2020

In a new study, sociologist Kelley Fong finds that professionals frequently refer families to Child Protective Services to get them help. But because CPS is a coercive institution, not a social service one, this often undermines families in marginalized communities.

A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Kelley Fong, Georgia Institute of Technology. 

A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Thomas Lyttelton, Yale Sociology; Emma Zang, Yale Sociology; and Kelly Musick, Cornell Policy Analysis and Management.

Mothers telecommuting during the pandemic report more stress and depression than mothers working outside the home.

Watch Legacy Washington historian Bob Young interview CCF's Stephanie Coontz, an expert on family and marriage whose writing influenced the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage.