ANN ARBOR—While most eligible families received the first two monthly Child Tax Credit payments and used the money to cover the costs of essential household expenses, a new survey indicates that more than 1 in 10 CTC-eligible families have not received the credit and were either uncertain about how to claim it or did not… Continue reading Child Tax Credit providing critical help, but not reaching more than 1 in 10 eligible families
News Tag: Family & Relationships
Communities for cognitive aging: How neighborhoods may protect the cognitive health of older Americans
ANN ARBOR – Americans are living longer than ever before, but cognitive decline threatens the quality of those last golden years. Now, new evidence suggests that where older adults live may help protect against dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. A trio of University of Michigan studies (linked below) shows that urban and suburban neighborhoods that provide… Continue reading Communities for cognitive aging: How neighborhoods may protect the cognitive health of older Americans
Texas’ near-total abortion ban: U-M experts can discuss
Margo Schlanger, the Wade H. and Dores M. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law, is a leading authority on civil rights issues and civil and criminal detention. “The Court has usually been pretty protective of its own prerogatives; that is, it has liked to be the only entity that could alter its own rulings,” she told… Continue reading Texas’ near-total abortion ban: U-M experts can discuss
Low vaccination rates persist in Detroit households with children
DETROIT—With a new school year three weeks away and cases of COVID-19 on the rise again, vaccination rates in the households of school-age children will play an important role in how school districts weigh their options for returning to the classroom. A new University of Michigan survey finds that only about one-third (34%) of Detroit… Continue reading Low vaccination rates persist in Detroit households with children
Back-to-school concerns: U-M experts available
ANN ARBOR—Students head back to in-person education across the country, some this month, amid questions about health and safety, learning loss and educational disparities caused by a COVID-19 pandemic year. University of Michigan education and health experts can address these and other back-to-school issues. ADJUSTMENTS FOR CHILDREN Christina Weiland is an associate professor at the… Continue reading Back-to-school concerns: U-M experts available
More American parents of teens are purchasing firearms during the pandemic
ANN ARBOR – One in seven of the households that purchased a gun also had a teen with depression, study finds. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more parents of teenagers in the United States started buying firearms, according to a recent study. In a national survey of primary caretakers of teenagers conducted by… Continue reading More American parents of teens are purchasing firearms during the pandemic
Many parents still believe boys are better, more competitive at sports than girls
ANN ARBOR––Female Olympian handballers fined for playing in shorts instead of bikini bottoms. A female Paralympian told by a championship official that her shorts were “too short and inappropriate.” Olympic women gymnasts, tired of feeling sexualized, opted for full-length unitards instead of bikini-cut leotards. “Women athletes’ attire is constantly scrutinized,” said Philip Veliz of the… Continue reading Many parents still believe boys are better, more competitive at sports than girls
How conversations about race can help Black parents improve adolescents’ psychological outcomes
ANN ARBOR—Black parents’ experiences of racial discrimination can negatively affect their children’s psychological outcomes—but talking about these experiences and improving racial socialization competency could help prevent these negative outcomes, according to a new study by a University of Michigan researcher. “Racial discrimination is designed to negatively chip away at our psychological wherewithal and well-being. What… Continue reading How conversations about race can help Black parents improve adolescents’ psychological outcomes
How to improve family well-being in Detroit
ANN ARBOR – In the nearly 20 years that University of Michigan social work professor Trina Shanks has lived in Detroit and researched issues related to the impact of poverty, she’s gotten much closer to solutions. Shanks, director of the Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being, faculty associate at the Survey Research Center at… Continue reading How to improve family well-being in Detroit
Schools, parents should use summer to prepare their K-12 students for fall in-person classes
ANN ARBOR—Now that many schools nationwide have announced plans to hold in-person sessions this fall, questions have been raised about what’s next for students who spent much of the last year learning virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pamela Davis-Kean, a University of Michigan professor of psychology and research professor at the Institute for Social Research,… Continue reading Schools, parents should use summer to prepare their K-12 students for fall in-person classes