Center for the Changing Family

Members in the News

Our members have been featured across various platforms such as the New York Times, Time Magazine, and various TV news stations. Below you'll find a catalogue of articles where are members have been featured.

January 29, 2023

Dad Brain? How Fatherhood Changes the Brain

February 4, 2023

A vast, teeming retirement community called skid row – Los Angeles Times

February 14, 2023

How One USC PhD Candidate Employs Robots To Evaluate Infants

February 23, 2023

Charted: How life expectancy is changing around the world

March 21, 2023

Study reveals the impact of built environment on adolescents’ BMI and eating behaviors

April 10, 2023

Respectful, quality care can prevent pregnancy-related deaths among Black women

April 11, 2023

Publicizing the risks facing pregnant people — especially Black women

May 8, 2023

How their mothers’ love helped scholars bloom

May 10, 2023

Latina doctoral candidates are first in their families to pursue PhDs; now they’re set for USC graduation

June 5, 2023

Birth of a story: How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust

June 8, 2023

How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust

January 20, 2022

Black Family Caregivers Endorse Vaccines and Boosters as California Battles COVID

January 20, 2022

A Message From Caregivers: Vaccines or Formaldehyde? The Choice is Yours

January 27, 2022

COVID Winter Surge Brings New Challenges for Elder and Youth Health Care

February 11, 2022

Prominent psychotherapist Constance Ahrons challenged negative stereotypes around divorce

March 1, 2022

As Women’s History Month begins, USC researchers reflect on women’s achievements and challenges

March 2, 2022

USC hosts panel for Women’s History Month

March 7, 2022

WISE & Healthy Aging offers help and support to seniors wanting to give up excessive clutter and hoarding

March 10, 2022

More than 30,000 dead from COVID, hundreds of thousands more grieve in LA

March 28, 2022

Q&A: COVID shook the scaffolding for working women, exposing need for better family policy

April 20, 2022

Lawsuit Seeks Records from Penalized L.A. County Health Plan

June 17, 2022

Forget Physique. Mental Health Is the Newest, Hottest Fitness Goal

July 20, 2022

Losing a grandmother can have long-lasting mental health effects for kids and adolescents, a new study finds

September 29, 2022

Dad brain is real: Study reveals men’s brains change after baby arrives

October 18, 2022

Fed up with L.A.’s skyrocketing rent, they embraced communal living

November 7, 2022

How To Reduce Your Kids’ Sugar Consumption This Halloween – And Why It’s So Important

November 30, 2022

Fatherhood changes men’s brains, according to before-and-after MRI scans

January 7, 2021

How Southern California teachers explain U.S. Capitol riot

January 28, 2021

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Led To A ‘Baby Bust,’ Not A Baby Boom

March 2, 2021

Two L.A. families turned a McMansion into the ultimate pandemic pod. How’d they do it?

March 2, 2021

Grieving Is Hard. Grieving During A Pandemic Is Even Harder.

March 5, 2021

One year of pandemic: Moms, kids struggle to recover

March 8, 2021

Men need to care about caregiving so the entire labor force can benefit

March 11, 2021

Revolutionary’ federal stimulus bill could cut California child poverty by half

March 12, 2021

A year into the pandemic, mothers and children are still struggling

March 19, 2021

The pandemic echoes a history of disruption for Black families, stretching back to slavery

March 22, 2021

USC and California Emerging Technology Fund form partnership to close the digital divide

March 24, 2021

Thousands of child care centers shutter, spelling bad news for California

March 25, 2021

Encouraging Women to Live Leadership as a Lifestyle Is the Key to Resilience

April 6, 2021

How many mothers have lost a child: A global comparison

April 14, 2021

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receives $6.1M to study treatment of youth anxiety

April 25, 2021

Study: In ‘Seismic Shift’ Due to Pandemic, Workers, Patients Embrace Telehealth, Remote Work for Long Haul

April 28, 2021

COVID-19 Made It Clear We Need To Care For Caregivers

May 7, 2021

Can You Decorate and Clean Your Way to Happiness? Science Says Yes

May 6, 2021

“Founded as the pandemic hit, a new center brings together experts on the changing family ”

May 11, 2021

‘COVID Orphans’: Estimated 40,000 U.S. Children Have Lost at Least 1 Parent to COVID

May 12, 2021

“How too much sugar consumption affects your child’s health ”

June 2, 2021

Dornsife center focuses on the changing family

June 11, 2021

I married a vaccine skeptic

June 17, 2021

A father’s parenting style could be predicted in advance of his child’s birth

July 6, 2021

Mothers struggle to return to work as California reopens

July 13, 2021

Why The “Worker Shortage” Is A Reflection Of Low Wages & The Pandemic Forced Moms To Leave The Workforce

July 13, 2021

“It may be possible to predict a man’s parenting style before their baby is born, study finds ”

July 20, 2921

Nearly 120,000 children in US have lost a primary caregiver to COVID-19: Internal CDC data

July 28, 2021

Explosive Activision Blizzard lawsuit could set California labor law precedent, lawyers say

August 7, 2021

Isolation, anxiousness, depression: What it’s like becoming a mother during the COVID-19 pandemic

August 26, 2021

Back to school: Educators and families confront learning loss and mental health challenges

August 30, 2021

“Both Sucrose and High Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to Increased Health Risks ”

October 5, 2021

USC students speak about caregiving experiences

October 13, 2021

USC and CHLA win $24.5 million NIH grant to establish center aimed at improving Latino health across Southern California

November 2, 2021

USC, CHLA to create Latinx health center

December 10, 2021

Daddy’s home: how fatherhood changes a man

February 10, 2020

” The death of a child is a devastatingly common experience for many African mothers”

February 12, 2020

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Study Reveals Component of Human Breast Milk Enhances Cognitive Development

March 16, 2020

Boosting the cost of sodas and sugary drinks might not equal better health, say experts

March 16, 2020

Local obesity rates may normalize unhealthy weight in teens

March 17, 2020

How to care for older adults during the coronavirus pandemic

March 17, 2020

Parenting through the coronavirus lockdown

March 18, 2020

Many Americans believe they have little chance of being infected with coronavirus

March 24, 2020

How parents can talk to their kids about COVID-19

March 24, 2020

More Americans recognizing importance of COVID-19 safety measures

March 24, 2020

Stockpiling Toilet Paper and Other Maladaptive Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 25, 2020

Love and structure will carry us through

March 26, 2020

Parenting in the Time of Quarantine, Olympics Postponed, Coronavirus Restaurant Closures

March 28, 2020

In sickness and health: How to help your relationships survive COVID-19 quarantine

April 1, 2020

“Expert advice for coping when a family member is diagnosed with coronavirus ”

April 1, 2020

Psychological stress and post-traumatic growth from COVID-19

April 6 2020

Tsunami of grief’ as millions of Americans could lose a parent or grandparent to COVID-19

April 6, 2020

Coping strategies linked to mental health risks during girls’ puberty

April 10, 2020

Parents Battle ‘Huge Pressure’ Of Enforcing Education, Screen Time Limits For Kids During Coronavirus Quarantine

April 13, 2020

Family caregivers are often invisible because of who they are, where they provide care, how the work is valued and a lack of data, which policymakers can change, says Donna Benton, director of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center.

April 13, 2020

How to Have a Nightly Check-in With Your Partner

April 15, 2020

How to avoid becoming a coronavirus divorce statistic

April 15, 2020

How social workers are doing their jobs online amid COVID-19

May 2, 2020

A too-common horror for mothers in sub-Saharan Africa: Death of their children

May 3, 2023

How to cope with stress and be kind to yourself, according to the World Health Organization’s new illustrated guide

May 6, 2020

Timely Breast Milk Consumption May Help Babies Tell Time

May 12, 2020

COVID-19 Is Making Americans Even More Sedentary. The Effects Could Be Long-Lasting

May 14, 2020

Volunteers Serving As Lifelines To Isolated Seniors Amid Pandemic

May 29, 2020

Giving Birth In A Pandemic Can Be Isolating. It Doesn’t Have To Be

June 4, 2020

COVID-19-fueled anxiety and depression peaked in early April, then declined

September 23, 2020

Researcher: Coronavirus death toll likely affecting nearly 2 million US family members

October 6, 2020

Consuming sugary beverages while breastfeeding affects cognitive development in children

October 15, 2020

Kids are exercising less and sitting more during the pandemic

October 15, 2020

Mothers overwhelmingly supervise remote learning, poll finds

October 27, 2020

Losing a Sibling a Common Tragedy in Poorer Nations, Study Finds

November 15 2020

“All Any Of Us Wants To Do Right Now Is Contain The Chaos”: Why 2020 Triggered A National Tupperware Habit

November 18,2020

What 250,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths really means

November 18, 2020

Coronavirus: US death toll surpasses 250K as total COVID-19 cases near 11.5M

November 19, 2020

As the US surpasses 250K COVID-19 deaths, SoCal learns to deal with layers of grief

November 20, 2020

Not just a number: Millions grieving the 250,000 Americans dead from COVID-19

November 20, 2020

A support group for women on the front lines of the caregiving crisis

December 10, 2020

Different forms of sugar impact hunger-suppressing hormones in young adults

December 23, 2020

What is therapy? A beginner’s guide to mental health