Candidates for Friday Five 1. 6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Relationship's Ability to Flourish Susan Krauss Whitbourne, PhD, ABPP for PT https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202309/6-ways-to-jump-start-your-relationships-ability-to-flourish 2. First-time fathers seem to experience a steeper decline in relationship satisfaction in the first two years post-partum than second-time fathers in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Judith T. Mack and Lena Brunke from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, and colleagues. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230830151756.htm 3. Say Yes to the Mess https://slate.com/tag/say-yes-to-the-mess 4. Experiences Of Peer Educators Teaching Relationship Ed. to College Students Sep 13, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT | The Dibble Institute https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2737613962020257621 5. Let’s Talk Relationships: When we’re alone, together: Unpacking how loneliness, now considered a public health crisis, winds up in our relationships AMY NEWSHORE, for the Recorder https://www.recorder.com/amy-newshore-sept-2-52132639 6. The best reasons to marry military By Sarah Sicard https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/09/06/the-best-reasons-to-marry-military/ 7. Marriage and Work Among Prime-Age Men Blandin, Adam and Jones, John B. and Yang, Fang https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4557488 8. The Real Crisis Affecting the American Family Brenda Hafera https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/the-real-crisis-affecting-the-american-family 9. Teaching social-emotional learning is under attack https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/09/social-emotional-learning-under-fire 10. What Men Are For Richard V. Reeves https://comment.org/what-men-are-for/ Thanks Bill Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature
Candidates for IFS Friday Five 1. Jean Twenge on How Smartphones Destroyed Gen Z | TIME https://time.com/6307832/jean-twenge-interview-person-of-the-week/ 2. Father Engagement in Child Welfare: Lessons for Fatherhood Programs ACF/OPRE https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/father-engagement-child-welfare-lessons-fatherhood-programs 3. Typologies of duocentric networks among low-income newlywed couples DP Kennedy, TN Bradbury, BR Karney - Network Science, 2023 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B93A58E64B0C66D3E11B1E0A11DDDB0C/S2050124223000164a.pdf/typologies-of-duocentric-networks-among-low-income-newlywed-couples.pdf 4. How to Reengage Parents in Their Children’s Schooling By Frederick M. Hess, AEI https://www.aei.org/op-eds/how-to-reengage-parents-in-their-childrens-schooling/ 5. A $218,168 SSHRC research grant will support Canada's first national study of adolescent sibling conflicthttps://www.kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/media-and-communications/newsroom/a-218-168-sshrc-research-grant-will-support-canadas-first-national-study-of-adolescent-sibling-conflict/ 6. Families with a team mindset strengthened their bonds during COVID-19 pandemic SHARITA FORREST | RESEARCH EDITOR https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/242228906 7. South Koreans losing interest in marriage, spell trouble for ageing nation: Report Seoul, South KoreaEdited By: Moohita Kaur Garg https://www.wionews.com/world/south-koreans-losing-interest-in-marriage-report-finds-630642 8. The Secular Advance on Marriage Stepan Piligian https://armenianweekly.com/2023/08/29/the-secular-advance-on-marriage/ 9. Fifty-five years later, wartime newlyweds document ‘The Hardest Year’ of marriage BY KRISTIN BOUCHARD · https://news.uwgb.edu/phlash/announcements/08/29/fifty-five-years-later-wartime-newlyweds-document-the-hardest-year-of-marriage/ 10. Is the bride 25 or younger? Couples get cash reward to promote earlier marriage in China Cheng Cheng https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-cash-reward-marriage-bride-25-rcna102280 OR https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1297179.shtml 11. Good quality of marriage reduces psychopathy of both partners, study finds by Vladimir Hedrih https://www.psypost.org/2023/08/good-quality-of-marriage-reduces-psychopathy-of-both-partners-study-finds-168370 Thanks Bill Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature
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 TechnologyJoey 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 Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature
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 StrugglesPodcast 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 familiesBy 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 Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature
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 David G. Weissman, Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Mina Cikara, Deanna M. Barch & Katie A. McLaughlin 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 researcherAditi 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 Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature
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 OBX Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature
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 Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature
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 BUTTONAaron Cooper, Ph.D. for The Family Institute at Northwestern University https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/hit-pause-button 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 https://thrivingcenterofpsych.com/blog/millennials-gen-z-marriage-expectations-statistics/ 7. Study finds regular 'phubbing' could be damaging marriages by Bob Yirka, Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2023-07-regular-phubbing-marriages.html 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 Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature
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 Notby 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 https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202307/1293653.shtml OR China: More young people reject marriage Yuchen Li in Taipei https://www.dw.com/en/china-more-young-people-reject-marriage/a-66100718 9. Volume 72, Issue 3 Pages: 637-1396 July 2023 Previous Issue GO TO SECTION Export Citation(s) ISSUE INFORMATION Free Access Issue Information Pages: 637-643 First Published: 03 June 2023 First Page PDF Request permissions 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 Pages: 645-664 First Published: 19 April 2023 Abstract Full text PDF References Request permissions 10. OR FR: Mothers' work conditions, income, and parenting of young children (open access) — Kierra M. P. Sattler, Kate C. Prickett, Robert Crosnoe FR: Fathers' status and role identities and involvement shortly after divorce (open access) — Raymond E. Petren, Anthony J. Ferraro Thanks Bill Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature
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 https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/24/asia/south-korea-no-kids-zone-intl-hnk-dst/index.html 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 https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/28/a-record-high-share-of-40-year-olds-in-the-us-have-never-been-married/ 9. China sees an increase of 40,000 couples y-o-y in Q1, following record-low number of marriages in 2022 https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1293266.shtml 10. 8 Key Facts on Ancient Greek Marriages & Wedding Ceremonies Mike Toth, https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-greek-weddings-facts/ Thanks Bill Bill Coffin 301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com billcoffin.org Create your own email signature