CCF Board Member Pepper Schwartz speaks up on behalf of those born at the end of the greatest generation for CCN’s Which generation has it worse?
Members In The News
Kristi Williams Comments on CDC Report for Huffington Post

CCF Board Secretary, Kristi Williams, provides the Huffington Post with her insight on a CDC study of the occurence of sleep deprivation among single parents in: Almost Half Of Single Moms Struggle With This Health Problem And we’re finally doing them the courtesy of studying it.
Topics of Expertise: Health & Illness / Parenthood: Motherhood/FatherhoodCCF Congratulates Kristi Williams: Newly Named Editor of JMF

CCF Boardmember and Secretary, Kristi Williams, will be the next editor of the Journal of Marriage and Family. Kristi, a sociologist currently with Ohio State, specializes on the influence of family on physical and mental health. Dr. William Avison, who nominated Kristi to the JMF, describes her as “extremely talented” and “one of the stars of research […]
Host of CCF members dissect divorce in Hopes&Fears

CCF Director Jennifer Glass and Board member Stephanie Coontz join CCF members Ariel Kuperberg and Constance Ahrons in commenting on divorce for Hopes & Fears’s Is Divorce Really That Bad? .
Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & DivorceCCF’s Linda Young comments on forgiveness in Essence

Dr. Young discusses the power of forgiveness in transitioning through grief for the families of the Charleston church shooting.
Topics of Expertise: Trauma and DisasterPepper Schwartz comments in USA Today on Kelly Musick’s new report

Check out CCF boardmember Pepper Schwartz’s comments on member Kelly Musick’s report on pre-marital parenting.
Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Transition - Couples to ParentingStephanie Coontz cited in SCOTUS decision

CCF Research Director Stephanie Coontz is cited in the SCOTUS decision legalizing same-sex marriage, June 26, 2015. Check out this related story in the Seattle Times.
Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Marriage & DivorceCheck out CCF’s Stephanie Coontz’s article in The Guardian and CNN

The Council on Contemporary Families very own Stephanie Coontz has a column in The Guardian (UK)–the article cites CCF’s April 2nd briefing report on improving men’s uptake of parental leave. Check out her article published today on CNN.com.
Same-Sex Couples May Have More Egalitarian Relationships
Same-Sex Couples May Have More Egalitarian Relationships http://www.wbur.org/npr/373835114/same-sex-couples-may-have-more-egalitarian-relationships National Public Radio (NPR) December 29, 2014
Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / LGBTQ Partnering & FamiliesFamily structure, race, education and economic inequality
CFF’s board members, Stephanie Coontz and Phil Cohen discuss the relationship between family structure, race, education and economic inequality in a Washington post article.
Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Work & FamilyChildren in families with same-sex parents

CCF’s Dawn Braithwaite was on KFOR’s Lincoln Live radio show discussing children in families with same-sex parents. Listen to the interview on their website (after clicking, scroll down and select “Children in Gay Families”).
Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / LGBTQ Partnering & FamiliesJoshua Coleman on NPR: parenting and empty nests

Joshua Coleman, CCF Co-Chair, was on NPR’s forum and on North Carolina’s KQED Radio discussing parenting and empty nests. It’s late August and flocks of future college freshmen have begun their migration to campuses around the country. For parents left at home, it can also be a stressful and sad time.
Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare