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Parents and the public have been shocked by the disturbing revelations in a new CDC report about the widespread prevalence of feelings of intense sadness, suicidal ideation, and sexual violence experienced by teenage girls. The Washington Post’s Donna St. George spoke with MCC’s Rick Weissbourd about some of the reasons behind the crisis.
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The latest CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey released Monday found that nearly 1 in 3 high school girls reported seriously considering suicide—that's an increase of almost 60% from ten years ago. MCC’s Faculty Director Rick Weissbourd spoke with The Washington Post’s Donna St. George on the topic.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 30, 2023.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 23, 2023.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 16, 2023.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 9, 2023.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 2, 2023.
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Loving and being loved can be one of the most meaningful parts of life. So why don’t adults spend more time talking to teens and young adults about how to develop and maintain healthy romantic relationships?
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Despite declaring itself awake to inequality in 2020, it has become only too easy for the U.S. to look away in 2021.
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Is "Girl Power" really the right message for our daughters? Nicole Graev Lipson spoke with Rick Weissbourd for Boston Globe Magazine about the messages we're sending our kids—and how we need to counteract biases intentionally.
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In this piece in The Wall Street Journal, Making Caring Common’s report The Talk is cited. Difficult conversations about sex and consent have become even more complex — but here’s how dad’s can persist.
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In this Washington Post article, Making Caring Common’s research is cited: most parents don’t talk to their boys or girls about making sure that their partner wants to have sex, not pressuring someone into sex, not having sex with someone who is incapacitated and other key aspects of consent. Parents may have “the talk” with their kids, but it’s often much more focused on preventing pregnancy and STDs than on preventing assault.
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In this article in The New York Times, Making Caring Common’s survey of more than 3,000 18- to 25-year-olds is cited. More than 60 percent of respondents had never had a single conversation with their parents about how to be sure that your partner wants to have sex with you.
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Are we hindering our daughters' chances of becoming leaders? Makers reports on new findings from Making Caring Common’s report on teen girls and leadership bias.
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Will teen girls close the gender gap? Making Caring Common study finds unexpected biases against their leadership. Researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education find that not only many teen boys but many teen girls and some parents appear to have biases against teen girls as leaders.
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