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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:

  1. Gay Couples Can Teach Straight People a Thing or Two About Arguing
  2. Co-Parenting During Coronavirus Has Made Families More Flexible Than Ever

NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:

  1. Uber-rich parents and their fixers may be just the tip of the iceberg. Turns out it’s hard for teachers to resist pushy parents.
  2. Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis

OTHER NEWS:

  1. When Your Family Spreads Misinformation
  2. The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls
  3. Study Examines The Lasting Effects Of Having — Or Being Denied — An Abortion
  4. An age-by-age guide to talking to your kids about racism
  5. What’s Worrying Teenagers Right Now
  6. The Millennial Mental-Health Crisis
  7. Study: Police killings traumatize high school students and hurt academic performance
  8. Why Some Families Are Hit So Hard By COVID-19
  9. Pandemic Could Scar a Generation of Working Mothers
  10. Masks, No Kissing and ‘a Little Kinky’: Dating and Sex in a Pandemic
  11. Young Americans are having less sex than ever
  12. When we’re lonely, close friends, colleagues and celebrities all might seem the same to our brains
  13. Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People
  14. ‘The system is unfair’: US trans and non-binary people hit by voting barriers

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  1. Gay Couples Can Teach Straight People a Thing or Two About Arguing
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/parenting/relationship-advice-gay-straight.html
    Same-sex couples, on average, resolve conflict more constructively than different-sex couples, and with less animosity, studies have shown.
  1. Co-Parenting During Coronavirus Has Made Families More Flexible Than Ever
    https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a32728744/co-parenting-coronavirus/
    Divorced parents fear that the pandemic will up-end their custody arrangements, but that’s not what’s happening on the ground.
  1. Uber-rich parents and their fixers may be just the tip of the iceberg. Turns out it’s hard for teachers to resist pushy parents.
    https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2020/06/09/uber-rich-parents-and-their-fixers-may-be-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-turns-out-its-hard-for-teachers-to-resist-pushy-parents/
  1. Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis
    https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2020/06/16/challenges-facing-cohabiting-couples-differ-from-those-of-married-couples-in-this-crisis/
  1. When Your Family Spreads Misinformation
    https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/06/when-family-members-spread-coronavirus-misinformation/613129/
    In times of crisis, family group chats can become dangerous platforms for the spread of false claims.
  1. The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls
    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/revolution-will-be-incomplete-without-black-women-and-girls/613045/
    The nationwide outcry against systemic racism almost always centers men and boys.
  1. Study Examines The Lasting Effects Of Having — Or Being Denied — An Abortion
    https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/877846258/study-examines-the-lasting-effects-of-having-or-being-denied-an-abortion
    In The Turnaway Study, Diana Greene Foster shares research conducted over 10 years with about 1,000 women who had or were denied abortions, tracking impacts on mental, physical and economic health.
  1. An age-by-age guide to talking to your kids about racism
    https://www.mother.ly/child/talking-to-kids-about-racism-age-by-age
  1. What’s Worrying Teenagers Right Now
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/well/family/teenagers-mental-health-unrest-virus.html
    Between the quarantines and the demonstrations, Crisis Text Line and other mental health professionals see a rise in teen anxiety.
  1. The Millennial Mental-Health Crisis
    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/why-suicide-rates-among-millennials-are-rising/612943/
    Suicides and overdoses among young adults were already skyrocketing before the pandemic started. Now experts fear that the situation is going to get even worse.
  1. Study: Police killings traumatize high school students and hurt academic performance
    https://www.vox.com/2020/6/10/21284793/police-killings-school-performance-desmond-ang
    State violence against unarmed minorities has four times the impact of other homicides.
  1. Why Some Families Are Hit So Hard By COVID-19
    https://www.fatherly.com/news/how-to-make-pp-bigger-apple-juice-viral-trend/
    Multigenerational households are at high risk of transmission of COVID-19.
  1. Pandemic Could Scar a Generation of Working Mothers
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/business/economy/coronavirus-working-women.html
    Working from home has highlighted and compounded the heavier domestic burden borne by women. Now office reopenings may force new career sacrifices.
  1. Masks, No Kissing and ‘a Little Kinky’: Dating and Sex in a Pandemic
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/well/live/coronavirus-sex-dating-masks.html
    New York City public health officials have frank new advice for people who are looking for companionship and physical intimacy during the pandemic.
  1. Young Americans are having less sex than ever
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/health/young-americans-less-sex-intl-scli-wellness/index.html
    Young Americans are having less sex — and they can’t even blame the coronavirus pandemic for this one.
  1. When we’re lonely, close friends, colleagues and celebrities all might seem the same to our brains
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/health/loneliness-effects-brain-activity-study-wellness-scn/index.html
    Have you ever experienced that distant feeling that people are around you but not with you? Loneliness might affect how our brains perceive people, a new study finds. Increased reports of loneliness due to social distancing has researchers concerned.
  1. Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/coronovirus-covid-transgender-lgbtq-jobs.html
    As the pandemic ravages the country, there are concerns that an already marginalized group will be further left behind.
  1. ‘The system is unfair’: US trans and non-binary people hit by voting barriers
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/16/trans-people-voting-november-election
    Difficulties in obtaining identification mean large numbers of potential voters are vulnerable to disenfranchisement

 

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