Richard Petts
@pettsric
Sociologist and family demographer whose research focuses on parental leave, fatherhood, and work-family issues. @[email protected]
Want men to do more housework? Encourage them to take paternity leave! In a new paper with @DanielCarlson_1 and Chris Knoester, we find that fathers do more housework when they take leave. doi.org/10.1017/S00472…
This #FathersDay, give the gift that keeps on giving: your time. A new @CCF_Families brief by @DanielCarlson_1 & @pettsric shows that when dads share childcare & housework everyone wins: better relationships, healthier kids, and happier dads. Read more: sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfa…
Think differently this Father's Day. Dads - give yourself a gift that will benefit everyone: more time in household and cognitive labor. See our press release on how to make this year's Father's Day gift keep on giving the whole year. sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfa…
What do fathers really want for Father's Day? How about a national policy that provides paid leave to all fathers! Check out my newly released Big Ideas Talk courtesy of @WFRN . Huge thanks to @ellengalinsky for the opportunity. youtube.com/watch?v=iloVrc…
New brief by CCF members @pettsric & @schoppesullivan highlights how paternity leave strengthens families & gender equality, yet many US fathers lack access or fear career setbacks. It’s time for policies & workplaces to catch up! Read more: sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfa…
Did the pandemic change how parents share housework and childcare? CCF members @pettsric & @DanielCarlson_1 explore this in their recent study. Read more @TheSocietyPages: thesocietypages.org/ccf/2024/11/12…
Parental leave policies are a 'win-win' for employees and employers, says CCF member @pettsric in the latest Meet Sandvik podcast. Discover how Sandvik’s new global benefit supports families, gender equality, and well-being. Listen here: home.sandvik/en/stories/pod…
Family issues take center stage in the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, from IVF to schools. CCF members @pettsric and @StephanieCoontz are quoted in this piece by Ali Martin, @csmonitor on the contrasting family portraits of Harris and Trump. Read more: csmonitor.com/USA/Society/20…
What happened to parents’ divisions of childcare and housework during the pandemic? @DanielCarlson_1 & @pettsric tell us this week @CCF_Families blog hosted by @TheSocietyPages. Check it out! thesocietypages.org/ccf/
Need a break?? So many interesting Big Idea Talks to watch from @WFRN conference 2024, including @BrigidSchulte @caliyost @ellengalinsky @subhabarry. youtube.com/playlist?list=… Check it out!
Subscribe NOW! 3 Big Ideas Talks are available on the @WFRN YouTube channel from @BrigidSchulte @caliyost and @ellengalinsky. Enjoy! youtube.com/@joinWFRN
The 4th wave of the SPDLC is out! These data are well-suited for analyses of parents' divisions of paid and unpaid labor, relationships, and well-being from Spring 2020-Fall 2022. @DanielCarlson_1 openicpsr.org/openicpsr/proj… W5 will be released in 2025, and Wave 6 is in the field!
Big Ideas Talks are coming! Be sure to follow @WFRN for all the details and information! @BrigidSchulte's fabulous talk wil be released Friday!
There's still time to register to attend the @CCF_Families Family Policy and Public Scholarship Workshop on October 18th! Deadline August 31st: sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfa…
New data visualization out in @SociusJournal. @DanielCarlson_1 and I illustrate the various patterns of remote work that U.S. mothers and fathers experienced throughout the pandemic. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…
New study with @DanielCarlson_1 looking at trajectories of parents' divisions of housework and childcare from March 2020-October 2023 in @DemographicRes. Divisions of domestic labor were stable for most parents, but shifts to nontraditional divisions of childcare also notable.
In this paper, @pettsric & @DanielCarlson_1 identify patterns of divisions of domestic labor during the pandemic. Divisions of labor were stable for most, but more couples shifted to nontraditional divisions of childcare vs. traditional. demographic-research.org/articles/volum…
Only a little over a week left to apply to the free family public scholarship workshop at @UMBC on October 18th, hosted by @CCF_Families! Simple application here to get training and help crafting a public scholarship piece about your family research: sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfa…
Exciting news - my book is now out in paperback! If you were thinking that my book sounded interesting but was way too expensive, now is the time to act - on sale now for only $44! Check it out! routledge.com/Father-Involve…
More from @WFRN Conference 2024: Nearly 50 predoctoral students were engaged in the predoctoral preconference – #WFRN2024 Special shout out to Wen Fan and Jaeseung Kim for organizing this preconference: #WFRN2024 wfrn.org/wp-content/upl…
@WFRN Conference 2024 was a huge success! Look at these stats: 535 people registered for the conference, coming from 41 different countries, including 87 people from our host country Canada. What did you think of the conference? #WFRN2024