A special edition of The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues is available free online.
from 2012 NCFR Annual Conference
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Noon - 1:15 pm | All posters are in the Atrium. For the Poster Symposium, at 12:45 pm, those who wish to discuss posters 318-01 through 318-03 will move to the Curtis A Room.
POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Mothers, Employment, and Child Care: Related Concerns. POSTER TOPICS: Community and Families; Cross-cultural Issues; Race/Ethnicity and Families; Immigration and Migration; International Families; Couple Therapy Issues
by Maria J. Kefalas, Ph.D., Saint Joseph’s University, and Patrick Carr, Ph.D. Rutgers University
Increasingly, demographers and policymakers warn that the future of the nation's small towns lies in their ability to attract enough educated and professionally-trained young people to keep their communities viable. After all, a new birth cannot replace one of its young people-particularly the ones with a college degree-who head off to the big city in search of better jobs and brighter opportunities. Without enough young people to purchase homes, hold jobs, pay taxes, and raise children, communities cannot survive.
Families, Work and Unemployment, Family Stress/Coping and Networks for Help, Poverty/Welfare, Public Policy, Research/Theory/Methodology, Rural Families
According to futurist Faith Popcorn, it's a "dream as old as America itself: give me a piece of land to call my own, a little town where everyone knows my name." But that dream is getting harder to realize. Many farmers are declaring bankruptcy. Jobs are scarce. Health care and social services may be hours away from those who need them. In this issue, we explore these issues and their impact on rural families.
