Candidates for Friday Five

1.

Single Mother Statistics That Will Shock You

https://thelifeofasinglemom.com/single-mother-statistics-parent/

2. What Mums want and what Dads need to know

https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Weekday/Inspirational-Breakfast/Interviews/What-Mums-want-and-what-Dads-need-to-know

3. The Disappointing Reality of 19th-Century Courtship

Erin Blakemore

https://daily.jstor.org/the-disappointing-reality-of-19th-century-courtship/

4. HHS Publishes 2019 Update of the Poverty Guidelines, February 2019
This Federal Register notice is an update of the poverty guidelines by income and size of household. This new set of guidelines reflects a 2.4 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index between calendar years 2017 and 2018 and is used as an eligibility criterion by Medicaid and other Federal programs.

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/hhs-publishes-2019-update-poverty-guidelines

OR

The Unique Contributions of Fathers to Their Children's Development, February 2019
The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a webinar on February 20, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET to discuss the correlation between involved fathers and positive developmental outcomes for children.

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/unique-contributions-fathers-their-children%E2%80%99s-development

5. Survey on Community and Society

Samuel J. Abrams, Karlyn Bowman, Eleanor O’Neil, and Ryan Streeter

https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AEI-Survey-on-Community-and-Society.pdf?

6. PROTECTING ME, HARMING US? WHY INDIVIDUALS OF LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS MAY EXPERIENCE LOWER ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP QUALITY

Rebecca Horne

http://spsp.org/news-center/blog/protect-me-harm-us

7.NY Prevention Services Concept Paper

https://a068-rfponline.nyc.gov/rfponline/jsp/RFPCurrent.jsp?doctype=Concept%20Paper

https://nynmedia.com/content/administration-childrens-services-has-new-vision-preventive-services

8. Preventing miscommunication: lessons from cross-cultural couples

BY KAISA S. PIETIKÄINEN

https://blog.oup.com/2019/02/preventing-miscommunication-cross-cultural-couples/

Oral sex is good for older couples

HUI LIU, SHANNON SHEN, AND NING HSIEH

https://blog.oup.com/2019/02/oral-sex-older-couples/

9. Home visiting and early childhood education can benefit families by broadening their strategies for family engagement

MANICA F. RAMOS, SARAH SHEA CROWNE

https://www.childtrends.org/home-visiting-early-childhood-education-benefit-families-broadening-strategies-family-engagement

10. New Army Policies Aim to Enhance Quality of Life

https://www.military.com/military-report/new-army-policies-aim-enhance-quality-life.html?

11. The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Richard V. Reeves

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-power-of-love-why-maternal-depression-is-an-economic-mobility-issue/

Study provides new insight into the link between maternal depression and childhood obesity

By ERIC W. DOLAN

https://www.psypost.org/2019/02/study-provides-new-insight-into-the-link-between-maternal-depression-and-childhood-obesity-53112

12. Podcast: Marriage and Fertility Trends and the Future of Banking

https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2019/02/podcast-marriage-and-fertility-trends-and-the-future-of-banking/

13. Couples Creating Art or Playing Board Games Release ‘Love Hormone’ — but Men who Paint Release Most

https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=206875

Thanks.

Bill

https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Candidates for Friday Five

1.http://www.nmwusa-calendar.org/

or https://www.laconiadailysun.com/special_sections/worship/how-will-you-celebrate-national-marriage-week/article_baa5cf94-25a3-11e9-80eb-0f8bed02c1d3.html

2. Some Links about Asymmetrical Commitment

Dr. Scott Stanley

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/

3. The American family today

Karlyn Bowman

https://www.aei.org/publication/the-american-family-today/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bowmanmarsico/2019/02/04/the-american-family-today/#d5330607a28f

4. Divorce and marriage data crucial for understanding Canada’s public health, researchers argue

ERIC ANDREW-GEE AND TAVIA GRANT

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-divorce-and-marriage-data-crucial-for-understanding-canadas-public/

5. Testing Times: Supporting fathers during the perinatal period and early parenthood

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/testing-times-supporting-fathers-during-the-perinatal-period-and-early-parenthood

6. 5 WAYS FARM COUPLES CAN IMPROVE THEIR MARRIAGES NOW

https://www.agriculture.com/family/5-ways-farm-couples-can-improve-their-marriage-now

7. Money matters at 9th MSC’s first Financial Stewardship Strong Bonds

Crista Mary Mack

http://www.hawaiiarmyweekly.com/2019/02/01/money-matters-at-9th-mscs-first-financial-stewardship-strong-bonds/

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/308908/money-matters-first-financial-stewardship-strong-bonds

8. Intimacy and sex are important for well-being for older adults

Manas Mishra

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/intimacy-and-sex-are-important-for-well-being-for-older-adults/2019/02/01/c32a4434-24c6-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html?utm_term=.f2e568dc92c2

For survivors, breast cancer can threaten another part of their lives: sexual intimacy

Barbara Sadick

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/for-survivors-breast-cancer-can-threaten-another-part-of-their-lives-sexual-intimacy/2019/02/01/ab731c30-1445-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html?utm_term=.fdfe6258ceba

9. Want a Happy and Successful Marriage? Couples Should Be Doing These 8 Things Often, Says Science

Marcel Schwantes

https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/want-a-happy-successful-marriage-couples-should-be-doing-these-8-things-often-says-science.html

10. https://www.millennialsformarriage.org/mfmpodcast/2019/2/1/the-role-of-faith-in-marriage

11. Why the World Needs an Empathy Revolution

JILL SUTTIE

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_the_world_needs_an_empathy_revolution?

12. The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Richard V. Reeves

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-power-of-love-why-maternal-depression-is-an-economic-mobility-issue/

THANKS!

Bill

https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Using Policy to Create Healthy Schools: Resources to Support Policymakers and Advocates

Authors: Jamie Chriqui, Victoria Stuart-Cassel, Deborah Temkin, Elizabeth Piekarz-Porter, Kristy Lao,Heather Steed, Kristen Harper, Julien Leider, Alexander Gabriel

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/using-policy-to-create-healthy-schools

Parental Involvement: How Much Is Too Much?

https://www.childtrends.org/videos/parental-involvement-how-much-is-too-much

2. Fertility rate hits 30-year low as Americans aren't having enough babies to replace themselves, new study shows

Kaelyn Forde

https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Health/fertility-rate-hits-30-year-low-americans-babies/story?id=60284447

3. Request for Information (RFI): NICHD Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2020-2024

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-18-031.html

4. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/temporary-assistance-needy-families-tanf-block-grant-responses-frequently-asked-questions-0

57th National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) Workshop Collaborating Across Lines to Build Up Lives

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

https://nawrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/NAWRS-2019-Call-for-Proposals.pdf

5. The Caring Company

Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman

https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The_Caring_Company.pdf?

6. Questions to Bring You Closer

Christine Carter

https://www.christinecarter.com/2019/01/six-weeks-of-date-night-questions/

7. NINE STEPS TO FORGIVENESS

https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/nine_steps_to_forgiveness?

How Our Phones Compromise Our Ability to Connect

By Jill Suttie

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

8. It’s cold. Put on a hat. Seriously.

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q1/its-cold.-put-on-a-hat.-seriously..html

Thanks.

Bill

https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Candidates for Friday Five

1. A Must-Read Evaluation of Fatherhood Programs

Posted by Christopher A. Brown

https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/a-must-read-evaluation-of-fatherhood-programs?

2. Better Angels Announces State of the Union Address on January 31st

The event will be live streamed on www.better-angels.org and Better Angels' Facebook page to hundreds of watch parties and thousands of Better Angels members nationwide.

The live stream will begin at 8:30pm ET, with a pre-show from 8:30pm - 9pm. Better Angels President David Blankenhorn will deliver the State of the Union Address at 9pm ET.

https://www.better-angels.org/SOTU/?

3. Military REACH: Utilizing Family Research to Inform Practice