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* Michelle Janning, CCF Board Member, discusses how motherhood has changed from the area of "Madmen" to modern motherhood in an article in the mother company

* Stephanie Coontz, CCF Co-Chair, receiving a 2013 Work Life Legacy Award from the Families and Work Institue!

* CCF released a new press release on the discouraging impact of overwork for women in "men's jobs."

* Read this blog about three things you can learn about immigrant families - based on research presented at the 16th annual CCF conference: Immigrant Families as They Really Are!

* CCF released a new briefing report on the growing gender gap in education. Read the press release here!

* CCF announced the recipients of the annual Media Awards, which was presented at the 16th annual CCF conference! The CCF Media Awards honor outstanding journalism that contributes to the public understanding of contemporary family issues. 

* Stephanie Coontz, CCF Co-Chair, discusses how the  Masculine Mystique holds men back in The Sunday Times.

* CCF collaborated with Sociologists for Women in Society to write a Press Release discussing why men don't graduate from college as often as women.

* CCF released an online symposium on the 50th Anniversary of The Feminine Mystique: Feminism and Families Today: What's the New Mystique.  See the press release here.

* CCF announces its internship program, which offers students and recent graduates the opportunity to contribute to a project related to CCF's mission of providing the press and public with the latest research and best-practice findings about American families.

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The Council on Contemporary Families offers a number of resources for classroom use.

The Cherlin-Cowan-Burton report, "When is a Fact a Fact?", will challenge students to think more critically about the information they encounter in the classroom and in everyday life. Access the three-part report here:

Cherlin: Why It's Hard to Know When a Fact is a Fact
Cowan and Cowan: When is the Relationship Between Facts a Causal One?
Burton: When Does an Interview Dig Deep Enough?

Fact sheets released by the Council will dispel common myths and provide students with an accessible introduction to new topics. These include (but are not limited to):

Valentine's Day Fact Sheet on Sexual Health
Mother's Day Fact Sheet on Daycare
Myths and Realities About Same Sex Families

Browse our Publications for other fact sheets and briefing reports.

See also the new CCF anthology, Families as They Really Are (W.W. Norton 2010), designed for the undergraduate classroom. The anthology brings together original essays written by leading family scholars, as well as news articles about these findings, enabling students to see how scholars engage with the mass media and help to shape the public conversation about families.

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New Study Challenges Links Between Daycare and Behavioral Issues

According to researchers from the United States and Norway, a new study finds little evidence that the amount of time a child spends in day care leads to an increase in behavioral problems.

For the full article, click here.

“Married… without Means”

A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research demonstrates that marriage alone does not ensure economic security. In fact, most low-income parents who are raising children are married.

For the full report, click here.
 
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A briefing report and press release looks at new research about gender and achievement in current American schools.
 
A press release about the upcoming conference at the University of Miami from April 5-6, 2013.  Register now and read the detailed program to learn about the presenters and topics, including Transnational Families, Youth and Families Divided by Borders, and Promising and Evidence-Based Interventions with Immigrant Families!
 
A press release discusses new research that shows that men are less willing to tolerate the high levels of debt that are increasingly needed to complete a college education.
 
On the 50th Anniversary of The Feminine Mystique, Council on Contemporary Families Scholars identify what’s changed—and what hasn’t
 
 
 
 
Unconventional Wisdom, Issue 5
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UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM: ISSUE 5

A survey of recent family research and clinical findings prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families' 15th Anniversary Conference, Crossing Boundaries: Public and Private Roles in Assuring Child Well-Being, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro Hotel, April 27 and 28, 2012.

Edited by Joshua Coleman, Co-Chair, Council on Contemporary Families, and Stephanie Coontz, Co-Chair and Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families.

The Council on Contemporary Families aims to increase communication among family researchers and practitioners while helping the press and public access accurate information and best-practice findings about how today's families work. In this issue of "Unconventional Wisdom," we asked conference participants along with other CCF scholars and clinicians to send in short descriptions of recent research findings, practical experiences, clinical observations, new interventions to help families, and other topics related to contemporary family issues. See also: Unconventional Wisdom, Issues 1, 2, and 3 and 4.

Download the complete report as a PDF file.
Read more... [Unconventional Wisdom, Issue 5]
 
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This has been a truly amazing year for CCF and our board!

CCF  won the The American Sociology Association Distinguished Contributions Award for Advocacy,  given by the Children and Youth Section of ASA.

Board Member, Etiony Aldarondo won the American Psychological Association Social Justice Award from the Society of Counseling Psychology

CCF Co-Chair Stephanie Coontz won the Evergreen State College President's Faculty Achievement Award in part for her work with CCF

Board Member Brian Powell received the  William J. Goode Award from the American Psychological Association for Outstanding Book for COUNTED OUT: Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of Family.

Executive Officer Barbara Risman won ASA's 2011 Award for the Public Understanding of Sociology

Board Member Pepper Schwartz won  ASA's 2011 Sociology of Sexualities Simon and Gagnon Lifetime Achievement  Award

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Board Member Robin Simon received the ASA Mental Health Section's Outstanding Article Award for her  article "Sex, Anger, and Depression"  (Social Forces, 2010).
 

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Families as They Really Are (W.W. Norton, 2009) is available for purchase! Families as They Really Are is a collection of original essays by CCF's leading scholars that focuses on how families operate in everyday life: what they are, how they work, and why they matter. View book details, endorsements and reviews, and order your copy today!

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