The fall 2023 theme is Families in the Postpandemic Era. In line with the 2023 NCFR Annual Conference theme, “The Way We Are Now,” this issue of Family Focus attends to the syndemic—a pandemic that occurs simultaneously as preexisting social and health pandemic. The contributing authors provide research on where families are in the present day and what unique and unexpected challenges they currently face or may experience ahead.

Family Focus

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• Overview and Introduction — Ted G. Futris, Ph.D., CFLE, Professor and Extension Specialist, Family Focus Editor
• Effects of COVID-19-Related Inequities on African American Males — Brian G. Johnson, Ph.D., J.D.
• The Hidden Value of Daughtering by Adult Daughters and Its Costs During COVID-19 — Allison M. Alford, Ph.D.; and Karen K. Melton, Ph.D.
• Promoting Family–Work Balance: Some Lessons Learned During the Pandemic — Eve Pouliot, Ph.D.; Danielle Maltais, Ph.D.; Catherine Lacelle; Ann-Sophie Simard; Christiane Bergeron-Leclerc, Ph.D.; Jacinthe Dion, Ph.D.; and Jacques Cherblanc, Ph.D.
• Parental Burnout During COVID-19 — Hayley Love, Ph.D.; and Sarah Kuborn, Ph.D., CFLE
• How a Global Pandemic Changed Adolescents’ Mental Health and Protective Factors — Xiaopeng Gong, Ph.D.
• The Evolution of Coparenting After Divorce Programming — Dorothy Weishaar, LMHC, NCC, ACS, CFLE
• Understanding Implications of Abortion Access for Families in a Postpandemic and Post-Roe Era — Sarah N. Mitchell, Ph.D., CFLE; Jennifer A. Mortensen, Ph.D., CFLE; and Pamela B. Payne, Ph.D., CFLE

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News and Updates

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