Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. WHO UNWINDS?

Aaron Cooper, Ph.D,  The Family Institute at Northwestern University

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/who-unwinds-0




2. Head of the Class

by Richard Reeves

https://www.profgalloway.com/head-of-the-class/



3. Taking Back Control Over Technology

Joey Odom

https://thinqmedia.com/videos/taking-back-control-over-technology




4. Live births fell to lowest level for two decades last year

Aine Fox

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/office-for-national-statistics-wales-romania-england-pakistan-b2394634.html



5. There is no Republican plot to end no-fault divorce — but there should be

By Beverly Willett

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/there-is-no-republican-plot-to-end-no-fault-divorce-but-there-should-be




6. How to make tough choices in relationships

https://borneobulletin.com.bn/how-to-make-tough-choices-in-relationships/



7. What a flat U.S. birthrate could mean for the future

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2023/8/23/23841936/us-birth-rate-flat-fertility-rate-decline-cdc-mothers-children



8. Does Infidelity Peak in the Seventh Year of Marriage?

Justin J. Lehmiller Ph.D. for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-myths-of-sex/202308/does-infidelity-peak-in-the-seventh-year-of-marriage



9. The Dire State of Our Unions

By  Steven Mintz

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/08/23/dire-state-our-marriage-america



10. Millennial and Gen Z couples say they aren’t getting married, because it’s too expensive right now

BY CHLOE TAYLOR

https://fortune.com/2023/08/18/wedding-cost-usa-gen-z-millennial-couples-too-expensive-get-married-current-economy-inflation-finances-parents/



11. Family Strengthening Research 2022

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/family-strengthening-research-2022


Thanks
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five #480 (~48 times a yr x 10 years... anniversary coming up next month)

1. Making the invisible epidemic visible

Rachel Graber, Jens Ludwig, Sendhil Mullainathan, Ziad Obermeyer, Aytekin Oto, Brian Williams

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/making-the-invisible-epidemic-visible/



2. Experiences Of Peer Educators Teaching Relationship Education to College Students

Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2737613962020257621



3.  How to Help Friends and Family with Marriage Struggles

Podcast Guest: Dr. Bill Doherty

https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/podcast/episodes/045_Friends_Family_Marriage_Struggles




4. Workshops help put focus on relationships
Journal-Courier
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/relationship-building-focus-workshops-18295451.php



5. How to handle conflicts that arise due to differences in parenting roles?

Posted by Richard Lai

https://www.gamenguides.com/how-to-handle-conflicts-that-arise-due-to-differences-in-parenting-roles#google_vignette




6. New Research: Marriage Still Provides Major Happiness Premium

https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/new-research-marriage-still-provides-major-happiness-premium/



7. The Impact of Marriage on How Much Men Work

John Bailey Jones

https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/2023/speaking_2023_08_16_marriage_male_labor




8. The Two-Parent Privilege: A Book Event with Melissa Kearney

With Michael R. Strain | Melissa Kearney,  Tuesday, September 26, 2023, | 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM 

https://www.aei.org/events/the-two-parent-privilege-a-book-event-with-melissa-kearney/




9. Leading Causes Of Divorce: 43% Report Lack Of Family Support

Christy Bieber, J.D.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/divorce/common-causes-divorce/#less_than_5_of_divorcees_say_their_marriage_couldnt_be_saved_section



10. Forever takes work — how public programs can bolster marriage and families

By Alan Hawkins, Contributor

https://www.deseret.com/2023/8/12/23758511/utah-public-policy-supports-marriage-healthy-relationships



11. A Psychologist Tells Us Which ‘Love Type’ Is The Key To A Lasting Marriage

Mark Travers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2023/08/11/a-psychologist-tells-us-which-love-type-is-the-key-to-a-lasting-marriage/?sh=cf3543d704b0

Thanks.
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Parenting While Depressed: The Influence of Interpersonal Supports and Community Resources for Mothers

Sarah Dow-Fleisner https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2414-5856 sarah.dow-fleisner@ubc.ca, Christopher Baum, […], and Summer Sherburne Hawkins

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0192513X231181369

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/mothers-experiencing-depression-nurturing-thriving-families/164933/

OR 

State-level macro-economic factors moderate the association of low income with brain structure and mental health in U.S. children
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37778-1



2. Call for Authors Summer 2024 Issue: Romantic Relationships

Proposal Deadline: August 15, 2023; Final articles due October 15, 2023

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report#summer2024



3. Freeing American Families: Fertility and Family Policy
 
https://www.cato.org/events/freeing-american-families-fertility-family-policy?



4. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes Are Declining Despite Continued Improvements in Well-being Indicators

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/child-and-adolescent-mental-health-outcomes-are-declining-despite-continued-improvements-in-well-being-indicators



5. Couples Are Happier When They Share Finances For One Simple Reason

by Kristi Pahr

https://www.fatherly.com/news/3-reasons-couples-are-happier-when-they-share-finances



6. Getting silly with your kids is vital. Here’s how to get play into your day.

Advice by Bob Brody

https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/08/08/parenting-humor-children-benefits/



7. Partnered people have more ‘value on the mating market’—here’s why, according to a commitment researcher

Aditi Shrikant

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/04/why-partnered-people-can-be-more-attractive-than-single-people-.html



8. The case for the ‘Utah Family Miracle’

By The Deseret News Editorial Board

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2023/8/4/23817228/utah-family-miracle-economy-legislation-gov-cox-brad-wilcox-marriage



9. ‘Single and childless’ adults are less happy than married couples: scholars

MATT LAMB - ASSOCIATE EDITOR

https://www.thecollegefix.com/single-and-childless-adults-are-less-happy-than-married-couples-scholars/



10. Marriage Education Programs

The Department of Social Services


https://www.dss.gov.au/families-and-children-programs-services/marriage-education-programs




Thanks
Bill
OBX, NC


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1.  Aging Veterans: America’s Veteran Population in Later Life

Jonathan Vespa for CB

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2023/acs/acs-54.html



2. Desire for social status affects marital and reproductive attitudes: A life history mismatch perspective

lAmy J. Lim a, Norman P. Li b, Zoi Manesi b, Steven L. Neuberg c, Mark van Vugt d, Andrea L. Meltzer e, Kenneth Tan b

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622723000382



3. https://discernmentcounseling.com/how-discernment-counseling-is-not-coaching/ 

OR

Marital First Responder Workshop

https://maritalfirstresponders.org/mfr-workshop-registration/



4. Strengthening Facilitation Skills: A Training Curriculum for Programs Working with Youth

Wednesday, August 9, 2023, @ 1:00 pm PT/4:00 pm ET

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3703415079569486167



5. Across cultures, men say 'I love you' first


By Emily Reynolds


https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/across-cultures-men-say-i-love-you-first



6. New 2020 census data shows an aging America and wide racial gaps between generations

William H. Frey

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/new-2020-census-data-shows-an-aging-america-and-wide-racial-gaps-between-generations/



7. Inspiring a Growth Mindset for Kids

How Parents Can Lead by Example

By: Courtney Juvland

https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/bhf/blog/growth-mindset-for-kids


Thanks...back to the beach!
Bill
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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1.  Sources of family breakdown in the UK

 Harry Benson, Marriage Foundation

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MF-research-note-Source-of-family-breakdown.pdf




2. A CAMPING TRIP WITH YOUNG KIDS, AS IMAGINED BY ME BEFORE HAVING KIDS

by JULIE VICK

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-camping-trip-with-young-kids-as-imagined-by-me-before-having-kids?




3. An Antidote to the Anxiety About Imperfection: Parenting Advice from Mister Rogers

MARIA POPOVA

https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/06/22/mister-rogers-parenting/?




4. 

Slides/Handout from talk at NARME 2023 on premarital cohabitation


Dr. Scott Stanley

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2023/07/slideshandout-from-talk-at-narme-2023.html





5. The Church in a Time of Gender War

Why marriage can do what ideology cannot.

SAMUEL D. JAMES

https://www.digitalliturgies.net/p/the-church-in-a-time-of-gender-war





6. Level Up Your Father Game

ACF

https://www.fatherhood.gov/sites/default/files/resource_files/ACF%20Strategic%20Planning_Being%20a%20Great%20Dad%20Fact%20Sheet_20230626_508.pdf




7. National Center for Family and Marriage Research at BGSU reports that never-married adults comprise the lowest percentage of U.S. homeowners

Laren Kowalczyk for National Center for Family and Marriage Research 

https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2023/07/national-center-for-family-and-marriage-research-at-bgsu-reports-never-married-adults-comprise-lowest-percentage-of-us-homeowners.html



8. The Courtship and Marriage of Sts. Anne and Joachim

Patrick O’Hearn

https://www.ncregister.com/features/the-courtship-and-marriage-of-sts-anne-and-joachim

OR

Experts speculate on why marriage is declining — and what to do about it

 Daniel Payne

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254892/experts-speculate-on-why-marriage-is-declining-and-what-to-do-about-it




9. Four Types of Marriage: Which One Is Yours?

Thomas Henricks Ph.D. for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pathways-of-experience/202307/four-types-of-marriage-which-one-is-yours




10. The key to a happy marriage might be joint bank accounts, researchers say

PREET BANERJEE

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-the-key-to-a-happy-marriage-might-be-joint-bank-accounts-researchers/



Thanks
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Religion and Fertility in Canada

LYMAN STONE for Cardus

https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/reports/religion-and-fertility-in-canada/



2. The 2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide

 
    • Children’s Bureau (CB), ACF

    •

    https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/resources/resource-guide/



    3. The life skills teens should know before leaving home

    Advice by Kelly Glass for WAPO

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/07/18/teen-life-skills/



    4. HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON

    Aaron Cooper, Ph.D. for The Family Institute at Northwestern University


    5. Predicting Participation in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs 

    July 13, 2023

    https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/predicting-participation-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood-programs




    6. Why are people not getting married anymore?

    Idil Karsit

    https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/07/19/why-are-people-not-getting-married-anymore.html

    OR

    I Do Not: Gen Z, Millennials Shifting Expectations About Marriage In 2023





    7. Study finds regular 'phubbing' could be damaging marriages

    by Bob Yirka, Phys.org




    8. The Working Families Tax Cut Act increases marriage penalties for single parents

    JOSHUA MCCABE

    https://www.niskanencenter.org/the-working-families-tax-cut-act-increases-marriage-penalties-for-single-parents/



    9. First Things First: Why marriage still matters
    Part 2 (part 1 ran in last week's Fri 5)

    by Lauren Hall / First Things First

    https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/jul/15/why-marriage-still-matters-tfp/




    10. Census Data Shows Marriage And Divorce Rates Declined From 2011 To 2021; Iowa Ranks 27th And 32nd Respectively

    by Nathan Konz

    https://www.1380kcim.com/2023/07/15/census-data-shows-marriage-and-divorce-rates-declined-from-2011-to-2021-iowa-ranks-27th-and-32nd-respectively/



    11. Psychology experts: The No. 1 tool we teach to save ‘any relationship’ from disaster
    Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Dr. Jessica Griffin
    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/how-to-avoid-a-relationship-disaster-according-to-psychology-experts-who-studied-couples-for-50-years.html?

    Thanks
    Bill

    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. National Marriage and Divorce Rates Declined From 2011 to 2021

    Chanell Washington and Lydia Anderson for CB

    https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/07/marriage-divorce-rates.html



    2.  NAV I G AT I N G  T H E  TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD 

    by Katherine Collison, Ph.D

    https://files.constantcontact.com/01550798001/cd279296-814d-49be-bfb3-a6b3c31e5cac.pdf




    3. The Church must not abandon couples after marriage

    https://aleteia.org/2023/07/06/the-church-must-not-abandon-couples-after-marriage/




    4. Nature affects nurture in adoptive child-parent relationships, researchers find

    https://www.psu.edu/news/liberal-arts/story/nature-affects-nurture-adoptive-child-parent-relationships-researchers-find/



    5. 10 Relationship Lessons for My Teenage Daughter

    Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. Ph.D. for PT

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-psychology-of-relationships/202307/10-relationship-lessons-for-my-teenage-daughter




    6. First Things First: Marriage is dead ... or is it?

    by Lauren Hall / First Things First

    https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/jul/08/marriage-is-dead-or-is-it-tfp/





    7. Marriage

    For Richer or Poorer — or Maybe Not

    by eugene steuerle

    https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/marriage




    8. Young couples in China embrace retro-romance by publishing marriage announcements in newspapers

    By Li Hang


    OR

    China: More young people reject marriage


    Yuchen Li in Taipei

    https://www.dw.com/en/china-more-young-people-reject-marriage/a-66100718


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    FAMILY DYNAMICS DURING THE CONTINUING PANDEMIC

    Open Access

    Longitudinal effects of pandemic stressors and dyadic coping on relationship satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Emily Carrese-Chacra,  Kayla Hollett,  Gizem Erdem,  Sydney Miller,  Jean-Philippe Gouin
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      Bill


      Candidates for IFS Friday Five

      1. Fathers can play a key role in supporting breastfeeding and infant sleep practices

      https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230616/Fathers-can-play-a-key-role-in-supporting-breastfeeding-and-infant-sleep-practices.aspx



      2. ACTIVITIES FOR DADS & KIDS

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



      3. Report: Science-based Psychosocial Treatments are Needed to Help Improve the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Greece

      https://childmind.org/blog/report-science-based-psychosocial-treatments-are-needed-to-help-improve-the-mental-health-of-children-and-adolescents-in-greece/




      4. Marriage and GCSE results

      Harry Benson, Research Director, Marriage Foundation

      https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/marriage-and-gcse-results/



      5.NARME 

      Registration Information

      Registration for the Summit closes July 1st. REGISTER HERE



      6. In country with world’s lowest fertility rate, doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’

       Chris Lau, Gawon Bae, Jake Kwon, and Nayoon Kim, CNN





      7. Having a baby can rock a marriage – and life post-children can be a challenge

      Amanda Ruggeri

      https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230628-why-couples-fight-after-having-a-baby



      8. A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married

      BY RICHARD FRY




      9. China sees an increase of 40,000 couples y-o-y in Q1, following record-low number of marriages in 2022



      10. 8 Key Facts on Ancient Greek Marriages & Wedding Ceremonies






      Thanks
      Bill

      Candidates for Friday Five

      1. Association between maternal closeness with parents and mother–toddler relationship quality

      Leigha A. MacNeill, Bharathi J. Zvara, Sarah E. Anderson

      https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.12910



      2. Vacation for the Sake of Vision

      John Cuddeback

      https://life-craft.org/vacation-for-the-sake-of-vision/




      3. How Family Background Influences Student Achievement

      Anna J. Egalite




      https://www.educationnext.org/how-family-background-influences-student-achievement/




      4. OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES,An Office of the Administration for Children & Families

      A New Name to Reflect Our Family-Centered Approach

      https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/ocsevoiceblog/2023/06/new-name-reflect-our-family-centered-approach





      5. Fatherhood Research & Practice Network

      FRPN held a webinar entitled Architects of Father Policies and Program Discuss How it is Done.

      Watch the recording and download the presenter slides.

      https://www.frpn.org/asset/frpn-webinar-architects-father-policies-and-programs-discuss-how-it-done



      6. Conflict in marriage less harmful for kids when dad keeps it constructive

      Lauren Quinn



      https://aces.illinois.edu/news/conflict-marriage-less-harmful-kids-when-dad-keeps-it-constructive

      OR
      Sexual Coping Mechanisms During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Determinants of Use, Usefulness, and Effects on Sex Life
      Liza Berdychevskycorresponding author

      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10195656/



      7. 13th Annual NARME Summit   Charleston, SC

      July 24-26, 2023

      https://www.narme.org/summit2023




      8. In 2020, 7.2% of U.S. Family Households Were Multigenerational

      Chanell Washington, Thomas Gryn, Lydia Anderson and Rose M. Kreider

      https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/06/several-generations-under-one-roof.html

      OR

      When your adult kids can't afford to move out of home

      By Susan Hely




      9. Gender differences in optimism, loss aversion and attitudes towards risk

      Chris Dawson

      https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjop.12668

      OR

      Dementia: caring for the couple

      Andrew Balfour, Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal

      https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/healthcare-counselling-and-psychotherapy-journal/april-2023/dementia-caring-for-the-couple/




      10. What happens to dating and family if young adults move further apart politically?

      By Lois M. Collins

      https://www.deseret.com/2023/6/20/23760072/political-division-liberal-conservative-young-people-what-happens-dating-family

      OR

      Society Suffers When Progressives Spurn Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family



      Candidates for IFS Friday Five

      1.  DADication, a subject-matter documentary exploring the challenges of fatherhood, and other Dadication PSAs

      https://www.fatherhood.gov/dadication



      2. 

      June 14, 2023 

       4:00pm Eastern/1:00pm Pacific

       

      Teen Parenthood Matters:

      Let's Talk About Prevention


      https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/347582444987083609




      3. Family time is far more important than other aspects of life for most Americans

      BY ANDY CERDA

      https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/26/family-time-is-far-more-important-than-other-aspects-of-life-for-most-americans/



      4. Enjoy a Date Night with an Indoor Scavenger Hunt

      https://communio.org/virtual-date-night-indoor-scavenger-hunt




      5. Creating Policies to Better Serve Diverse AANHPI Populations

      https://www.childtrends.org/publications/creating-policies-to-better-serve-diverse-aanhpi-populations



      6. Unsafe neighborhoods particularly distress Black men in relationships, a new study from the University of Illinois finds

      By Emily Hays

      https://illinoisnewsroom.org/unsafe-neighborhoods-particularly-distress-black-men-in-relationships-new-study-from-university-of-illinois-finds/



      7. Why are millennials and Gen Z waiting to get married?

      Hanna Seariac

      https://news.yahoo.com/why-millennials-gen-z-waiting-213204381.html
      https://www.deseret.com/2023/6/5/23749905/why-is-age-of-marriage-increasing

      OR

      Americans are waiting longer and longer to get married

      Daniel de Visé, The Hill




      8. How to Save Your Marriage When Mom Moves In

      You love your parents. But can you live with them?

      By Elizabeth Kuster,   AARP




      9. Gary Chapman Chair for Marriage and Family & Faculty