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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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Children / Economic Inequality / Health & Illness / Labor & Workforce / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / TANF & Public Assistance / Trauma and Disaster / Work & Family

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“

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

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Children / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct

“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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Domestic Violence & Child Abuse / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities)

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family

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 […]

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

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality

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”

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

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood

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’ […]

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

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EXPERTS

Jessica Calarco

Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

Gabriella Celeste

Co-Director of the Childhood Studies Program, Schubert Center for Child Studies, Case Western Reserve 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

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

Natalie Hengstebeck

Postdoctoral Fellow, Scholars Strategy Network, Duke University

Clare Huntington

Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Fordham Law School

Michelle Janning

Professor of Sociology, Whitman College

Jay Lappin

Family Therapist

Tama Leventhal

Associate Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University

Susan Matt

Presidential Distinguished Professor of History, Weber State University

Linda McClain

Robert Kent Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

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

Vikki Stark

Director of Sedona Counselling Centre of Montreal, Psychotherapist, Author, Divorce Recovery Expert

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