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Members In The News

CCF’s Joshua Coleman on the Complicated Realities of Parental Estrangement

Posted on December 22, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News
Experts: Joshua Coleman

Read his thoughts in his new essay for Aeon, “Modern culture blames parents for forces beyond their control“

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Topics of Expertise: Children / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Family Counseling, Therapy & Parenting Intervention / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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CCF Board Member Barbara Risman On How To Help Working Parents While Also Equalizing Children’s Educational Access

Posted on August 12, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News
Experts: Barbara Risman

Read her op-ed in the Chicago Tribune: “A new Works Progress Administration could create ‘learning pods’ for all schoolchildren.“

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Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Economic Inequality / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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CCF’S Stephanie Coontz Interviewed by Legacy Washington

Posted on July 31, 2020 in Members In The News
Experts: Stephanie Coontz

“Legacy Washington recently recorded an interview with author/historian Stephanie Coontz. Watch Legacy Washington historian Bob Young interview Coontz, an expert on family and marriage whose writing influenced the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage. Coontz has recently appeared in The New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine, and gave this year’s commencement speech […]

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Topics of Expertise: Children / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family
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CCF’s Executive Director Jennifer Glass on the Struggle for Child Care in a Pandemic

Posted on July 10, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News
Experts: Jennifer Glass

Parents often rely on their networks for child care, but how has that changed since COVID-19? CCF’s Executive Director Jennifer Glass has some thoughts in The Christian Science Monitor’s “‘I can’t keep this up much longer’: Parents struggle with pandemic strain.” Link: https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/2020/0709/I-can-t-keep-this-up-much-longer-Parents-struggle-with-pandemic-strain

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Topics of Expertise: Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family
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CCF Experts Featured in The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Deseret News

Posted on July 9, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News
Experts: Daniel Carlson / Joanna Pepin / Richard Petts

CCF experts Dan Carlson, Richard Petts, and Joanna Pepin discuss the findings of their latest brief report on gendered division of labor during the covid-19 pandemic with Deseret News’ Lois M. Collins. Read the article, “More men are doing housework during the pandemic, research finds,” here. UPDATE: read more coverage of CCF’s latest brief report in […]

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Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Trauma and Disaster / Work & Family
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CCF’s Stephanie Coontz featured in Rolling Stone

Posted on July 6, 2020 in Members In The News
Experts: Stephanie Coontz

Read her thoughts on the challenges mothers are facing in “Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother”

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Topics of Expertise: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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New MAST Center Brief on Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability

Posted on June 2, 2020 in Members In The News
Experts: Karen Guzzo

The Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center (MAST) recently released a new research brief, “Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability in the United States: Dating, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce.” Co-authored by CCF expert Dr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo, the brief is the first in a series aiming to provide an overview of the current state of […]

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Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Marriage & Divorce / Singles & Dating
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CCF’s Joshua Coleman on Helping Your Family Take COVID-19 Seriously

Posted on March 23, 2020 in Members In The News
Experts: Joshua Coleman

Are you having trouble convincing your family to take COVID-19 seriously? CCF senior fellow Joshua Coleman has some advice! Read his thoughts in The Atlantic’s “What Do You Tell Someone Who Still Won’t Stay Home?” Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/03/convince-family-take-coronavirus-seriously/608356/  

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Topics of Expertise: Health & Illness / Trauma and Disaster
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CCF’s Kristi Williams on WHYY Philadelphia

Posted on February 25, 2020 in Members In The News
Experts: Kristi Williams

Listen here to see what CCF President of the Board Kristi Williams had to say about romantic love and the modern American marriage on WHYY Philadelphia’s “Solitude and the creative life”. Link: https://whyy.org/episodes/solitude-and-the-creative-life/

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Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Singles & Dating
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CCF’s Stephanie Coontz for The New York Times: What Can Different-Sex Couples Learn From Same-Sex Couples?

Posted on February 18, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News
Experts: Amanda Miller / Daniel Carlson / Debra Umberson / Joanna Pepin / Kristi Williams / Sharon Sassler / Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

Five years after marriage equality, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz asks: What can different-sex couples learn from same-sex couples? Featuring research by CCF experts Joanna Pepin, Dan Carlson, Virginia Rutter, Amanda Miller, Deb Umberson, Kristi Williams, Sharon Sassler and many more, Coontz highlights the role of gender expectations in shaping marital dynamics […]

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Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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CCF’s Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times

Posted on October 1, 2019 in Members In The News
Experts: Stephanie Coontz

In a recent article for the New York Times, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz discusses the potential implications of paying stay-at-home parents, a role most often undertaken by women. Coontz notes, “without strong incentives for dads to take on some of those duties, this would simultaneously cement women’s second-class place in the […]

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Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
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The Seattle Times Profiles CCF’s Own Stephanie Coontz

Posted on September 10, 2019 in Members In The News
Experts: Stephanie Coontz

A new profile from The Seattle Times takes a look at the life and career of CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz. From her involvement in the Seattle anti-war movement to her role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, see why author Bob Young refers to Coontz as “the […]

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Stephanie Coontz on History of Wedding Traditions in NBC News

Posted on July 15, 2019 in Members In The News
Experts: Stephanie Coontz

In her Op-Ed for NBC News, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz writes about the origins of gendered wedding traditions and possible implications for marital satisfaction. Coontz writes, “couples looking for happiness in the years after their wedding day might consider updating old ceremonies, or crafting new ones, that reinforce their commitment to […]

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Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
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Research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin Featured in Population Reference Bureau Report

Posted on May 12, 2019 in Members In The News
Experts: Joanna Pepin

For Mother’s Day, the Population Reference Bureau released a report on time use patterns of married, cohabiting and single mothers based on research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin. This researched was published last year in Demography and finds that married and cohabiting mothers do more housework than single moms. “Being in a partnership appears to […]

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CCF Experts Weigh in on the “Sex Recession”

Posted on January 23, 2019 in Members In The News
Experts: Daniel Carlson / Stephanie Coontz

JSTOR looks beyond the hype to examine what the “sex recession” is and whether we should be concerned about it. Several CCF experts weighed in on why the fear of a “sex recession” is misdirected. For example, Daniel Carlson explains how the amount of sex is not strongly linked to how satisfied you are with […]

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Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
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Recent News & Publications

  • CCF’s Joshua Coleman on the Complicated Realities of Parental Estrangement
  • New from CCF! Do the Media’s “Sexy Girl” Messages Trump Their “Girl Power” Ones?
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  • CCF Board Member Barbara Risman On How To Help Working Parents While Also Equalizing Children’s Educational Access
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