries, Signs of a Happiness Gap

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/world/europe/nordic-countries-happiness.html

In the five Nordic countries, an average of 12.3 percent of the population is “struggling” or “suffering,” according to new research.

13. $1.7 Billion Federal Job Training Program Is ‘Failing the Students’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/us/politics/job-corps-training-program.html

Job Corps has had more than two million graduates since it was started in 1965, and it boasts its share of inspiring success stories, but study after study has questioned its effectiveness.

14. Hairy Baby? Better Get a C-section. Gingivitis? C-section. Scoliosis? C-section.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/cesarean-section-childbirth-brazil.html

The challenges of trying to give birth naturally in surgery-happy Brazil. It goes without saying a dental practice such as Dentist Middletown wouldn’t agree with approving a C-Section due to the patient having gingivitis!

15. A Symbol for ‘Nobody’ That’s Really for Everybody

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/opinion/a-symbol-for-nobody-thats-really-for-everybody.html

The blue and white wheelchair icon is more than a guide to parking spots and ramps. It allows millions to fully participate in society.

16. Distracted? Work Harder!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/opinion/sunday/distracted-work-focus-productivity.html

Trouble focusing could just mean that your work isn’t complex enough, and that there isn’t enough of it.

17. Weekend Reads: Here’s Some About Sex

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/opinion/weekend-reads-about-sex.html

How are we doing it these days? And how can we do it better?

18. Moving On, Part 2 — With Dr. Harriet Lerner

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/podcasts/dear-sugars-moving-on-regret-mistakes.html

How do you let go of your deepest regrets?

19. Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/style/sleep-problem-late-night.html

The conventional wisdom is that morning people are high achievers, go-getters, while late risers are lazy. But what if going to bed in the wee hours is actually an advantage?

20. England to Allow Women to Take Early Abortion Pill at Home

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/world/europe/uk-abortion-pill-england.html

The British government said the second of two early medical termination pills need no longer be taken at a clinic, echoing moves in Scotland and Wales.

21. ‘Divided,’ Part 2: The Chaos of Reunification

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/podcasts/the-daily/divided-migrant-family-reunification.html

The U.S. government denied that it had planned to separate migrant families. It also had no plans to bring them back together.

22. How Many Work Friends Do You Really Need?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/business/work-friends.html

An employee has an enjoyable job at a good company. All that are missing: friends. Here’s how to decide whether this is truly a problem and, if so, how to resolve it.

23. Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/business/money-satisfaction-lottery-study.html

A study of thousands of lottery winners reveals that greater wealth improves life satisfaction, and that these effects are highly durable.

24. Would-be parents are grieving — and suing — after their embryos are lost

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/these-would-be-parents-embryos-were-lost-now-theyre-grieving–and-suing/2018/08/24/57040ab0-733c-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html

As the number of stored eggs and embryos rises in the United States, people desperate to become parents are bonding with potential future children at the earliest stages. A “catastrophic failure” of a freezer tank at a fertility clinic has highlighted that bond — and sparked a debate over what, exactly, was lost.

25. The Problem With ‘Hey Guys’

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/guys-gender-neutral/568231/

A broad coalition of English speakers—teachers, retail workers, ice-cream scoopers, and plenty of others—is grasping for a more inclusive greeting.

26. Phones Are Changing the Texture of Family Life

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/screen-time-parents-teens/568081

Many parents think teens are too absorbed by screens. Teens agree.

27. Why It Feels So Terrible to Drop Your Kid at College

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/why-it-feels-so-terrible-to-drop-your-at-kid-college/567847/

The freedom of adulthood makes parents lose touch with dread, and emptying the nest offers a certain, and sometimes unwelcome, return to it.

28. The Isolating Life of Parenting a Potential Psychopath

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/conduct-disorder-parent-support-group/567946/

They say it takes a village to raise a child, but what do you do when the village shuns you?

29. Pregnant and Addicted to Heroin

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/drug-addiction-pregnancy/567733

In Fresno County, drug use is about two times the state average. Pregnancy can be a crucial time for women to seek help for addiction—but it can also cost them their children.

30. America’s Invisible Pot Addicts

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/americas-invisible-pot-addicts/567886

More and more Americans are reporting near-constant cannabis use, as legalization forges ahead.

31. The Criminalization of Parenthood

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/books/review/small-animals-kim-brooks.htm

In “Small Animals,” Kim Brooks examines why letting your kids walk alone to school or play in the park unsupervised means risking arrest — especially if you’re a mother.

32. Teaching boys to examine gender in patriarchal societies

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2018/08/23/teaching-boys-to-examine-gender-in-patriarchal-societies/

India is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for girls and women, with four rapes reported every hour and the highest number of child brides in the world. Urvashi Sahni shares takeaways from an 18-month study on how Indian schools can teach boys to reject violently patriarchal social structures.

33. White Fragility in Teaching and Education: An Interview With Dr. Robin DiAngelo

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-08-23-white-fragility-in-teaching-and-education-an-interview-with-dr-robin-diangelo

Examines the discomfort and defensiveness some white people experience when talking about race.

34. ‘Risky’ Playgrounds Are Making a Comeback

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/08/can-risky-playgrounds-take-over-the-world/565964

The modern playground has become mind-numbingly standard-issue. There’s a movement afoot to bring “adventure” back into play.

35. Gender Equality Could Push Men’s and Women’s Personalities Apart

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/gender-personality-big-five-psychology/568087

Amid scientific controversy over whether different personality traits can be associated with gender, one new study suggests that such differences might be more pronounced in countries with more gender equality.

36. Take a Look at These Unusual Strategies for Fighting Dementia

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/world/europe/dementia-care-treatment-symptoms-signs.html

The treatment harnesses the power of relaxation, childhood memories, family structure and other tools to heal, calm and nurture the residents.

37. The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagine

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/25/opinion/sunday/student-debt-loan-default-college.html

New data make clear that the federal government overlooks early warning signs by focusing solely on default rates over the first three years of repayment.

38. S.T.D. Diagnoses Reach Record 2.3 Million New Cases in U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/health/std-chlamydia-gonorrhea-syphilis.html

Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis rose sharply for the fourth year running in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

39. Can an Office Temperature Be ‘Sexist’? Women, and Science, Say So

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/nyregion/office-temperature-sexist-nixon-cuomo.html

Cynthia Nixon’s request to keep a debate venue at 76 degrees has reignited the perennial, gender-fueled debate over office temperatures.

40. Murder of a Prominent Scientist or a Daughter’s ‘Act of Mercy’?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/world/australia/euthanasia-mary-white.html

Mary E. White was a highly regarded scientist whose mind was ravaged by dementia. After her daughter was accused of murdering her this month, it set off a broader debate in Australia on euthanasia.

41. College vs. Paycheck

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/opinion/working-student-college-paycheck.html

Working students can’t always choose between a job and an education. Universities shouldn’t make them.

42. Feeling Suicidal, Students Turned to Their College. They Were Told to Go Home.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/college-suicide-stanford-leaves.html

Universities are facing challenges to their mental health leave policies, with some critics saying they are too quick to cast off troubled students.

43. Fatherhood Through the Lens of Steve Jobs

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/well/family/steve-jobs-lisa-brennan-jobs-father-parenting.html

What research tells us about father-daughter relationships.

44. Study Causes Splash, but Here’s Why You Should Stay Calm on Alcohol’s Risks

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/upshot/alcohol-health-risks-study-worry.html

45. Single People Aren’t to Blame for the Loneliness Epidemic

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/single-people-arent-to-blame-for-the-loneliness-epidemic/568786/

The data show that unmarried Americans, and those who live alone, often aren’t isolated at all.

46. The joy of traveling alone: A New York Times travel writer describes why she loves exploring solo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2018/08/08/the-joy-of-traveling-alone-a-new-york-times-travel-writer-describes-why-she-loves-exploring-solo/?utm_term=.bb620c33188b

47. The Study of Why Men Stay Single: What No One Is Telling You

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/201808/the-study-why-men-stay-single-what-no-one-is-telling-you

The recent study of why men stay single is massively flawed.

CCF Briefing

1. Ignore, Condescend, Dismiss: Debate Playbook for Men Facing Women
2. Teachers in the US are even more segregated than students
3. There’s No Innocent Way to Ask Your Son or Daughter About Grandkids
4. How Fertility Apps Exclude Fathers
5. Report: 50% of graduate students feel ‘psychological distress’
6. A Paid Family Leave Plan That Congress Might Actually Pass
7. How Your Brain Morphs Stressful Family Vacations Into Pleasant Memories
8. A promising alternative for measuring student poverty
9. ‘It’s So Hard for Parents to Imagine Their Children Shooting Up Heroin’: Beth Macy on ‘Dopesick’
10. Falsely Accused of Shoplifting, but Retailers Demand They Pay
11. A Retirement Community Turned Away These Married Women
12. A Puppy as a Starter Kid
13. Talking About Failure Is Crucial for Growth. Here’s How to Do it Right.
14. When a Woman Is Accused of Sexual Harassment
15. The Costs of Motherhood Are Rising, and Catching Women Off Guard
16. Gender Pay Gap Wide Among Graduates of Elite Schools
17. How Sexism Follows Women From the Cradle to the Workplace
18. Are We Loving Shelter Dogs to Death?
19. The Absolute Necessity of the New-Mom Friend
20. Happy Children Do Chores
21. Life Is Short. That’s the Point.
22. This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That’s Very Rare
23. Helping Banks Flag Fraud Against Seniors
24. For Babies, Solid Food at 3 Months May Lead to Sounder Sleep
25. How the Elderly Lose Their Rights
26. Quickie engagements aren’t as stupid as you think
27. What Twins Can Teach Us About Nature vs. Nurture
28. A Visual Record of the Joys, Fears and Hopes of Older Transgender People
29. Let Kids Play
30. The Immigrant Grandparents America Needs
31. 8 Fast-Food Chains Will End ‘No-Poach’ Policies
32. Asia Argento allegations jolt, but don’t derail, #MeToo movement, advocates say
33. Minnesota Company Offers ‘Fur-ternity Leave’ for New Pet Owners
34. Yes, teens are texting and using social media instead of reading books, researchers say
35. Measles in Europe, Recently at Record Low, Jumps to Highest Level Since ’90s
36. ‘Divided,’ Part 1: How Family Separations Started
37. The Bipartisan Cry of ‘Not in My Backyard’
38. You’re Getting Very Sleepy. (So Is Everyone Else.)

1. Ignore, Condescend, Dismiss: Debate Playbook for Men Facing Women

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/nyregion/men-women-candidates-debates.html

An offer to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlights how male candidates often use debates to diminish female opponents, perhaps increasingly at their peril.

2. Teachers in the US are even more segregated than students

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2018/08/15/teachers-in-the-us-are-even-more-segregated-than-students/

New research from Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero reveals a very uneven distribution of white and nonwhite teachers across U.S. public schools, suggesting that practices geared toward recruiting and hiring a diverse teacher workforce are not taking place where they are needed most.

3. There’s No Innocent Way to Ask Your Son or Daughter About Grandkids

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/the-emotional-landmine-of-asking-about-future-grandkids/567305

Fertility is a deeply private topic, often better left alone. But if aspiring grandparents want to raise the question, it’s best done with sensitivity.

4. How Fertility Apps Exclude Fathers

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/how-fertility-apps-exclude-fathers/567721/

Making a baby “the old-fashioned way” is a two-person job, but many apps aimed at heterosexual couples assign all the work of getting pregnant to women.

5. Report: 50% of graduate students feel ‘psychological distress’

https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-50-of-graduate-students-feel-psychological-distress/530219/

University of Michigan report also shows that 7% of advanced degree students considered suicide in the past year, highlighting the importance of mental health resources on campus.

6. A Paid Family Leave Plan That Congress Might Actually Pass

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/opinion/rubio-paid-family-leave.html

Marco Rubio’s proposal is pragmatic, flexible and doesn’t raise taxes. It’s Americans’ best shot at getting paid family leave.

7. How Your Brain Morphs Stressful Family Vacations Into Pleasant Memories

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/well/family/family-vacation-memories-brain.html

There may be a lot of bickering, but your memory creates a nostalgia-inducing highlight reel that makes you want to plan the next trip.

8. A promising alternative for measuring student poverty

https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-promising-alternative-to-subsidized-lunch-receipt-as-a-measure-of-student-poverty/

With the long-trusted method of identifying low-income students—eligibility for free and reduced-price lunch—quickly becoming useless, Matthew Chingos presents a new, more accurate method which several states have adopted and which promises to dramatically improve educators’ ability to measure student achievement gaps.

9. ‘It’s So Hard for Parents to Imagine Their Children Shooting Up Heroin’: Beth Macy on ‘Dopesick’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/books/review/beth-macy-dopesick-best-seller.html

Back in 2012, Macy, a journalist, wrote articles about suburban heroin addiction. In a new book she’s widened her lens, exploring the roots of the national opioid crisis.

10. Falsely Accused of Shoplifting, but Retailers Demand They Pay

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/business/falsely-accused-of-shoplifting-but-retailers-demand-they-pay.html

Walmart and other companies are using aggressive legal tactics to get the money back, demanding payments even when people haven’t been convicted of wrongdoing.

11. A Retirement Community Turned Away These Married Women

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/health/lgbt-discrimination-retirement.html

According to the facility’s “cohabitation policy,” marriage is between one man and one woman, “as it is understood in the Bible.”

12. A Puppy as a Starter Kid

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/well/a-puppy-as-a-starter-kid.html

Our parenting style created an entitled, unsociable and disobedient individual. Whatever we had done with our dog, we had to do the exact opposite with our twins.

13. Talking About Failure Is Crucial for Growth. Here’s How to Do it Right.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/smarter-living/talking-about-failure-is-crucial-for-growth-heres-how-to-do-it-right.html

Research shows that talking about failure makes for happier, more productive workers.

14. When a Woman Is Accused of Sexual Harassment

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/opinion/letters/women-sexual-harassment.html

Are feminists who defended a female professor who was found to have harassed a male student being hypocritical?

15. The Costs of Motherhood Are Rising, and Catching Women Off Guard

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/upshot/motherhood-rising-costs-surprise.html

College-educated women in particular underestimate the demands of parenthood and the difficulties of combining working and parenting, new research shows.

16. Gender Pay Gap Wide Among Graduates of Elite Schools

http://diverseeducation.com/article/123142

Male graduates earned at last 30 percent more than female graduates at some schools, including Williams College and Stanford, Princeton and Carnegie Mellon universities.Three schools reported higher earnings for female graduates than male: Clark University, Yale University and Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.

17. How Sexism Follows Women From the Cradle to the Workplace

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/business/sexism-women-birthplace-workplace.html

New economic research suggests that the attitudes toward a woman when she is born have a lasting impact on how much she works, and earns, as an adult.

18. Are We Loving Shelter Dogs to Death?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/shelter-dogs-no-kill-policies.html

No-kill policies can be helpful, but without assistance for struggling families, they may be making things worse for America’s pets.

19. The Absolute Necessity of the New-Mom Friend

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/sunday/new-mom-friends-motherhood.html

In the trenches with a baby, you need someone to text at 2 a.m.

20. Happy Children Do Chores

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/sunday/children-chores-parenting.html

Helping run a household gives kids an awareness of the needs of others.

21. Life Is Short. That’s the Point.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/life-is-short-thats-the-point.html

Our mortality is not something to be overcome. It is integral to our humanity.

22. This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That’s Very Rare

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/health/opioid-addiction-treatment.html

Some hospital emergency departments are giving people medicine for withdrawal, plugging a hole in a system that too often fails to provide immediate treatment.

23. Helping Banks Flag Fraud Against Seniors

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/business/banks-financial-fraud-seniors.html

A new law gives banks and their workers greater protection against liability in order to report suspicious activity — as long as they receive training to help them recognize it.

24. For Babies, Solid Food at 3 Months May Lead to Sounder Sleep

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/well/eat/for-babies-solid-food-at-3-months-may-lead-to-sounder-sleep.html

Babies who got solid food early were sleeping 17 minutes longer per night than those that had breast-fed through 6 months of age.

25. How the Elderly Lose Their Rights

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/how-the-elderly-lose-their-rights

Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it.

26. Quickie engagements aren’t as stupid as you think

https://nypost.com/2018/08/18/quickie-engagements-arent-as-stupid-as-you-think/

This kind of decisiveness is exactly what millions of American millennials need more of. The median age for a first marriage is now 27 for women and 29 for men; an increase of seven years for women and six years for men since 1960.

27. What Twins Can Teach Us About Nature vs. Nurture

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/well/family/what-twins-can-teach-us-about-nature-vs-nurture.html

The relative importance of nature and nurture has been debated for centuries, and has had strong — and sometimes misguided — influences on public policy.

28. A Visual Record of the Joys, Fears and Hopes of Older Transgender People

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/lens/older-transgender-people.html

Transgender and gender variant issues have more recently become part of the public consciousness, but many narratives leave out those who are older.

29. Let Kids Play

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/well/family/let-kids-play.html

Doctors should prescribe parents of young children to prioritize playing, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.

30. The Immigrant Grandparents America Needs

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/opinion/family-immigration-grandparents.html

Republicans who want to cut family-based immigration don’t understand families.

31. 8 Fast-Food Chains Will End ‘No-Poach’ Policies

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/business/fast-food-wages-no-poach-franchisees.html

The restaurants have pledged to end a practice that prohibited workers from switching jobs within the individual chains.

32. Asia Argento allegations jolt, but don’t derail, #MeToo movement, advocates say

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sexual-misconduct/asia-argento-allegations-jolt-don-t-derail-metoo-movement-advocates-n902201?cid=public-rss_20180820

The New York Times reported that the actress, a prominent Harvey Weinstein accuser, sexually assaulted co-star Jimmy Bennett when he was just 17 years old.

33. Minnesota Company Offers ‘Fur-ternity Leave’ for New Pet Owners

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/us/furternity-leave-pet-owners.html

After a handful of employees at Nina Hale, a marketing company, had asked to work from home with their new dogs and cats, the firm made it an official benefit.

34. Yes, teens are texting and using social media instead of reading books, researchers say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/08/20/for-american-teens-texting-and-social-media-are-replacing-books/

In their free time, American adolescents are cradling their devices hours each day rather than losing themselves in print or long-form media, according to new research.  In the 1970s, about 60 percent of high school seniors reported reading a book, magazine or newspaper every single day. Four decades later, in 2016, 16 percent of high school seniors reported doing so.

35. Measles in Europe, Recently at Record Low, Jumps to Highest Level Since ’90s

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/world/europe/europe-measles-cases.html

A combination of complacency, instability and opposition to vaccination contributes to lagging immunization rates in many countries.

36. ‘Divided,’ Part 1: How Family Separations Started

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/podcasts/the-daily/divided-migrant-family-separation-trump.html

In a three-part series, “The Daily” examines the repercussions of a U.S. policy that led to more than 2,000 migrant children being separated from their parents.

37. The Bipartisan Cry of ‘Not in My Backyard’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/upshot/home-ownership-nimby-bipartisan.html

The housing secretary wants to encourage mixed-income, multifamily development as a way of making housing more affordable. But it’s a notion homeowners of all political leanings tend to oppose.

38. You’re Getting Very Sleepy. (So Is Everyone Else.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/health/sleep-productivity-economy.html

Fewer people in industrialized countries are getting adequate sleep.

CCF Briefing

1. The Doctor Doesn’t Listen to Her. But the Media Is Starting To.
2. What’s the Right Way to Legalize Prostitution?: An Exchange
3. The dark history of the pill
4. Why are nursing homes drugging dementia patients without their consent?
5. The Wrong Way to Do Paid Family Leave
6. How family structure affects the likelihood of child abuse
7. Who Rents Their Home in America? Here’s What the Data Says.
8. The age women have babies varies sharply by education and geography, putting children on diverging economic paths. These maps show the stark gap.
9. Vanishing pensions. Soaring medical expenses. Inadequate savings. The rate of older Americans filing for bankruptcy has tripled since 1991.
10. The recent rebound in prime-age labor force participation
11. South Korea Is Trying to Boost its Birth Rate. It’s Not Working.
12. Workplace Isn’t Your Family (and That’s O.K.!)
13. The Large Hidden Costs of Medicare’s Prescription Drug Program
14. How to Minimize Repetitive Stress Injuries From Carrying a Baby
15. An Underappreciated Key to College Success: Sleep
16. What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused?
17. Inducing Labor at 39 Weeks May Offer Benefits
18. Can Television Destroy Diet Culture?
19. The Strange, Unique Intimacy of the Roommate Relationship
20. Our Deepest Condolences
21. The children of working moms
22. Amber Tatro, Whose Suit Gave Rights to Disabled Students, Dies at 42
23. AmericanViolence.org
24. Finding It Hard to Focus? Maybe It’s Not Your Fault
25. Black Boys Feel Less Safe in White Neighborhoods, Study Shows
26. Should You Choose a Woman Doctor?
27. New Estimates Show Overdose Deaths Surpassed 72,000, a New High, in 2017
28. In Broad Daylight, a Woman’s Killing That Defied the Rules of Murder
29. For Online Daters, Women Peak at 18 While Men Peak at 50, Study Finds. Oy.

1. The Doctor Doesn’t Listen to Her. But the Media Is Starting To.

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Physicians have long dismissed or downplayed women’s sexual- and reproductive-health concerns—but in 2018, stories about “health-care gaslighting” are consistently breaking through to the mainstream.

2. What’s the Right Way to Legalize Prostitution?: An Exchange

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3. The dark history of the pill

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A group of poor women in Puerto Rico were the first test subjects for the birth control pill. Were they guinea pigs or pioneers?

4. Why are nursing homes drugging dementia patients without their consent?

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It helps control the residents, and institutions are rarely punished.

5. The Wrong Way to Do Paid Family Leave

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Marco Rubio’s bipartisan paid family leave bill is historic but forces parents to rob from their retirement to care for children.

6. How family structure affects the likelihood of child abuse

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Unstable family structure is a major risk factor for abuse.

7. Who Rents Their Home in America? Here’s What the Data Says.

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Many homeownership trends have remained largely the same since 1960—with a few noteworthy shifts.

8. The age women have babies varies sharply by education and geography, putting children on diverging economic paths. These maps show the stark gap.

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First-time mothers are older in big cities and on the coasts, and younger in rural areas and in the Great Plains and the South.  Women with college degrees have children an average of seven years later than those without — and often use the years in between to finish school and build their careers and incomes.

9. Vanishing pensions. Soaring medical expenses. Inadequate savings. The rate of older Americans filing for bankruptcy has tripled since 1991.

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New research sheds light on the scope of a problem affecting a rapidly growing share of older Americans: The rate of people 65 and older filing for bankruptcy is three times what it was in 1991, and the same group accounts for a far greater share of all filers.

10. The recent rebound in prime-age labor force participation

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After declining for much of the early 2000s, the labor force participation rate for Americans between the age of 25 and 54 has steadily increased, though barriers to work—such as education and disability—remain for many.

11. South Korea Is Trying to Boost its Birth Rate. It’s Not Working.

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The country needs to convince more couples to have children. But its biggest city is no paradise for parents.

12. Workplace Isn’t Your Family (and That’s O.K.!)

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It’s fine to have warm, supportive relationships with your co-workers. But remember the context.

13. The Large Hidden Costs of Medicare’s Prescription Drug Program

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Premiums have risen very little in the years since Medicare Part D was introduced. But the same cannot be said of the burden on taxpayers.

14. How to Minimize Repetitive Stress Injuries From Carrying a Baby

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The early months as a baby grows can be hard on a parent’s muscles, because none of that “weight lifting” is guided by the strengthening — or the safety — of the parent.

15. An Underappreciated Key to College Success: Sleep

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Many college-bound kids start out with dreadful sleep habits that are likely to get worse once the rigorous demands of college courses and competing social and athletic activities kick in.

16. What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused?

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Avital Ronell, a superstar professor, was found by N.Y.U. to have sexually harassed a male grad student. But his charges have met disbelief from some feminist scholars.

17. Inducing Labor at 39 Weeks May Offer Benefits

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First-time mothers who had labor induced at 39 weeks were less likely to need C-sections.

18. Can Television Destroy Diet Culture?

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Netflix’s Insatiable and AMC’s Dietland both feature fat heroines who are bullied for their body type. But they’re very different shows.

19. The Strange, Unique Intimacy of the Roommate Relationship

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More and more American adults are sharing their homes with people other than family members or spouses—an arrangement that can be anywhere from harmonious to downright hostile.

20. Our Deepest Condolences

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We are a long way from the Stoicism of Seneca, but grief and how we deal with it is still a vital part of the human experience.

21. The children of working moms

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Are kids with working moms different from kids with stay-at-home mothers? Do they have more or fewer behavioral problems? Are their academic skills stronger or weaker? We sought research to answer these and other questions.

22. Amber Tatro, Whose Suit Gave Rights to Disabled Students, Dies at 42

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Disabled from birth, she was at the heart of a case seeking services that it said school districts were required to provide. The Supreme Court agreed.

23. AmericanViolence.org

americanviolence.org

The project’s new interactive map compiles the murder rates of 82 of the 100 largest U.S. cities and makes it possible to compare crime rates over time stretching back to 1990. It’s especially useful for distinguishing short-term and long-term trends. For example, the screenshot above shows where the murder rate actually went down (in green) and up (red) from 2016 to 2017.

24. Finding It Hard to Focus? Maybe It’s Not Your Fault

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The rise of the new “attention economy.”

25. Black Boys Feel Less Safe in White Neighborhoods, Study Shows

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African-American boys “will expect increased scrutiny, surveillance, and even direct targeting as they traverse whiter spaces,” researchers at Ohio State University found.

26. Should You Choose a Woman Doctor?

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Studies show that female doctors tend to listen more, and their patients — both male and female — tend to fare better.

27. New Estimates Show Overdose Deaths Surpassed 72,000, a New High, in 2017

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Fentanyl is a big culprit, but there are also encouraging signs from states that have financed public health campaigns and addiction treatment.

28. In Broad Daylight, a Woman’s Killing That Defied the Rules of Murder

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Could the police have saved Kimberly Dobbie? When the victim is a woman, the answer is complicated.

29. For Online Daters, Women Peak at 18 While Men Peak at 50, Study Finds. Oy.

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The study, which looked at nearly 200,000 users, also showed that a man’s desirability increased with greater education. For women, it was another story.

CCF Briefing

1. The Impossible Choice My Father Had to Make
2. For Italy’s Abused Women, a Legal Labyrinth Compounds the Wounds
3. There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy
4. Eighth Graders Watch ‘Eighth Grade’ and Relate (and Also Cringe)
5. How Argentina Has Made Halting Progress on Abortion Rights
6. Treating Chronic Pain
7. Court Orders E.P.A. to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems
8. Rebranding Motherhood
9. As Catholic Hospitals Expand, So Do Limits on Some Procedures
10. Too Many Politicians Misuse and Abuse Crime Data
11. Companies Respond to an Urgent Health Care Need: Transportation
12. Brock Turner Loses Appeal to Overturn Sexual Assault Conviction
13. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth? (Ep. 344)
14. America’s Obesity Budget
15. At the Border, Asylum Seekers Are Being Rejected in Unusual Numbers
16. Why You Should Care About Unions
17. Germany Reaches Deal With Spain to Return Refugees
18. A ‘Generationally Perpetuated’ Pattern: Daughters Do More Chores
19. The Gap Between Older and Younger Mothers
20. Happy Meal Ad Is O.K. for Children, U.K. Regulator Says. Coco Pops Ad Isn’t.
21. Using Feminist Ideas to Raise Boys Who Aren’t Misogynists
22. Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.
23. Between Sound and Silence
24. Revealing the Lives of Black Fathers
25. The Ineffectiveness of Employer Wellness Programs, and the Importance of Randomized Trials
26. The Outsize Hold of the Word ‘Welfare’ on the Public Imagination
27. The Perils of Housecleaning Abroad
28.  ‘Modern Day Debtors’ Prisons’
29. Science or Quackery? The Study of Hormones Has Been Both, a New Book Suggests

29 The Talent Is Out There

30. Americans Are Terrible at Small Talk
31. SHSAT Predicts Whether Students Will Succeed in School, Study Finds
32. A ‘Rainbow Wave?’ 2018 Has More L.G.B.T. Candidates Than Ever

33,  The Future Is … Personal Ads?

34. Face Tattoos Go Mainstream
35. Parkland Shooting Suspect Lost Special-Needs Help at School When He Needed It Most
36. Anti-Vaccine Activists Have Taken Vaccine Science Hostage
37. A Guide to Dating Women Raised in a Matriarchy
38.  ‘Too Little Too Late’: Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans
39. The Great God of Depression

40,  The Gender Gap Among Midterm Voters Looks Huge — Maybe Even Record-Breaking

41. Why Democrats Elect Way More Women Than Republicans: Tennessee Edition
42. What Causes Morning Sickness?
43. The Illness Is Bad Enough. The Hospital May Be Even Worse.
44. The Trauma of Child Separation
45. A Revolution Within the Revolution: Cuba Opens to Same-Sex Marriages

1. The Impossible Choice My Father Had to Make

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/opinion/sunday/the-impossible-choice-my-father-had-to-make.html

No parent wants to put his or her child’s life at risk. But for families like mine, crossing the border was our only hope for a better future.

2. For Italy’s Abused Women, a Legal Labyrinth Compounds the Wounds

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/world/europe/italy-abused-women.html

Some 150 women a year are killed in Italy, where authorities are often dismissive of complaints. A third of victims reported the violence to police.

3. There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/opinion/there-will-never-be-an-age-of-artificial-intimacy.html

Robots may be better than nothing, but they still won’t be enough.

4. Eighth Graders Watch ‘Eighth Grade’ and Relate (and Also Cringe)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/movies/eighth-grade-free-screening-bo-burnham.html

Teenagers turned out in droves for free all-ages screenings of Bo Burnham’s drama about being 13. The movie reminded them of their own middle-school hell.

5. How Argentina Has Made Halting Progress on Abortion Rights

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/opinion/how-argentina-has-made-halting-progress-on-abortion-rights.html

We could marvel at the political resilience of the country’s conservatives, but I prefer to admire how close feminists came to achieving success.

6. Treating Chronic Pain

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/opinion/letters/pain-medicine.html

The American Academy of Pain Medicine emphasizes evidence-based care.

7. Court Orders E.P.A. to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/us/politics/chlorpyrifos-pesticide-ban-epa-court.html

The ruling by a federal appeals court was a major setback for the pesticide industry, which had successfully lobbied the Trump administration to reject a ban.

8. Rebranding Motherhood

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/well/rebranding-motherhood.html

Maybe more of us would have children if it weren’t seen as such an exercise in sacrifice. If we weren’t told that we were going to lose every bit of the self we had finally grown to love.

9. As Catholic Hospitals Expand, So Do Limits on Some Procedures

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/health/catholic-hospitals-procedures.html

Many religious health care institutions do not make it clear up front what procedures they won’t perform, a New York Times analysis shows.

10. Too Many Politicians Misuse and Abuse Crime Data

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/opinion/politics/giuliani-trump-chicago-data-crime.html

When sloppily cherry-picking isolated numbers, they disrespect our intelligence and our democracy.

11. Companies Respond to an Urgent Health Care Need: Transportation

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/business/health-care-transportation.html

As people grow older and prefer to manage their health care at home, more need transportation to doctors and outpatient services. Business is surging.

12. Brock Turner Loses Appeal to Overturn Sexual Assault Conviction

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/us/brock-turner-appeal.html

A California court said it was “not persuaded” by the argument that there was insufficient evidence and that the Stanford swimmer had sought only “outercourse.”

12. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth? (Ep. 344)

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/kenneth-feinberg/

13. America’s Obesity Budget

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/opinion/cost-diabetes-obesity-budget.html

Beyond the toll of human suffering, diet-related diseases impose massive economic costs.

14. At the Border, Asylum Seekers Are Being Rejected in Unusual Numbers

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/us/migrants-asylum-credible-fear.html

The Trump administration’s ruling that domestic abuse and gang violence do not form a basis for asylum has contributed to a sharp drop-off in admissions.

15. Why You Should Care About Unions

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/opinion/unions-missouri-janus.html

(Even if you’re not in one.)

16. Germany Reaches Deal With Spain to Return Refugees

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/world/europe/germany-spain-refugees.html

The agreement is a sign of how much German politics have shifted since 2015, when Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed more than a million migrants.

17. A ‘Generationally Perpetuated’ Pattern: Daughters Do More Chores

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/upshot/chores-girls-research-social-science.html

They also earn less allowance, suggesting that the gender inequality in pay begins at home, and early in life. But there are signs the gap is narrowing.

18. The Gap Between Older and Younger Mothers

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/opinion/letters/birth-women-age.html

Readers discuss personal experience and the coming demographic changes.

19. Happy Meal Ad Is O.K. for Children, U.K. Regulator Says. Coco Pops Ad Isn’t.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/business/media/uk-mcdonalds-kelloggs-children-tv.html

The divergent rulings on products from McDonald’s and Kellogg’s come as the British government increases its scrutiny of the marketing of fatty and sugary food and drinks to young people.

20. Using Feminist Ideas to Raise Boys Who Aren’t Misogynists

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/opinion/letters/feminism-boys.html

Readers respond to an essay arguing that “boys are in desperate need of intervention.”

21. Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/opinion/stem-girls-math-practice.html

The way we teach math in America hurts all students, but it may be hurting girls the most.

22. Between Sound and Silence

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/opinion/deafness-cochlear-implants.html

For a generation of people with cochlear implants, technology is transforming the experience of deafness.

23. Revealing the Lives of Black Fathers

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/lens/revealing-the-lives-of-black-fathers.html

Robyn Price Pierre looked to her family, classmates and friends to create personal photos exploring black fatherhood.

24. The Ineffectiveness of Employer Wellness Programs, and the Importance of Randomized Trials

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/upshot/employer-wellness-programs-randomized-trials.html

Selection bias can creep in, even when a study design seeks to control for other variables.

25. The Outsize Hold of the Word ‘Welfare’ on the Public Imagination

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/upshot/welfare-and-the-public-imagination.html

Americans have increasingly come to dislike government, even as they have relied more on various forms of government assistance.

26. The Perils of Housecleaning Abroad

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/opinion/international-world/domestic-workers-middle-east.html

Domestic migrant workers in the Middle East continue to face confinement and abuse.

27.  ‘Modern Day Debtors’ Prisons’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/opinion/columnists/bernie-sanders-cash-bail.html

The time has come to end cash bail, a major factor in inequality in the court system.

28. Science or Quackery? The Study of Hormones Has Been Both, a New Book Suggests

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/books/review/randi-hutter-epstein-aroused.html

Randi Hutter Epstein’s “Aroused” looks at the history of hormone research and the many missteps along the way.

29 The Talent Is Out There

http://www.sr.ithaka.org/blog/the-talent-is-out-there/

“So why don’t elite colleges enroll more low-income students?”

30. Americans Are Terrible at Small Talk

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/opinion/americans-are-terrible-at-small-talk.html

One Irish woman’s unscientific investigation.

31. SHSAT Predicts Whether Students Will Succeed in School, Study Finds

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/nyregion/admissions-test-shsat-high-school-study.html

The city commissioned, but did not release, an SHSAT study in 2013, which found a strong relationship between test scores and high school achievement.

32. A ‘Rainbow Wave?’ 2018 Has More L.G.B.T. Candidates Than Ever

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/us/politics/gay-candidates-midterms.html

A record number of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender candidates are running for office in November, as the Trump administration and state-level politicians have moved to roll back some legal protections.

33,  The Future Is … Personal Ads?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/style/lesbian-queer-dating-app.html

A queer online dating community has formed around an old-school format for hookups.

34. Face Tattoos Go Mainstream

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/style/face-tattoos.html

Post Malone and Justin Bieber are the most visible examples of how ink has crossed a new line.

35. Parkland Shooting Suspect Lost Special-Needs Help at School When He Needed It Most

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/us/parkland-florida-nikolas-cruz.html

A report commissioned by the school district in Parkland, Fla., said Nikolas Cruz generally received the help he needed but lost access to it by mistake.

36. Anti-Vaccine Activists Have Taken Vaccine Science Hostage

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/opinion/sunday/anti-vaccine-activists-have-taken-vaccine-science-hostage.html

The fear that even the slightest controversial findings will be distorted is leading to self-censorship.

37. A Guide to Dating Women Raised in a Matriarchy

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/opinion/sunday/dating-women-matriarchy-single-moms.html

Yes, I have a single mom. Don’t panic.

38.  ‘Too Little Too Late’: Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/business/bankruptcy-older-americans.html

The rate of those 65 and older filing for bankruptcy is three times what it was in 1991, a new study finds, as more enter their later years in a precarious position.

39. The Great God of Depression

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/opinion/sunday/depression-william-styron.html

How mental illness stopped being “a terrible dark secret.”

40,  The Gender Gap Among Midterm Voters Looks Huge — Maybe Even Record-Breaking

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-gender-gap-among-midterm-voters-looks-huge-maybe-even-record-breaking/

41. Why Democrats Elect Way More Women Than Republicans: Tennessee Edition

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tennessee-primary-results-gender/

42. What Causes Morning Sickness?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/well/what-causes-morning-sickness.html

Millions of women suffer from the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, but scientists are still exploring the underlying causes.

43. The Illness Is Bad Enough. The Hospital May Be Even Worse.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/health/post-hospital-syndrome-elderly.html

The elderly are particularly vulnerable to “post-hospital syndrome,” some experts believe, and that may be why so many patients return.

44. The Trauma of Child Separation

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/opinion/letters/trauma-child-separation-migrants.html

A reader recalls her experience in post-World War II Germany.

45. A Revolution Within the Revolution: Cuba Opens to Same-Sex Marriages

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/opinion/cuba-same-sex-marriages.html

A new constitution under discussion is a necessary reform that can set an example in L.G.B.T. rights.