Coffin Corner

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Leading Health Indicators 2030

Advancing Health, Equity, and Well-Being

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25682/leading-health-indicators-2030-advancing-health-equity-and-well-being?




2. Marital Interventions: Participation, Helpfulness, and Change in a Nationally Representative Sample
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.12403 




3. Asian values boost Californian family stability

by Carolyn Moynihan

https://www.mercatornet.com/mobile/view/asian-values-boost-californian-family-stability/23223 


OR

Inside the newsroom: It’s the state of the union address (but not the one you think)

By Doug Wilks,  Editor

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/1/18/21071918/inside-the-newsroom-state-of-the-union-address-marriage-values-happiness  




4. Is secondhand screen time the new secondhand smoking?

 

https://theconversation.com/is-secondhand-screen-time-the-new-secondhand-smoking-129500 





5. Marriage Penalties in Means-Tested Tax and Transfer Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/marriage-penalties-in-means-tested-tax-and-transfer-programs 

OR

Implementing an Innovative Parenting Program for Fathers: Findings from the B3 Study
 
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/implementing-an-innovative-parenting-program-for-fathers-findings-from-the-b3-study 



6. Why Your Marriage Needs a Supper Club

Courtney Rohrdanz

http://www.imom.com/why-your-marriage-needs-a-supper-club/#.Xijnj8hKjDd 




7.  Marriage and the “Success Sequence”

Written By Micah Clark  

https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/marriage-and-the-success-sequence/ 




8. State Marriage and Divorce Rate Statistical Testing: 2008 and 2018
 
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/marriage-and-divorce/state-marriage-divorce-rates.html 




9.  FOR THE LOVE OF RELATIONSHIPS – Making marriage cool

https://villagerpublishing.com/for-the-love-of-relationships-making-marriage-cool/  




10. Delivering on the Evidence Act: How Agencies Can Engage Stakeholders in the Learning Agenda Process

https://www.urban.org/events/delivering-evidence-act-how-agencies-can-engage-stakeholders-learning-agenda-process?




11. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is Not a Plan: Give me a Lever

Dr. Scott Stanley




12. HAPPINESS HOMEWORK: WEEK 2 — UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

John Sommers-Flanagan



Thanks!
Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. A Child’s Marriage Advice That Saved Our Nation

Susan Barth

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-childs-marriage-advice-that-saved-our-nation/  


OR

Don’t wait until we’re married to involve us in Jewish life

BY BETH RUTH VANDER STOEP





2. The power of the two-parent home is not a myth

Ian Rowe | Thomas B. Fordham Institute

https://www.aei.org/articles/the-power-of-the-two-parent-home-is-not-a-myth/ 




3. GREATER GOOD PARENTING

Raising Caring, Courageous Kids
 
https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/parenting? 

OR

Why Children Need to Hear Refugee Stories

JAMES MCCONCHIE

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_children_need_to_hear_refugee_stories 

 

 
4. Journal of Marriage and Family Publishes 2020 Decade in Review
 
https://www.ncfr.org/news/journal-marriage-and-family-publishes-2020-decade-review 




5. Cultural Relevance in Couple Relationship Education Courses
 
 Sarah Hokanson 

https://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/cultural-relevance-in-couple-relationship-education-courses/ 




6. Love, Lies, and Money: Financial Infidelity in Romantic Relationships 

Emily N Garbinsky, Joe J Gladstone, Hristina Nikolova, Jenny G Olson

https://academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucz052/5610529 




7. ‘Always on’ hi-tech work culture is hitting family life, says report
 
Jamie Doward  


OR

Two in five working parents feel compelled to put in extra hours at home

By Maggie Baska

https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/news/articles/two-in-five-working-parent-feel-compelled-to-work-extra-hours-at-home 


 

8. What Everyone Can Learn From Parents of Big Families

Laura Vanderkam  





9. How do countries fight falling birth rates?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51118616 
 



10. China's 2019 Top 10 News Events About Family Released

Editor: Wang Liyan  

http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/news/Highlight/20011/3187-1.htm  


OR

The new Families Code, much more than marriage








11. U.S. Marriage and Divorce Rates by State

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/marriage-divorce-rates-by-state.html  



12. Marriage and Family Therapy Saves Relationships

Todd Goodman, Public Affairs Specialist  

https://www.houston.va.gov/HOUSTON/features/MarriageFamilyTherapySavesRelationships.asp  


Thanks.

Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. Finland: Finland's family cafes are helping solve one of parenting's biggest problems

Annabelle Timsit  

https://qz.com/1755299/how-finlands-family-cafes-teach-lonely-new-parents-to-raise-kids/?





2. Family Systems Trends and Transitions: What They Mean For Military Families event

on Tue January 14th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EST

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/event/52261/ 




3. Government confirms extra support for Troubled Families to succeed
 
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-confirms-extra-support-for-troubled-families-to-succeed 


OR

How major milestones like marriage, a first child, and divorce are coming later in life for most Britons... and you'll be happiest when aged between 65 and 74

MARK DUELL FOR MAILONLINE

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7801383/Milestones-parenthood-retirement-coming-later-life-figures-show.html




4. The Names of 1.8 Million Emancipated Slaves Are Now Searchable in the World’s Largest Genealogical Database, Helping African Americans Find Lost Ancestors
 
http://www.openculture.com/2020/01/the-names-of-1-8-million-emancipated-slaves-are-now-searchable-in-the-worlds-largest-genealogical-database-helping-african-americans-find-lost-ancestors.html 




5. 2 Articles Open Access to the Public

https://www.ncfr.org/news/if-you-missed-it-early-view-articles-december 

Best Practices in Relationship Education Focused on Intimate Relationships
Scott M. Stanley, Ryan G. Carlson, Galena K. Rhoades, Howard J. Markman, Lane L. Ritchie, and Alan J. Hawkins
Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science
Published online: Dec. 18, 2019 | doi.org/10.1111/fare.12419 


 

6.What It’s Like to Date After Middle Age

FAITH HILL
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/01/dating-after-middle-age-older/604588/ 




7.Parental coaching adolescents through peer stress

Stephanie Henry


https://aces.illinois.edu/news/parental-coaching-adolescents-through-peer-stress



OR from same source 

How African American romantic partners support each other when faced with racial discrimination can affect mental, physical health, study shows

Stephanie Henry  








8. Study examines biomarkers, economic factors that may increase risk for cognitive decline

https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2020/01/07/alzheimersretina










9. The other ‘marriage story’: divorce is at a 40-year low
Carolyn Moynihan

Candidates for Friday Five

1. 2019 Town Halls
Strong Families Thriving Children

http://www.aztownhall.org/112_Town_Hall  



2. The Beauty of a Wedding Anniversary

John Cuddeback  

https://baconfromacorns.com/the-beauty-of-a-wedding-anniversary/ 



3.  What 12 studies told us about family life in 2019

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2019/12/31/21038874/family-marriage-bullying-sex-pew-study-weight-mental-health-depression-anxiety-alcohol-religion 




4. The state of our unions: The good news and bad news about marriage and family in America

Thursday, January 09, 2020 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm EDT 
https://www.aei.org/events/the-state-of-our-unions-the-good-news-and-bad-news-about-marriage-and-family-in-america/?




5. HOW TO START TOUGH CONVERSATIONS

The Family Institute at Northwestern University

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/how-start-tough-conversations  




6. Easy Ways to Get Your Kids to Read More This Year

by Melissa Taylor

https://www.readbrightly.com/easy-ways-to-get-your-kids-to-read-more-this-year/ 




7. People Didn’t Used to Ask for ‘Space’ in Their Relationships

JULIE BECK
 
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/12/what-it-means-when-your-partner-asks-space/578137/ 




8. Is Social Media affecting Your Relationship?
 
Leigh Baumann
Baumann  

https://www.marriagerediscovery.org/is-social-media-affecting-your-relationship/  




9. How happy couples handle money, according to marriage and money experts

Sofia Pitt  

https://grow.acorns.com/how-happy-couples-handle-money-from-marriage-and-money-experts/ 



10. A Free Gift Dads Can Give their Kids this Season...and Beyond

Posted by Melissa Steward

https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/a-free-gift-dads-can-give-their-kids-this-season-and-beyond  


Thanks and Happy New Year to all!

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Best Practices in Relationship Education Focused on Intimate Relationships
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/fare.12419 



2.  The Miseducation of the American Boy

Peggy Orenstein

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/the-miseducation-of-the-american-boy/603046/?

The Miseducation of the American Boy

The Miseducation of the American Boy

3. Taking Sex Differences in Personality Seriously

Scott Barry Kaufman

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/taking-sex-differences-in-personality-seriously/?fbclid=IwAR0sd55JE8swUhDmsa0VnONpA0_IcbbH7DoNct_oFOuv5MpII0loZEH7olc  




4. Adult ADHD is hard on a marriage, but there’s help for couples

by Courtenay Harris Bond, For The Inquirer,

https://www.inquirer.com/health/adhd-adult-marriage-sex-love-20191119.html 




5.  Can You Change Your Personality? Scientists Say ‘Maybe’
By Karen Nikos-Rose
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/can-you-change-your-personality-scientists-say-maybe 



6.  Why Christmas creates couple conflict

https://tavistockrelationships.ac.uk/news/press-release/1290-xmas-conflict  

OR

How long does the average marriage last?


https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/how-long-does-the-average-marriage-last/  

OR

Life milestones such as becoming parents, divorce and remarrying happening later, analysis by ONS finds


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/17/life-milestones-becoming-parents-divorce-remarrying-happening/ 



 
7. 

The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2019


BY KIRA M. NEWMAN, EMILIANA R. SIMON-THOMAS, JEREMY ADAM SMITH, SUMMER ALLEN, TOM JACOBS, SOPHIE MCMULLEN, ELIZABETH HOPPER |

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_top_10_insights_from_the_science_of_a_meaningful_life_in_2019 




8. Family, not climate, top of mind for tweens
 





9. 

Millennials Are Lonely. Can ‘Adult Dorms’ Fill the Void?


https://www.self.com/story/millennials-lonely-wellness-coliving 



10.  

A Couples Therapist Analyzes the Marriage in 

Marriage Story

“I’d love to get them into my office.”

ASHLEY FETTERS


https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/12/a-couples-therapist-watches-marriage-story/603502/ 


Thanks.
Bill