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/
Topics: Health & Illness / Trauma and Disaster
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 […]
When “Helicopters” Go to School: Who Gets Rescued and Who Gets Left Behind? A briefing paper prepared by Jessica McCrory Calarco, Indiana University, for the Council on Contemporary Families. We’ve all read about – and maybe even known – the “helicopter” parents who sweep into K-12 schools, demanding special treatment for their children, second-guessing teachers’ […]
Topics: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality / Parenthood: Motherhood/FatherhoodFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Virginia Rutter / Framingham State Sociology vrutter@gmail.com 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. Most Americans applaud the prison sentences given college admissions scandal parents like actor Felicity Huffman and “fixers” like tennis coach Michael […]
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/
Topics: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Singles & Dating
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 […]
Topics: 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/FatherhoodCCF 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 […]
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 […]
Council on Contemporary Families Honors USA Today for Outstanding Media Coverage of Family Issues (2020) Austin, TX–The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) is pleased to present its Fourteenth Annual Media Awards at 5:15pm on February 7, 2020 at the AT&T Conference Center and Hotel, Austin, TX, at the CCF annual conference, “Raising Children in the 21st […]
National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America Prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Daniel L. Carlson, University of Utah, and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College — January 26 is National Spouses Day, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. […]
Topics: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Singles & DatingCCF 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 […]
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 […]
CCF MEDIA BRIEF – DECEMBER 6, 2019 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Single Moms vs. Single Dads: Examining the Double Standards of Single Parenthood The Best Parenting Advice Is to Go Live in Europe Family diversity, new normal Early Motherhood Has Always Been Miserable NEW ON THE CCF BLOG: Dads Count Too: Family-Friendly Policies Must […]
CCF MEDIA BRIEF – NOVEMBER 15, 2019 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: More And More Millennials And Gen Z Are Choosing Abstinence — Here’s Why Goldman Sachs now offers the most generous parental-leave policy on Wall Street. But the data says men won’t take it unless a ‘daddy quota’ becomes mandatory. NEW ON THE CCF […]
CCF MEDIA BRIEF – NOVEMBER 1, 2019 NEW FROM CCF: New CCF symposium! Defining Consent New CCF fact sheet! 10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty NEW ON THE BLOG: Mothering While Black Fears of Violence: Concerns of Middle-Class Latinx Parents CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Sharing Chores May Contribute to Relationship Happiness The disturbing reality […]
