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Biweekly Briefings

CCF Media Brief – July 30, 2020

Posted on July 30, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JULY 30, 2020 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Number of households with hungry children nearing 14 million, study finds Help! I’m Quarantining With My Parents! Frat Parties. Dorms. Dining Halls. Here’s How College Campuses Are Trying To Stop Coronavirus Outbreaks This Fall. When Grandparents Are Estranged From Their Grandchildren Does going […]

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CCF Media Brief – JULY 16, 2020

Posted on July 16, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings, CCF News


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JULY 16, 2020 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother ‘I can’t keep this up much longer’: Parents struggle with pandemic strain The pandemic didn’t create working moms’ struggle. But it made it impossible to ignore. Do ‘Real Men’ Work Remotely? 6 signs you might be pushing […]

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CCF Media Brief – July 2, 2020

Posted on July 2, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JULY 2, 2020 NEW FROM CFF! How Dads Make a Difference for Their Children CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Coronavirus Coverage and the Silencing of Female Expertise Decades Later, Women in Academia Continue Lifting a Ton of Feathers We’re entering a new age of fatherhood, says new study Four Ways Fathers […]

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CCF Media Brief – June 17, 2020

Posted on June 17, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JUNE 17, 2020 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Gay Couples Can Teach Straight People a Thing or Two About Arguing Co-Parenting During Coronavirus Has Made Families More Flexible Than Ever NEW ON THE CCF BLOG: Uber-rich parents and their fixers may be just the tip of the iceberg. Turns out it’s […]

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CCF Media Brief – June 3, 2020

Posted on June 3, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JUNE 3, 2020 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: When Couples Fight About Virus Risks Men are taking on (slightly) more household chores amid the coronavirus pandemic More men are doing housework during the pandemic, research finds New Research Shows Men Are Doing More Housework NEW ON THE CCF BLOG: Can This […]

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CCF Media Brief – May 20, 2020

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – MAY 20, 2020 NEW FROM CCF! Men and Women Agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic Men Are Doing More at Home CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling. 3 Percent of Women Agree. Social distancing and the epidemic of prejudice For Young […]

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CCF Media Brief – May 6, 2020

Posted on May 5, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – MAY 6, 2020 NEW FROM CCF! Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Can This Time at Home Help Your Marriage? All the Things We Have to Mourn Now The “women’s work” of the pandemic How Coronavirus Exposes the Great […]

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CCF Media Brief – April 21, 2020

Posted on April 21, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Think Before You File for Divorce After Lockdown Women living alone during coronavirus Singles say they’re better prepared to self-quarantine, but many fear getting shortchanged in medical treatment NEW ON THE CCF BLOG: Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month Solution OTHER NEWS: RaceWorks Toolkit Women and COVID-19: Studying the Impact […]

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CCF Media Brief – April 8, 2020

Posted on April 8, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – APRIL 8, 2020 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: As Children Face Disappointments, Parents Can Help Them Develop Resilience How to celebrate Easter and Passover during a pandemic 9 ways millennials and Gen Zers are approaching marriage differently than their parents How to get your family to help with household chores, starting […]

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CCF’s Media Roundup – March 24, 2020

Posted on March 24, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – MARCH 24, 2020 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Online learning will be hard for kids whose schools close – and the digital divide will make it even harder for some of them What’s the cost when a helicopter parent volunteers at school — and who pays it? How helicopter parenting creates […]

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CCF’s Media Roundup – March 4, 2020

Posted on March 4, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings, CCF News


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – MARCH 4, 2020 NEW FROM CFF: When “Helicopters” Go to School: Who Gets Rescued and Who Gets Left Behind? CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Parents need help driving kids. Are ride-sharing apps the answer? Is a booming economy hiding working-class suffering? A look at who is thriving and who is not […]

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CCF’s Media Roundup – February 19, 2020

Posted on February 18, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings, CCF News


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – FEBRUARY 19, 2020 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: How to Make Your Marriage Gayer Don’t Marry a Man Who Doesn’t Vacuum 6 signs you’re pushing away your adult children Solitude and the creative life The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake If the Nuclear Family Has Failed, What Comes Next? Men Who […]

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CCF’s Media Roundup – February 3, 2020

Posted on February 3, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – February 3, 2020 NEW FACT SHEET FROM CCF! National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure? CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: First Comes Love Then Comes The Epic Marriage Proposal. When Did Engagements Become So Elaborate? Why is the Census Bureau cheering laws that make it easier for people to […]

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CCF’s Media Roundup – January 3, 2020

Posted on January 3, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JANUARY 3, 2020 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: The Gendering of Holiday Labor Why You Should Often Ignore Your Child’s Opinion of You As A Parent NEW ON THE CCF BLOG: Making Friends with Stepchildren OTHER NEWS: Can 2020 finally be the year that employers recognize fathers as involved parents? Happy […]

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CCF’s Media Roundup – December 20, 2019

Posted on December 20, 2019 in Biweekly Briefings


CCF MEDIA BRIEF – DECEMBER 20, 2019 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: When Does a Boyfriend or Girlfriend Become Part of the Family? NEW ON THE CCF BLOG: Parents Can’t Go It Alone—They Never Have: What to Do for Parents to Help our Next Generation Definitive evidence that anti-ageism interventions work OTHER NEWS: The Myth […]

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Recent News & Publications

  • Why Families Need More Financial Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 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?
  • Media Messages to Young Girls: Does “Sexy Girl” Trump “Girl Power”?
  • CCF Board Member Barbara Risman On How To Help Working Parents While Also Equalizing Children’s Educational Access

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