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  • Why Families Need More Financial Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Posted on January 21, 2021 in CCF News, Fact Sheets
    Experts: Kristi Williams

    Why Families Need More Financial Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic A fact sheet prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Lawrence Stacey and Kristi Williams, The Ohio State University Despite the important temporary relief provided to many families by the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided $1,200 to […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Children / Economic Inequality / Health & Illness / Labor & Workforce / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / TANF & Public Assistance / Trauma and Disaster / Work & Family
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    CCF’s Joshua Coleman on the Complicated Realities of Parental Estrangement

    Posted on December 22, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News
    Experts: Joshua Coleman

    Read his thoughts in his new essay for Aeon, “Modern culture blames parents for forces beyond their control“

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    Topics of Expertise: Children / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Family Counseling, Therapy & Parenting Intervention / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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    Media Messages to Young Girls: Does “Sexy Girl” Trump “Girl Power”?

    Posted on September 2, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News


    Media Messages to Young Girls: Does “Sexy Girl” Trump “Girl Power”? A briefing paper prepared by Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky for the Council on Contemporary Families. September 3, 2020 Children face continued social isolation this fall, with 21 of the 25 largest school districts in the country choosing remote learning instead of in-person […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Children / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct
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    “The Tool We Have”: Why Child Protective Services Investigates So Many Families and How Even Good Intentions Backfire

    Posted on August 11, 2020 in Brief Reports


    “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 […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Domestic Violence & Child Abuse / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities)
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    Before and during COVID-19: Telecommuting, Work-Family Conflict, and Gender Equality

    Posted on August 3, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News
    Experts: Kelly Musick

    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 […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family
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    CCF’S Stephanie Coontz Interviewed by Legacy Washington

    Posted on July 31, 2020 in Members In The News
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz

    “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 […]

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    Topics of Expertise: 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 & Family
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    Long-term Risks to Children from Economic Toll of COVID-19

    Posted on July 19, 2020 in CCF News, Fact Sheets
    Experts: Kristi Williams

    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 […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality
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    CCF’s Stephanie Coontz featured in Rolling Stone

    Posted on July 6, 2020 in Members In The News
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz

    Read her thoughts on the challenges mothers are facing in “Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother”

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    Topics of Expertise: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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    How Dads Make a Difference for Their Children

    Posted on June 17, 2020 in Fact Sheets
    Experts: Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan

    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 […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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    When “Helicopters” Go to School: Who Gets Rescued and Who Gets Left Behind?

    Posted on March 1, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News
    Experts: Jessica Calarco

    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’ […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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    EXPERTS

    Jessica Calarco

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

    Andrew Cherlin

    Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University

    Joshua Coleman

    Psychologist

    Philip Cowan

    Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

    Robert Crosnoe

    Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

    Christina Cross

    Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

    Sinikka Elliott

    Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia

    Paula Fomby

    Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

    Janet C. Gornick

    Director, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, Graduate Center CUNY

    Clare Huntington

    Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Fordham Law School

    Michelle Janning

    Professor of Sociology, Whitman College

    Jay Lappin

    Family Therapist

    Susan Matt

    Presidential Distinguished Professor of History, Weber State University

    Melissa Milkie

    Professor of Sociology & Chair of the Graduate Department, University of Toronto

    Steven Mintz

    Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin; Executive Director, Institute for Transformational Learning, University of Texas System

    Maureen Perry-Jenkins

    Professor of Psychology & Director of Center for Research on Families, University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Elizabeth Peters

    Director, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute

    Allison Pugh

    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia

    Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan

    Professor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University

    Susan Short

    Professor of Sociology and Director of the Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University

    Susan Stewart

    Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University

    David Trimble

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School; Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center; American Family Therapy Academy; Boston Center for Culturally Affirming Practices

    Ellen Wartella

    Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication, Professor of Psychology, and Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Professor of Medical Social Sciences Director, Center on Media and Human Development School of Communication Chair, Department of Communication Studies

    Elizabeth Wildsmith

    Deputy Program Area Director, Child Trends

    Emma Zang

    Assistant Professor, Yale University

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