Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study

📣 Big news! We’re officially kicking off Year 27 fieldwork! Throughout 2026, we’ll be surveying our focal children—now young adults—about their transitions to adulthood, including education, work, housing, health, family formation, and more. Stay tuned!

Come say hi at #APPAM2026! Visit @ffcws.bsky.social at Booth #115 in the Exhibit Hall at the Marriott Copley Place to chat with our team, ask questions about the data, and grab some swag. See you in Boston! Learn more about who is presenting with #FFdata tinyurl.com/457yh5nb

Attending #ASC2026? Don't miss the all-FFCWS panel, "Vicarious and Intergenerational Consequences of Crime and Legal System Involvement." Details on the American Society of Criminology event page of our website tinyurl.com/bdhwtdrr

📢 The Future of Families Summer Data Workshop is back! Join us and the Columbia Population Research Center the week of June 14, 2027, at Columbia University in NYC to get hands-on with FFCWS data. Stay tuned for updates about how to apply tinyurl.com/5n9at3tv

Last week, CRCFW staff, along with other members of the SPIA community, shared their research with Dr. Stephen Cha, the Acting Commissioner of Human Services for the State of New Jersey, and his team. Thank you to the Princeton Office of State Affairs for organizing this event!

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Extracting Life-course Trajectories from Longitudinal Survey Data using Large Language Models” by Youngjin YJ Chae will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: It’s the last day of ASA, so make sure to stop by our booth (223) in the Exhibit Hall between 9am and 12pm to see our FFCWS Team, ask questions, and grab some swag!

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Too Old for Nine: Social Age, Epigenetic Aging, and Premature Embodiment in Childhood Health” by Morales et al will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: There are multiple presentations using #FFdata about to start in 15 minutes. Check out the presentation schedule to see more details tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: Join us for Day 3 in the Exhibit Hall at our booth (223) from 9am-4pm to see what FFCWS is all about and grab some branded swag!

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: v: A roundtable featuring “What Happens Behind Closed Doors Builds Up Behind Closed Doors” by Varsha Menon will begin in 10 minutes. Check out more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: A roundtable featuring “Risk and Resilience among Racially/Ethnically Minoritized Youth: The Protect Role of Optimism” with Dan Wang and Alyson Stanocheck will begin 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: Two presentations using #FFdata are happening now! Check out the presentation schedule for more details tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Punishment Avoidance in the Making: The Role of Parental Involvement in School Discipline” by Guyu Sun will begin in 10 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: A roundtable featuring “Episodic Exclusionary Discipline in K-12 & Its Impact on Criminal Legal Contact in Young Adulthood” by Lili Dodderidge will begin in 15 minutes. Check out more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: Join us for Day 2 in the Exhibit Hall at our booth (223) from 9am-4pm to see what FFCWS is all about and grab some branded swag!

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Exploring the Effects of Paternal Incarceration on Substance Use Among Racially Minorized Adolescents” by Rafia Akter and Heili Pals will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: A roundtable featuring “Heterogenous Effects of Gig Work on Sleep and Mental Health Among American Young Adults” by Andrew Zhang and Lei Lei will begin in 15 minutes. Check out more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Diagnosed and Disconnected? ADHD, Parental Governance, and the Stratification of Adolescent Romance” by Morales et al will begin in 15 minutes. Check out more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: A roundtable featuring the paper “Stratified Safety Nets: Race/Ethnicity in the Dynamic Bidirectional Relationship between Multigenerational Coresidence and Parenting Stress” will begin in 30 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The FFCWS Team will be at our booth (223) today from 12-4pm! Come see us in the Rhinelander Gallery to chat all things FFCWS and grab some swag

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: Our free workshop will begin in 30 minutes! Check the ASA program for details tinyurl.com/5ys2kzxb

#FFCWS at #ASA2026: Stop by our booth (223) tomorrow in the Rhinelander Gallery between 12pm & 4pm to chat with us and grab some FFCWS swag!

Heading to #ASA2026 this week? Start with our workshop "Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study: What It Is and How it Can Be Used in Research" on Sat 8/8 8:00 AM. Learn the data and get hands-on guidance from FFCWS experts tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

Are you attending #ASA2026 in NYC? Check out the schedule of presentations using #FFdata and opportunities to connect with our data team, including a free workshop for all ASA attendees: tinyurl.com/yc5avau7

🚨Alert: Using AI Tools with FFCWS Data🚨 This dataset is distributed through ICPSR. Per ICPSR's AI policy, redistributing their data without permission is prohibited — which limits which AI tools you can use it with. Please see their full policy for details tinyurl.com/mr2pkrfw

🧬 A new study using @ffcws.bsky.social data found childhood adversity doesn't affect all kids the same way. ACEs & their links to biological aging varied by race and sex with girls showing the most consistent effects. Read more: tinyurl.com/5c43tasu #FFpubs

What predicts teen substance use? Using @ffcws.bsky.social data, a new study found emotional abuse linked to heavy alcohol use as well as neglect + parental mental illness linked to marijuana use. Read more of the findings: tinyurl.com/ypauyreu #FFpubs #ACEs

Publication alert! 🚨 A new study using @ffcws.bsky.social data found closeness with biological mothers predicted higher overall positive affect and greater emotional flexibility among adolescents, regardless of whether mothers were resident or nonresident caregivers. Read more: tinyurl.com/5n86zue3

Three Decades Since Kathy Edin's Making Ends Meet - two special issues from Russell Sage! @ffcws.bsky.social

Have you heard? FFCWS is enrolling kids (G3) of the original FF birth cohort (G2) in a new collab project called FFG3 to collect perinatal surveys & biological samples. Prelim findings show physical & mental health of G2 mothers is worse than that of the previous generation (G1) tinyurl.com/523s577b

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The FFCWS Data Team will be at our booth (105) in the Exhibit Hall for the last day of PAA from 8:00am-12:30pm. If you haven’t already, come by and get to know more about the study!

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The presentation “Timing-dependent associations between childhood internalizing symptoms and DNA methylation” by Tung et al will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata on our website

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The presentation “Sleep Duration and Problems as Predictors of Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Youth” by Huntley et al will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata on our website tinyurl.com/yvf24reb

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The presentation " Family Complexity Comes of Age: Family Patterns and Young Adults Outcomes in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study" by Marcia Carlson and Emm Romell will begin in 15 minutes!

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The FFCWS Data Team will be at our booth (105) in the Exhibit Hall today from 8:00am-12:15pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm. Come chat with us and grab some swag!

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The poster presentation “Parental Bargaining Patterns and Children’s Health Trajectories in Mexican-American Families” by Sabrina Laverty and Ronald Mincy will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata on our website tinyurl.com/yvf24reb

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The presentation “Linking Social Phenotypes and Biological Aging: A Life Course Analysis from Three Harmonized US Studies” by Jiang et al will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata on our website tinyurl.com/yvf24reb

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The presentation “Introducing the Future of Families Third Generation (FFG3) Study” by Julien Teitler, Kathryn Neckerman, Ryan Fuenmayor, Ana Gonzalez, and Nancy Reichman will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata on our website tinyurl.com/yvf24reb

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The presentation “Interparental Relationship Quality and Children’s Mental Health Trajectories” by Tia Dickerson and Julien Teitler will begin in 20 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata on our website tinyurl.com/yvf24reb

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The FFCWS Data Team will be at our booth (105) in the Exhibit Hall today from 8:00am-12:15pm and 1:30pm-6:00pm. Ask us your burning questions and grab some swag!

#FFdata at #PAA2026: Come see us at our booth (105) tonight from 6pm to 9pm in the Exhibit Hall as we kick off the start of this year’s PAA conference! 🎊

#FFdata at #PAA2026: The FFCWS Data Support Team will have a booth (105) in the Exhibit Hall tomorrow from 6pm-9pm. Stop by and say hello, ask your questions, and grab some swag!

📣 We’re hiring! Join the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study as a Research Specialist to support data management, programming, and the Year 27 wave. Based in Princeton, NJ (hybrid). Learn more & apply: tinyurl.com/3kzt77vx

#FFdata at #PAA2026: Tomorrow (9am) at America’s Center Convention Complex the FFCWS Data Support Team will host a workshop, " Introduction to the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study Dataset". Don’t miss it!

We're excited to see you all this year! Don't forget to stop by :)

Make sure to visit booth #105 at #PAA2026 to learn more about the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study @ffcws.bsky.social buff.ly/HlyTQqa

🚨Publication alert!🚨 Researchers using @ffcws.bsky.social data found that elevated attention problem scores in childhood were associated with higher risk of cigarette smoking and delinquent behaviors in adolescence. Read more about their findings: tinyurl.com/2et9te7u

Join us at our PAA conference workshop, "Introduction to the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study Dataset". 📅 Wednesday, May 6th📍 America’s Center - St. Louis, MO Sign up during registration! Don’t miss it! #PAA2026

Are you attending #PAA2026 next week? See our presentation schedule for papers using #FFdata and opportunities to connect with the data team as well as more information on the workshop we are hosting! tinyurl.com/yvf24reb

🚨Publications alert! 🚨 A new study using @ffcws.bsky.social data found perceived discrimination was positively associated with depressive symptoms, which were in turn associated with greater odds of ever vaping. See more results: tinyurl.com/596bj92y