COVID-19 Impacts Different Child Care Settings Differently and More Assistance is Needed
by Rachel Perkins, ICS Policy Research Intern COVID-19 blog series The COVID-19 pandemic has upended all aspects of everyday life – with increases in working from home, financial strain, and general anxieties about exposure – the child care sector has…
Will a COVID-19 Vaccine Bring Family Life “Back to Normal?”
COVID-19 blog series By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research; Alexis Herschkowitsch, Innovation Associate; Rachel Perkins, Policy Research Intern With recent news from drug companies about early success in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials, the world is buzzing with what this…
Housing & Hunger Awareness – South Carolina Faces COVID-19 Challenges
COVID-19 blog series This week, I was privileged to speak on a virtual session organized by the Greenville Homeless Alliance on Students and Families in Greenville County Schools as part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness, alongside colleagues from Greenville County…
Postpartum Depression Can Occur Longer Than We Thought – and COVID-19 Makes it Harder
COVID-19 blog series Postpartum mental health is a crucial piece of the family mental health landscape. Parental stress and depression can impede parent-child interactions, impacting children’s social-emotional and language development. Untreated maternal depression can increase the risk of child maltreatment…
Blog: Research Studies Help Guide Child Care in the Age of COVID-19
COVID-19 blog series Last month, a major study on COVID-19 transmission among child care centers made headlines. The research came from a top team at Yale University and was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and helped to shed…
Blog: Welcome to Furman University’s Child Development Center’s Outdoor Classroom
COVID-19 blog series What a wonderful week I have had, after the inspirational Spartanburg Outdoor Learning workshop last Saturday, I was then invited to visit the Furman Child Development Center’s (CDC) Outdoor Classroom to advise Meredith Burton the dedicated Director,…
Independent Play Recap and Bonus Material from BYU’s Radio’s The Lisa Show
COVID-19 blog series I had the privilege last month to speak on The Lisa Show on Brigham Young University's Radio, a nationally syndicated show for parents, about independent play for kids. As a policy and research organization, ICS does a…
Workshop Blog: Outdoor Learning and Mud Kitchens
COVID-19 blog series On Saturday, October 17, 2020, I was privileged to lead on a part live, part virtual training workshop at Creative Learning Kids, an amazing early childhood setting in Spartanburg, SC. The event was organized and hosted by…