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

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1.  Love in the aisles 

From rings and flowers to food and honeymoons, Costco has your wedding plans covered.

  ed. by Wendy Helfenbaum  

https://mobilecontent.costco.com/live/resource/img/static-us-connection-june-23/US_June_Connection_2023.pdf




2. How to babyproof your relationship

You installed your socket covers. Now you have to protect your partnership.

Advice by Katherine Reynolds Lewis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/05/15/partner-relationship-prepare-baby/




3. Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Convening Findings

 Lauren Akers, Jennifer Tippins, Susan Hauan, and Miranda Lynch-Smith



https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/primary-prevention-convening-brief



OR

22nd Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors Report to Congress


https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/22nd-welfare-indicators-risk-factors-report-congress



4. Kissing Is At Least 1,000 Years Older Than We Thought

Kissing may seem natural, but it remains unclear whether it’s a universal human act or a cultural one.

BY SOPHIE LUND RASMUSSEN, TROELS PANK ARBØLL |

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/kissing_is_at_least_1000_years_older_than_we_thought



5. Persistent Poverty in Counties and Census Tracts

Craig Benson, Alemayehu Bishaw, Brian Glassman

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2023/acs/acs-51.html




6. As a Therapist, I Know What’s Breaking Couples Up

How relationships come to an end and the scourge of the smartphone

BY 
https://thewalrus.ca/what-breaks-up-couples/




7. Low sexual satisfaction linked to memory decline later in life, study finds

Adrienne Berard

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/low-sexual-satisfaction-linked-memory-decline-later-life-study-finds



8. Enduring Marriage: The Reason Behind Wedding Season

Loriann Oberlin MS, LCPC

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-full-picture/202305/enduring-marriage-the-reason-behind-wedding-season




9. Does a longer sexual resume affect marriage rates?

Nicholas H Wolfinger 1, Samuel L Perry 





10. Helping mental health and marriage





Thanks

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Intact marriage and weekly worship make children thrive

By Peter Newman

https://voiceofthefamily.com/intact-marriage-and-weekly-worship-make-children-thrive/



2. How an engagement bike changed one couple’s life




https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/18/your-next-engagement-ring-should-be-bike/



3. Married couples who merge finances may be happier, stay together longer

Jenny Olson

, assistant professor of marketing at Kelley



https://news.iu.edu/live/news/28244-married-couples-who-merge-finances-may-be-happier#0





4. Webinar: Why Are Many Kids Anxious and How Can Parents Help?

The Child Mind Institute and Fort Health, a mental health provider for ages 4–19, are hosting a special webinar on proven strategies that parents can use to support anxious kids. Join us on May 31st at 5:30 pm ET.

REGISTER TODAY ▸




5. Collapse in marriage and lack of ‘resident fatherhood’ lead decline in Christianity – study

https://fism.tv/collapse-in-marriage-and-resident-fatherhood-lead-decline-in-christianity-study/



6. Six Ways to Deal With Someone Who Wronged You

Here's what we have learned from 25 years of research about forgiveness—and its alternatives.


BY EVERETT L. WORTHINGTON JR. |

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



7. Adopting a Motivation-Driven Approach to Case Management in HMRE Services

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/adopting-motivation-driven-approach-case-management-hmre-services



8. Five years in with millions unclaimed, is Family First helping kids and families yet?

Nora Neus

https://youthtoday.org/2023/05/five-years-in-with-millions-unclaimed-is-family-first-helping-kids-and-families-yet/




9. How volunteering could benefit teens mental health - 7NEWS

https://7news.com.au/stories/how-volunteering-could-benefit-teens-mental-health/

OR

Volunteering eases kids' mental illness odds: study

Callum Godde




10. Are Gen Z's Attitudes Towards Marriage Changing?

 BY LEA GARCIA-SALAZAR

https://www.theteenmagazine.com/are-gen-z-s-attitudes-towards-marriage-changing



11. Income inequality widens marriage rates among men

By Park Jun-hee
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230514000101&np=1&mp=1


12. 

Adventures in Marriage: strengthening marriages and families of 1 SOW Airmen


Airman 1st Class Hussein Enaya



Thanks. Going biking...

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Mother’s Day Reflections on the Diverse Experiences of Motherhood

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/mothers-day-reflections-on-the-diverse-experiences-of-motherhood



2. Road Maps for Change: Adult-Serving HMRE Grant Recipients’ Rapid Cycle Learning in the SIMR Project

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/road-maps-change-adult-serving-hmre-grant-recipients-rapid-cycle-learning-simr-project



3. Opportunities for Marriage, Partnership Shape Women’s Family Incomes

Ariel Binder, Caroline Walker, Jonathan Eggleston and Marta Murray-Close

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/05/opportunities-for-marriage-partnership-shape-womens-family-incomes.html



4. The Parent Trap: Reducing social inequality by supporting parents and their children

Co-hosted by The MIT Press

https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-parent-trap-reducing-social-inequality-by-supporting-parents-and-their-children/




5. How to Help Your Teen Be a Good Person

BY EDEN PONTZ

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





6. Speaking the truth about motherhood and marriage

 by Wendy Wixom

https://ifamnews.com/en/speaking-the-truth-about-motherhood-and-marriage



7. The benefits of marriage and religious practice for children and society

Friday, May 12th 2023 @ 1:00PM EDT 
Voice of the Family

https://my.demio.com/ref/L5dKJfRuRI9yV34T




8. 2023 NARME Plenary Speakers

https://www.narme.org/2023plenaryspeakers



9. Carolyn Hax: 20 years into marriage, can unhappiness just be a phase?

Advice by Carolyn Hax

https://www.washingtonpost.com/advice/2023/05/07/carolyn-hax-unhappiness-marriage-phase/



10. Treat Students Like Future Parents, Not Just Future Employees

By Mary Frances Myler

https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2023/04/88232/



11. ‘Relationships are old school’: Marriage 101 hits 23 years of teaching students about healthy relationships

Beatrice Villaflor

, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor



https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/05/11/campus/relationships-are-old-school-marriage-101-hits-23-years-of-teaching-students-about-healthy-relationships/



12. 

Tips For Married Businessmen Seeking Better Communication With Their Spouse

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2023/05/10/tips-for-married-businessmen-seeking-better-communication-with-their-spouse/?sh=4dc6966e16c6


13. Young Koreans aren’t swearing off marriage, they’re deferring it

https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1091082.html


Thanks
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. How does digital media shape young children’s word learning?

By Sarah C. Kucker

https://childandfamilyblog.com/how-does-digital-media-shape-young-childrens-word-learning/



2.  How young people are learning about relationships, sex and sexuality

Conducted by Cardiff University and University College London, as well as a Young People's Advisory Group

https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/media/3138/sexuality-education-plus.pdf

OR

Agony aunts examine relationship issues with Tavistock Relationships





3. Highlights from the Strengthening Relationship Education and Marriage Services (STREAMS) Evaluation

OPRE/ACF/HHS

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/highlights-strengthening-relationship-education-and-marriage-services-streams




4. today...
https://www.aei.org/events/the-social-breakdown-the-poverty-of-family-community-and-religious-life-in-america/



5. You Can Now Claim a .Dad Domain for Your Website. Cue the Dad Jokes

https://www.wired.com/story/google-new-domains-dad-jokes/



6. A Limited‐Government Answer to Pregnancy and Childbirth?

By Vanessa Brown Calder

https://www.cato.org/blog/limited-government-answer-pregnancy-childbirth



7. Cohabiting parents differ from married ones in three big ways

Richard V. Reeves and Eleanor Krause

https://www.brookings.edu/research/cohabiting-parents-differ-from-married-ones-in-three-big-ways/



8. In Conversation with Matt Desmond: How We Can End Poverty in America

https://www.urban.org/events/conversation-matt-desmond-how-we-can-end-poverty-america



9. Why Are So Many Westerners Heading to Korea for Love?

Eryn Gordon


https://www.fodors.com/world/asia/south-korea/experiences/news/dating-in-korea



10. The Effects of War on Marriage Rates

https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/1293/



11. National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support Grant Opportunity

Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB


https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343852


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Tips for Creating a Motivating and Supportive Environment for Staff Success in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Services

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/tips-creating-motivating-and-supportive-environment-staff-success-healthy-marriage-and

OR

Four Tips to Recruit Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Men into Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs 

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/four-tips-recruit-spanish-speaking-immigrant-men-healthy-marriage-and-relationship

OR

REFRAME: Centering the Strength of Black Voices in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs




2. The Social Breakdown: The Poverty of Family, Community, and Religious Life in America

Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET

https://www.aei.org/events/the-social-breakdown-the-poverty-of-family-community-and-religious-life-in-america/



3. Fatherhood and Marriage: Does Strengthening Fatherhood Depend on Renewing Marriage in America?

With W. Bradford Wilcox | Ian Rowe, 

Richard Reeves

https://www.aei.org/events/fatherhood-and-marriage-does-strengthening-fatherhood-depend-on-renewing-marriage-in-america/



4.  What’s the Plan? Cohabitation, Engagement, and Divorce 

by Scott M. Stanley & Galena K. Rhoades

https://ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/resources/reports/cohabitationreportapr2023-final.pdf

OR

New DU Study Highlights Risks of Living Together Before Engagement

Emma Atkinson




5. Divorce Rates: Exploring the Influential Factors and Trends

JACOB MASLOW

https://www.legalscoops.com/divorce-rates/



6. How premarital sex could impact your marriage

 Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2023/4/19/23687280/premarital-sex-impact-marriage-wheatley-institute-byu



7. The Next Issue in Family-Focused Public Policy

Paid family leave is getting serious bipartisan attention.

By 

https://thedispatch.com/article/the-next-issue-in-family-focused-public-policy/




8. State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States
Sarah Catherine Williams
Rachel Rosenberg
Valerie Martinez
https://www.childtrends.org/publications/state-level-data-for-understanding-child-welfare-in-the-united-states

9. National Fatherhood Initiative, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health partner for new program

Hayley DeSilva


https://www.beckersbehavioralhealth.com/behavioral-health-mental-health/national-fatherhood-initiative-virginia-department-of-behavioral-health-partner-for-new-program.html




10. Toolkit: Elevating Family Input in TANF and Child Support Programs: Resources for Program Staff, Leaders, and Families

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/toolkit/toolkit-elevating-family-input-tanf-and-child-support-programs-resources-program-staff


Thanks
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five # 464

1. Marital transitions during earlier adulthood and subsequent health and well-being in mid- to late-life among female nurses: An outcome-wide analysis

Ying Chen a b

, 

Maya B. Mathur c

, 

Brendan W. Case a

, 

Tyler J. VanderWeele a b

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590113323000020




2. How moms and dads view each other as co-parents affects kids


Jeff Grabmeier, Ohio State News

3. Fatherhood and Marriage: Does Strengthening Fatherhood Depend on Renewing Marriage in America?


With W. Bradford Wilcox, Ian Rowe, and Richard Reeves.

 click here shortly before 5:00 pm on Tuesday, April 25th for the live stream.
https://www.aei.org/events/fatherhood-and-marriage-does-strengthening-fatherhood-depend-on-renewing-marriage-in-america/



4. The Evidence on Family Affordability

By Angela Rachidi

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-evidence-on-family-affordability/




5. Architects of Father Policies and Programs Discuss How it is Done
 Tuesday, May 16 · 12 - 1:30 pm EDT

By The Center for Policy Research / The Fatherhood Research & Practice Network

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/architects-of-father-policies-and-programs-discuss-how-it-is-done-tickets-603947883377



6. Speaking of Psychology: What you know about aging is probably wrong, with Manfred Diehl, PhD

https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/ageism



7. Rejecting ring by spring

Claire Lyons

https://ndsmcobserver.com/2023/04/rejecting-ring-by-spring/

OR

MARRIAGE THERAPIST SPEAKS ON DATING

QUINN DELAMATER





8. 3 PRINCIPLES FOR RAISING TEENS WITHOUT RUINING YOUR MARRIAGE

Suzanne B. Phillips, Psy.D.,

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/speaking-about-trauma/202304/3-principles-for-raising-teens-without-ruining-your-marriage



9. Dinner and a Marriage (tonight!)

https://business.katychamber.com/events/details/dinner-and-a-marriage-04-20-2023-22752



10. Using Data to Guide Improvement in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Services

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/using-data-guide-improvement-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-services


OR

Tips for Creating a Motivating and Supportive Environment for Staff Success in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Services