A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Arielle Kuperberg, UNC Greensboro and Joan Maya Mazelis, Rutgers University–Camden March 24th, 2021 Recent discussions have focused on loan forgiveness as a remedy for growing student loan debt in the United States. How have their loans affected – or not affected – students’ lives? […]
Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Public Policy / Transition - Adolescents to Adulthood / Transition - Couples to ParentingTransition - Couples to Parenting
Transition - Couples to Parenting
Experts: Arielle Kuperberg / Joan Maya Mazelis
Pepper Schwartz comments in USA Today on Kelly Musick’s new report
Experts: Kelly Musick

Check out CCF boardmember Pepper Schwartz’s comments on member Kelly Musick’s report on pre-marital parenting.
Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Transition - Couples to ParentingUnderstanding Low-Income Unmarried Couples with Children
Experts: Paula England

Why do so many low-income couples postpone marriage but fail to postpone childbearing? Which couples eventually do marry? Why do the rest of the couples break up? How would knowing the answers to these questions affect public policy? A new briefing report by the Council on Contemporary Families offers an advance look at the […]
Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Transition - Couples to ParentingEXPERTS
Jacqueline Hudak
Clinical Director, Perelman School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Maureen Perry-Jenkins
Professor of Psychology & Director of Center for Research on Families, University of Massachusetts Amherst