The Council on Contemporary Families is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to providing the press and public with the latest research and best-practice findings about American families.
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Who Cares and Caring for Whom? Unpaid Caregiving by Gender and Sexual Identity
Brief report from CCF Early Career Scholar Dr. Meredith Zhang summarizes new research on how providing unpaid care for family and friends differs by gender, sexual orientation, and partnership status.
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Getting a Degree in a System not Built for Them: Few Student Parents get Help from their Parents when Paying for College
In a new brief report, Renee Ryberg and CCF Co-Chair Arielle Kuperberg discuss the challenges student parents face when paying for college
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Policies Affecting Families: What we know, and what to expect in the second Trump term
In a new symposium, CCF brings together leading experts to discuss how immigration, abortion, student debt, and LGBTQIA+ related policies affect families.
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Increases in Community Income Improve Birth Outcomes
In a new brief report, Dr. Molly Martin explores how economic development and other policies that increase community income can reduce incidence of low birth weight
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Why the U.S. Should Have (and Why Men Should Take) Paternity Leave
In a new brief report, Richard Petts, Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, and Reed Donithen discuss why it is time for policies and workplace culture to catch up to the wave of support for paid parental leave in the U.S.
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U.S. parents financially support their adult children. But in immigrant families, it’s the reverse.
Brief report from CCF Early Career Scholar Dr. Vanessa Delgado shows that parental immigration status shapes adult children’s decisions to “give back” in immigrant families.
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Who Cares and Caring for Whom? Unpaid Caregiving by Gender and Sexual Identity
Brief report from CCF Early Career Scholar Dr. Meredith Zhang summarizes new research on how providing unpaid care for family and friends differs by gender, sexual orientation, and partnership status.
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Getting a Degree in a System not Built for Them: Few Student Parents get Help from their Parents when Paying for College
In a new brief report, Renee Ryberg and CCF Co-Chair Arielle Kuperberg discuss the challenges student parents face when paying for college
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