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





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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


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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


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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

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. National Siblings Day

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/siblings.html


OR

On Thursday, April 13, a downloadable file containing July 1, 2022, estimates of the resident U.S. population by single year of age and sex will be released on the Population and Housing Unit Estimates webpage.



2. TANF & Child Welfare Collaboration: Preventative Strategies Focused on Family Well-being-A Review of the Evidence and Implications for Practice



https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/tanf-child-welfare-collaboration-preventative-strategies-focused-family-well-being-review




3. 
Universal Benefits of School Programs that Bolster the Behavioral Health and Educational Success of Our Youth

 Wednesday   •   April 19th   •   2:00-3:30 ET

 

Registration link: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7PtAJvAZQRGJyAeZYUnUQQ

 

Download flyer

 

The National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives (NPSC), the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, and the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC) at Penn State University are hosting a congressional briefing on the benefits to children of school-based programs designed to foster social, behavioral, and emotional development.




4. The tyranny of science over mothers.

By Jessica Clements and Kari Nixon in the MIT Press Reader

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-tyranny-of-science-over-mothers/




5. No fault. No divorce boom

Harry Benson

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/no-fault-no-divorce-boom/




6. The average family spends just 6 hours together — each week

Report by 72Point writer Alice Hughes contributed to this report

https://studyfinds.org/average-family-spends-6-hours-together/



7. Positive Experiences in Close Relationships Are Associated With Better Physical Health

https://spsp.org/news/press-releases/positive-relationship-experiences-better-physical-health



8.  Stable Homes, Built on Love: Implementation Strategy and Consultation 
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Education by Command of His Majesty

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1147317/Children_s_social_care_stable_homes_consultation_February_2023.pdf

OR

Government plans to reform children's social care in England: CASPAR briefing

Candidates for IFS Friday Five #462 (another Elite 8 March Madness Edition)

1. Centering Positive Youth Development to Enhance Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programming

Asari Offiong, Desiree W. Murray, Mindy E. Scott, Lindsay Anderson, Deja Logan

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/centering-positive-youth-development-to-enhance-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-programming/




2. Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady Drifted Apart

https://fatherhoodchannel.com/2023/03/23/gisele-bundchen-and-tom-brady-drifted-apart-32023/




3. We Wanted the Best for Our Children But Made a Mistake

Lenore Skenazy

https://intellectualtakeout.org/2023/03/want-best-child-but-made-mistake/




4. State-sponsored matchmaking app launched in China

Amy Hawkins




5. For Long-Term Health and Happiness, Marriage Still Matters

Brendan Case and Ying Chen

https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-long-term-health-and-happiness-marriage-still-matters-86114ced




6. Wisconsin residents to see welfare reform question on April 4 ballot

 ALLISON COURTRIGHT

https://badgerherald.com/news/2023/03/21/wisconsin-residents-to-see-welfare-reform-question-on-april-4-ballot/



7. Incentives and Marriage

By: Kevin Corcoran

https://www.econlib.org/incentives-and-marriage/



8. Black Marriage Day 2023: History, theme and 3 ways to celebrate occasion

By Aarzoo Kalyan

https://meaww.com/black-marriage-day-2023-history-theme-and-3-ways-to-celebrate



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Bill