“The Tool We Have”: Why Child Protective Services Investigates So Many Families and How Even Good Intentions Backfire A briefing paper prepared by Kelley Fong (Georgia Institute of Technology) for the Council on Contemporary Families. August 11, 2020 In recent months, conversations around the role of the police have drawn mainstream attention to what contemporary […]
Topics: Child Welfare / Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Domestic Violence & Child Abuse / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities)News & Publications
New From CCF! Before and during COVID-19: Telecommuting, Work-Family Conflict, and Gender Equality

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Virginia Rutter / Framingham State Sociology vrutter@gmail.com Telecommuting Gets Mixed Results for Gender Equity at Home, and Women Are More Depressed Even before the pandemic, telecommuting had mixed results on gender equity. And mothers telecommuting during the pandemic report more stress and depression than mothers working outside the home. August 4, […]
Experts: Virginia Rutter
Before and during COVID-19: Telecommuting, Work-Family Conflict, and Gender Equality

Before and During COVID-19: Telecommuting, Work-Family Conflict, and Gender Equality A briefing paper prepared by Thomas Lyttelton (Yale Sociology), Emma Zang (Yale Sociology), and Kelly Musick (Cornell Policy Analysis and Management) for the Council on Contemporary Families. August 4, 2020 The puzzle. The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in an unprecedented shift to remote work, with […]
Topics: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & FamilyExperts: Kelly Musick
CCF’S Stephanie Coontz Interviewed by Legacy Washington

“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 […]
Topics: 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 & FamilyExperts: Stephanie Coontz
CCF Media Brief – July 30, 2020

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 […]
Long-term Risks to Children from Economic Toll of COVID-19

Long-term Risks to Children from Economic Toll of COVID-19 A fact sheet prepared by Kristi Williams, Ohio State University for the Council on Contemporary Families Although children appear to be less vulnerable than adults to serious COVID-19 medical complications, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that they are disproportionately endangered by the pandemic’s […]
Topics: Child Welfare / Children / Economic InequalityExperts: Kristi Williams
CCF Media Brief – JULY 16, 2020

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 […]
CCF’s Executive Director Jennifer Glass on the Struggle for Child Care in a Pandemic

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

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 […]
Topics: 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 & FamilyExperts: Daniel Carlson / Joanna Pepin / Richard Petts
CCF’s Stephanie Coontz featured in Rolling Stone

Read her thoughts on the challenges mothers are facing in “Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother”
Topics: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/FatherhoodExperts: Stephanie Coontz
CCF Media Brief – July 2, 2020

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 […]
CCF Media Brief – June 17, 2020

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 […]
How Dads Make a Difference for Their Children

Fast Facts for Father’s Day (June 21, 2020): A fact sheet prepared by Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, Ohio State University and Kari Adamsons, University of Connecticut for the Council on Contemporary Families How Dads Make a Difference for Their Children Mentally…Dads foster their children’s development by challenging them both cognitively and physically. Dads promote children’s communication skills […]
Topics: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Parenthood: Motherhood/FatherhoodExperts: Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan
CCF Media Brief – June 3, 2020

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 […]
New MAST Center Brief on Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability

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 […]
Topics: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Marriage & Divorce / Singles & DatingExperts: Karen Guzzo