Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Research Snapshot: Motivations and Challenges for Grandparent–Grandchild Outdoor Play in Early Childhood

Duflos, M., Lane, J., & Brussoni, M.



https://vanierinstitute.ca/research-snapshot-motivations-and-challenges-for-grandparent-grandchild-outdoor-play-in-early-childhood/



2. Blame Women For High Divorce Rates That Hurt Women More Than Men

BY: BEVERLY WILLETT

https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/31/blame-women-for-high-divorce-rates-that-hurt-women-more-than-men/



3. Self-Care Tips for Family Services Professionals and Home Visitors

Head Start® and Early Head Start®



OR

Director Office of Regional Operations

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/772229100

OR

ACTIVITIES FOR DADS & KIDS

https://www.fatherhood.gov/for-dads/activities-for-dads-and-kids



4. Proportion of married people in England and Wales falls below 50% for first time

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/25/proportion-of-married-people-in-england-and-wales-falls-below-50-for-first-time

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/married-adults-now-less-than-half-of-the-population/



5. Childless Future? Birth Rate Plunging as Millennials Decide Against Being Parents

https://studyfinds.org/childless-millennials-parents/



6. 

Couples: Caring for oneself can lead to happier relationships -- on both sides


Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240123122142.htm


7. Empowering Every Child: Unveiling the Success Sequence Model for Success in Both School and Life
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, February 28, 2024
https://www.heritage.org/education/event/empowering-every-child-unveiling-the-success-sequence-model-success-both-school-and

OR

January 31, 2024Safeguarding Kids Online: How to Clean Up Big Tech’s Mess

https://www.heritage.org/technology/event/safeguarding-kids-online-how-clean-big-techs-mess


8. Upcoming marriage celebration made accessible for those throughout Utah

AUBREY HOLDAWAY
https://usustatesman.com/upcoming-marriage-celebration-made-accessible-for-those-throughout-utah/


9. Love That Lasts: Equal partnership key to couple's 59-year marriage
BY MICHELLE LONDON michelle.london@thmedia.com


10. Available next week

Heaven in Your Home Letters & Guide: Inspiration & Tools for Building a Trinity House 

Flexibound 


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Bill


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Candidates for IFS Friday Five 500





1. Why a growing number of American men say they are in a ‘friendship recession’

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-a-growing-number-of-american-men-say-they-are-in-a-friendship-recession



2. The Growing Ignorance of the Benefits of Marriage—and Why It’s Dangerous

Rachel Sheffield

https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/12/growing-ignorance-benefits-marriage-why-its-dangerous/



3. The Couple Who Fell in Love in a Nazi Death Camp

Keren Blankfeld

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-couple-who-fell-in-love-in-a-nazi-death-camp-helen-spitzer-david-wisnia-auschwitz-180983603/



4. Does your ‘love language’ really matter? Scientists are skeptical.

By Richard Sima,WAPO

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/01/15/love-languages-lack-of-research/

OR

Using the Love Languages Successfully

in Your Marriage

Amberly Lambertsen

January 25 @ 6-7 pm MST


https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/webinar-series




5. Love vs. Politics: How News Coverage Triggers Fights in Divided Couples

by John Anderer

https://studyfinds.org/love-politics-news-coverage/


6. Why families will look radically different by 2100

Ross Pomeroy

https://bigthink.com/the-future/families-in-2100/



7. The 2024 National Marriage Week theme is "Love Beyond Words"

https://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/



8. No, Ladies, We Cannot Have It All

Cadence McManimon

https://intellectualtakeout.org/2024/01/no-we-cannot-have-it-all/



9. Mortality rates among rural US residents vary based on race, ethnicity, region

Aaron Wagner, PSU

https://www.psu.edu/news/health-and-human-development/story/mortality-rates-among-rural-us-residents-vary-based-race/



10. Building a Successful Intercultural Marriage and Family

Grant Hilary Brenner MD, DFAPA for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/experimentations/202401/building-a-successful-intercultural-marriage-and-family



11. Sunday Edition: Brad Wilcox

https://ksltv.com/616347/sunday-edition-brad-wilcox/



12. Marriage Market and Labor Market Sorting

Paula Calvo, Arizona State University, Ilse Lindenlaub, Yale University, and Ana Reynoso, University of Michigan


https://www.restud.com/marriage-market-and-labor-market-sorting/



13. Data Gem: Use Our International Database to Visualize and Compare International Demographic Trends

https://www.census.gov/data/academy/data-gems/2024/demographic-trends-international-database.html


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Bill



Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. For U.S. Navy couple in crisis, AI-powered relationship coach was the answer to prayer

 PAIRS Foundation 

https://fatherhoodchannel.com/2024/01/17/ai-powered-relationship-coach-was-the-answer-to-prayer-11724/



2. National Marriage Week Tool Kit

https://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/tool-kit


3.  Why are fewer women (but not men) divorcing? 

Harry Benson, Marriage Foundation

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MF-note-Why-fewer-women-divorcing.pdf



4. ‘Gender inequities are important’: why couples fall out of love



https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/13/gender-inequities-are-important-why-couples-fall-out-of-love

OR
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/11/why-women-stop-feeling-romantic-with-husbands/



5. Pornography Review asks for views to shape industry rules



https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pornography-review-asks-for-views-to-shape-industry-rules

OR
https://care.org.uk/news/2024/01/public-call-for-views-on-porn-must-lead-to-action-care



6. Transformative Family Scholarship: Theory, Practice, and Research at the Intersection of Families, Anti‐Racism, and Social Justice

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1741-3737.transformative-family-scholarship

OR

Lessons from the field: Toward evidence-based parenting support to promote positive parenting in children's sport 

— Matthew R. Sanders, Cassandra K. Dittman, Clifford J. Mallett, Steven Rynne 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.12990



7. The Exploration of Income, Poverty and Educational Census Data for Black and White Populations

Thursday, January 25, 2024, Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET

https://www.census.gov/data/academy/webinars/2024/exploring-the-diversity-of-census-bureau-data/exploration-of-income-poverty-educational-data.html




8. Ten to Men: Welcome – your guide to becoming a study participant

https://aifs.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-12/TTM-study-brochure.pdf



9. Watch: Japan’s husband-throwing event aims to strengthen marriage bonds

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/japan-s-husband-throwing-event-aims-to-strengthen-marriage-bonds-202163781969



10. South Korea's gender imbalance bad news for men − outnumbering women, many face bleak marriage prospects

Dudley L Poston Jr

https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/south-korea%27s-gender-imbalance-is-bad-news-for-men-%E2%88%92-outnumbering-women-many-face-bleak-marriage-prospects



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Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. DESTROYING MARRIAGE IN ORDER TO SAVE IT

by Daniel Frost and Robert P. George

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/01/destroying-marriage-in-order-to-save-it



2. Pre-Application Webinar for Multi-Sectoral Preventive Interventions Research Network Funding Opportunities

February 9, 2024, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET

https://prevention.nih.gov/funding/funding-opportunities/pre-application-webinar-multi-sectoral-preventive-interventions-research-network-funding




3. 2024 NARME Summit

Call for Presenters

https://www.narme.org/presenters



4. Do we really live in an “age of inequality”?

By Dylan Matthews

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/1/11/23984135/inequality-auten-splinter-piketty-saez-zucman-tax-data



5. The Decline of Marriage: A Glimpse into an Unsettling Trend

VIRGIL WALKER

https://g3min.org/the-decline-of-marriage-a-glimpse-into-an-unsettling-trend/

OR

‘To Have and to Hold’: Marrying Young and Making It Last

Jeff Minick

https://intellectualtakeout.org/2024/01/marrying-young/




6. Routines and child development: A systematic review

Saliha B. Selman, Janean E. Dilworth-Bart

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jftr.12549



7. Monday, February 12, 2024 | 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM ET

Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization

With W. Bradford Wilcox

https://www.aei.org/events/get-married-why-americans-must-defy-the-elites-forge-strong-families-and-save-civilization/



8. Black wealth is increasing, but so is the racial wealth gap

Andre M. Perry, Hannah Stephens, and Manann Donoghoe

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/black-wealth-is-increasing-but-so-is-the-racial-wealth-gap/



9. Study ranks GA in top five states with most failing marriages

https://valdostatoday.com/news-2/region/2024/01/study-ranks-ga-in-top-five-states-with-most-failing-marriages/



10. Marquette Bookshelf: ‘Just Marriage’

Written by Dr. Andrew Kim, associate professor of theology

https://today.marquette.edu/2024/01/marquette-bookshelf-just-marriage/



11. USU Extension Co-Sponsors 2024 Utah Marriage Celebration

By Julene Reese

https://www.usu.edu/today/story/usu-extension-co-sponsors-2024-utah-marriage-celebration




12. New research highlights impact of fathers’ conflict resolution on kids’ socioemotional growth

by Eric W. Dolan

https://www.psypost.org/2024/01/new-research-highlights-impact-of-fathers-conflict-resolution-on-kids-socioemotional-growth-220509



13.DHW publishes 2022 Marriage and Divorce Report

https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/dhw-voice/dhw-publishes-2022-marriage-and-divorce-report



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Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. State of Youth Relationship Education Today

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 @ 1:00 pm Pacific/4:00 pm Eastern

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2782830280878231641



2.  Using the Family First Act to Grow and Nurture Support Systems for Families of Young Children

  Rebecca Vivrette, Amy McKlindon, Elizabeth Jordan, Maggie Haas, Ja’Chelle Ball, Gina Mueterthies, Jaclyn Szrom, and Torey Silloway   

https://cms.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/1980/09/FamilyFirstReport_ChildTrends_October2023.pdf



3. The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2023

BY KIRA M. NEWMAN, JEREMY ADAM SMITH, JILL SUTTIE, MARYAM ABDULLAH, EMILIANA R. SIMON-THOMAS

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_top_10_insights_from_the_science_of_a_meaningful_life_in_2023



4. Congress must act to enable parents to promote online safety on all social media platforms

Raul Lopez, Guest columnist

https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/contributors/2024/01/02/social-media-legislation-congress-pass-law-children-mental-health/71991943007/




5. A Healthy Sex Life Could Save Your Memory Later In Life

 Martin Sliwinski, professor of human development and family studies at Penn State



https://www.worldhealth.net/news/healthy-sex-life-could-save-your-memory-later-life/



6. THE ATLANTIC WARNS OF SMARTPHONES IN SCHOOLS. BUT IS ANYONE LISTENING?

https://mindmatters.ai/2023/12/the-atlantic-warns-of-smartphones-in-schools-but-is-anyone-listening/



7. How marriage and family impact America’s civic health

 Brandon Dabling sits down with Nic Dunn

https://sutherlandinstitute.org/how-marriage-and-family-impact-americas-civic-health/



8. Statement from AAMFT’s CEO Chris Michaels Regarding Medicare’s Coverage of Marriage and Family Therapists: A Transformational Change for Clients and Therapists

https://blog.aamft.org/2024/01/statement-from-aamfts-ceo-chris-michaels-regarding-medicares-coverage-of-marriage-and-family-therapi.html



9. Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen

by Rory Muir

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269604/love-and-marriage-in-the-age-of-jane-austen/



10. Using experiments to study families and intimate relationships

Long Doan, Natasha Quadlin, Katharine Khanna

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12959



11.  https://marylandfamily.org/news/



12. 

Episode 53 - Friends, Partners, and Lovers in Marriage (feat. Kevin Thompson)

More than Roommates

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-53-friends-partners-and-lovers-in-marriage/id1667102563?i=1000635540570

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Supporting Diverse Family Structures Through Social Safety Net Programs

 Lisa Kim, Deja Logan, and Mindy Scott

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/diverse-family-structures-social-safety-net



2. Kids and Teens Need Resilience

Mary K. Alvord, Ph.D.

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/fall-2023/kids-and-teens-need-resilience




3. Going nowhere! Many millennials, Gen Z adults planning to live with parents for another 10 years!

by Matt Higgins
https://studyfinds.org/millennials-gen-z-household/




4. Figuring It Out: Serving Young Fathers in Responsible Fatherhood Programs

OPRE/ACF/HHS

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/figuring-it-out-serving-young-fathers-responsible-fatherhood-programs



5. Stronger Families, Safer Streets

By W. Bradford Wilcox | Rafael A. Mangual | Seth Cannon | Joseph E. Price

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/stronger-families-safer-streets/

OR

The Benefits of Active Parenting in K–12 Education: A Conversation with Eva Moskowitz

With Robert Pondiscio

https://www.aei.org/events/the-benefits-of-active-parenting-in-k-12-education-a-conversation-with-eva-moskowitz/




6. Secure Attachment to Both Parents − Not Just Mothers − Boosts Children’s Healthy Development

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/secure-attachment-to-both-parents-%E2%88%92-not-just-mothers-%E2%88%92-boosts-childrens-healthy-development/



7. Parentification: The impact of children taking on parental roles in their family

Marianne Stein

https://aces.illinois.edu/news/parentification-impact-children-taking-parental-roles-their-family




8. Census Bureau Releases Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/saipe.html



9. How to survive holiday travel stress, according to marriage counselors

Advice by Natalie B. Compton

https://wapo.st/48httvI




10. just FYI

This year, women said ‘enough’ to modern marriage

@Scaachi


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/12/us-marriage-rate-declining-women-divorce


Thanks
Bill



Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2023

 https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/demo/families/cps-2023.html

OR

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/data-releases/2022/release.html



2. The Power of Relationship Education: Evidence of Economic Benefits & Policy Recommendations

 Jocelyn S. Wikle, Anya Christensen, & Alan J. Hawkins, Brigham Young University, School of Family Life  

https://www.narme.org/_files/ugd/12d9b7_3c7767f645d248879196ce9e7df2fc11.pdf




3. What Influences the Success Sequence and Economic Self-Sufficiency? Findings from a Mixed Methods Study

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/what-influences-success-sequence-and-economic-self-sufficiency-findings-mixed-methods



4. A fifth of people watch porn during working day

Alexander Butler

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/porn-watching-work-ofcom-from-home-b2454627.html



5. Teen-ternity leave: what about the fathers?

  • fjohnson17

https://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/post/teen-ternity-leave-what-about-the-fathers



6. Inflation, mental health, jobs. Why are U.S. parents so stressed?

 Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2023/12/5/23973179/american-family-survey-inflation-mental-health-stress-vexing-u-s

OR

Do Americans still love marriage?

The 2023 American Family Survey finds belief marriage is essential is declining. Experts talk about what children need to thrive.

By Lois M. Collins


OR

Americans facing the ‘storm clouds of politicization’

Suzanne Bates and Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2023/12/5/23989275/americans-facing-the-storm-clouds-of-politicization



7. The Ninth Annual American Family Survey: Perceptions and Realities of Issues Families Face Today (promo was in last week)

With Daniel A. Cox | W. Bradford Wilcox

https://www.aei.org/events/the-ninth-annual-american-family-survey-perceptions-and-realities-of-issues-families-face-today/

OR

Of Meta and Minors, Filters and Filings: An Uncertain Path Forward

By Clay Calvert

https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/of-meta-and-minors-filters-and-filings-an-uncertain-path-forward/



8. What’s the Matter with Girls?

Kay S. Hymowitz

https://manhattan.institute/article/whats-the-matter-with-girls




9. Seven facts about the economic security of older adults

Wendell Primus and Julia Paris
 
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/seven-facts-about-the-economic-security-of-older-adults/



10. The Babylon Bee's Person Of The Year Is This Housewife You've Never Heard Of Who Loves Her Kids And Does Her Best

https://babylonbee.com/cleanArticle/the-babylon-bees-person-of-the-year-is-this-housewife-youve-never-heard-of-who-loves-her-kids-and-does-her-best-and-isnt-on-social-media



Thanks.
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Researcher Spotlight: Margaret Campbell on Families, Disability, and Wellbeing

Emily Kenny is a Knowledge Broker at the Vanier Institute of the Family.

https://vanierinstitute.ca/researcher-spotlight-margaret-campbell-on-families-disability-and-wellbeing/



2. You can’t even pay people to have more kids

Anna North 

https://www.vox.com/23971366/declining-birth-rate-fertility-babies-children?ueid=800057e76d129cb53f4a2a7a356ee026



3. An Annotated Bibliography on Research That Explores Black Families’ Participation in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education, Economic Stability, and Positive Mental Health

Tia Dickerson*, Elvis Gyan*, Mindy E. Scott, Ria Shelton, and Lisa Kim (*equal contributors)

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/an-annotated-bibliography-on-research-that-explores-black-families-participation-in-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-economic-stability-and-positive-mental-health/



4. Prevalence of Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Among US Military Veterans: Findings from Surveys with Two National Samples

  • Katherine M. Iverson PhD, 
  • Whitney S. Livingston PhD, 
  • Dawne Vogt PhD, 
  • Brian N. Smith PhD, 
  • Shannon M. Kehle-Forbes PhD & 
  • Karen S. Mitchell PhD 

  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-023-08486-9



  • 5. The link between singlehood in young adulthood and effects of romantic separation

    • Lonneke van den Berg, Ellen Verbakel

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12954



    6. Perspective: How Utah and the nation can better support the choice to marry

    By Alan Hawkins, Contributor

    https://www.deseret.com/2023/11/27/23973327/marriage-education-tax-break-policies-utah

    OR

     U. Va. sociologist, Deseret News contributor tells BYU students marriage and families are the ultimate source of happiness

    By Emma Pitts

    https://www.deseret.com/2023/11/28/23978624/sociologist-byu-marriage-and-families-happiness-brad-wilcox




    7. Divorce rates back to 1970 levels

    Harry Benson, Research Director, Marriage Foundation

    https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/divorce-rates-back-to-1970-levels/

    OR

    The psychology of marriage: what makes couples stick together?

    HARRY BENSON





    8. Gentle parenting can be really hard on parents, new research suggests

    Annie Pezalla

    https://theconversation.com/gentle-parenting-can-be-really-hard-on-parents-new-research-suggests-217508



    9. The Ninth Annual American Family Survey: Perceptions and Realities of Issues Families Face Today

    Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

    https://www.aei.org/events/the-ninth-annual-american-family-survey-perceptions-and-realities-of-issues-families-face-today/



    10. Two-parent structure, marriage is best but is not achievable for all — especially women

    By  Mona Charen

    https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/11/24/23967782/two-parent-children-marriage-benefits-melissa-kearney-christine-emba-mona-charen




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    Bill


    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. 

    Program Coordinator I


    CityLogan Campus


    https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/7167/program-coordinator-i/job



    2. The Benefits of Active Parenting in K–12 Education: A Conversation with Eva Moskowitz

    https://www.aei.org/events/the-benefits-of-active-parenting-in-k-12-education-a-conversation-with-eva-moskowitz/



    3. PUTTING YOUR PHONE IN ITS PLACE

    LAUREN HALL, President & CEO First Things First

    https://firstthings.org/putting-your-phone-in-its-place/




    4. Why Aussies can't afford to have children






    5. What Kind of Family is Yours?

    BY DAVID ROSEN

    https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/11/09/what-kind-of-family-is-yours/



    6. When renovating exposes cracks — in your marriage

    By Marisa Kashino

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2023/11/14/home-renovation-remodel-marriage-relationship/



    7. Should government promote marriage?

    Sutherland Institute

    https://sutherlandinstitute.org/should-government-promote-marriage/



    8. How Men Succeed In Marriage with Nick Freitas | The Lila Rose Podcast E70




    9. Why Home Ownership Creates Stronger Marriages

     Wharton’s Corinne Low

    https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/wharton-business-daily-podcast/why-home-ownership-creates-stronger-marriages/



    10. Why Millenials Don’t Want To Get Married? | Declining Marriage Rates A New Normal? | 




    11. Adult sibling relationships: The impact of cohabitation, marriage, separation, and childbearing

    Zafer Buyukkececi, Beyda Çineli




    12. OUR MARRIAGE SURVEY IS READY!

    by Sheila Wray Gregoire




    13. 3 Ways to Fix Marriage Boredom