Fwd: Mobile outreach to expecting/new dads: Your input requested


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From: Emily Cramer <emcramer@noctrl.edu>
Date: Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 3:39 PM
Subject: Mobile outreach to expecting/new dads: Your input requested
To: FRPN@list.frpn.org


Dear FRPN Listserv Member,

We are requesting your consultation and advice as we prepare to initiate a community-based mobile outreach program for expecting and new fathers. With support from Text4Baby, a national text-messaging service for expecting/new moms, and through start-up funding from North Central College (Naperville IL), we are taking preliminary steps to developing a corpus of text messages for fathers and then to test the messages with a sample of fathers from the Chicagoland area.

Here’s where we’d appreciate your help: we are contacting you to gauge your interest in reviewing the messages we develop and partnering with us to initiate the program. The messages contain advice and suggestions, grounded in evidence-based research, for dads to consider before and after baby is born. While we are familiar with research on father involvement, we believe the most valuable consultation comes from those who are connecting with dads on a daily basis. 

We are near completion in developing a corpus of 50+ evidence-based text messages geared towards dads preparing for baby or caring for baby after birth. Upon completion, we would like to be able to send the draft of messages to you for your review. Your thoughts about content to add, edit, or remove would be so helpful as we prepare for the next step of our project: to recruit and send messages to fathers in the community. 

The project is guided by principles of community-based participatory research. We value your partnership: If you are interested in collaborating with us on the project, please let us know by responding to this e-mail. 

If you’d prefer to talk through the project to a greater extent, we would love to set up a phone conversation or face-to-face meeting. The principal investigator can be reached at (630) 637-5380 or emcramer@noctrl.edu. More information, including a project narrative and sample text messages, can be viewed at www.text4dads.org

Regards and With Appreciation,
Emily M. Cramer, PhD, Principal Investigator, North Central College
Alexis Marsh ’16, Student Investigator, North Central College



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Fwd: To minimize divorce risk, don't marry too young—or old (and more Family Studies articles)

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This Week on Family-Studies.org

Sociologist Nicholas Wolfinger showed that the link between age at first marriage and divorce risk has changed in recent years, and marital therapist Steven Harris explained how a recent NBA contract dispute resembles an unhappy marriage. David Lapp questioned whether working-class young people even want much-lamented factory jobs to come back. Finally, Anna Sutherland documented how parents are supporting their adult children these days.

The Right Age to Marry

by Nicholas H. Wolfinger

If you hope to avoid divorce, what’s the ideal age to get married? For years, it seemed like the longer you waited to marry, the better. But now, the best time is the late 20s or early 30s.

Not Everyone Wants Factory Jobs

by David Lapp

We hear a lot about how the loss of factory jobs hurt the working class. But many young people in that demographic have tried working in factories—and don’t want to go back.

Court-ship and Marriage

by Steven M. Harris

Why the NBA contract drama involving DeAndre Jordan and Mark Cuban reminds one marital therapist of struggling couples on the brink of divorce.

IFS Around the Web

Jordan Weissmann reported on Nicholas Wolfinger’s  findings about age at marriage and divorce risk at Slate. He terms the new trend “the Goldilocks theory of marriage: Getting married too early is risky, but so is getting married too late.”

After the Demographic Dividend

by Anna Sutherland

In the right circumstances, falling fertility rates can spur economic growth. But in some nations they fall too far, which only creates new challenges. [From the archives]

Supporting Adult Children

by Anna Sutherland

These days, many parents provide financial and other forms of support to their sons and daughters well after they turn 18. But is their well-intended help doing more harm than good?
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Fwd: Teaching Empathy: No better time than now

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Subject: Teaching Empathy: No better time than now
To: "billcoffin68@gmail.com" <billcoffin68@gmail.com>


                 

Hi Bill,


We are excited to share that we have launched a new blog series, Changemaker Education, where our global network of educators will share their insights about teaching and practicing empathy! By partnering with Medium, we hope to facilitate a more inclusive conversation around our vision for change: that every child must master empathy.


This newsletter is dedicated to exploring the role of empathy in stemming violence. In light of recent tragic incidences of violence and hate in the news, we are working extra hard to include all educators, parents, and other influencers in the conversation around empathy.


We hope you enjoy the articles below! Please feel free to send feedback by replying to this newsletter. Also, if you would like to write for our Changemaker Education blog or become an Ashoka Empathy Ambassador, please reach out to us!



Best,

Romina Laouri

Changemaker Schools

Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative

Charleston: A life lesson on bringing empathy to the forefront


Ashoka Empathy Ambassador Patrick Riccards shares his story of how he learned about empathy, equity, and community as a child, and how he is now teaching his children the same lessons in the wake of the horrific actions against Emanuel AME Church. "It is my hope that [my children] will speak of how far we have come in two decades to tear down the walls and silos of difference in pursuit of identifying the similarities that define us." Read the full article here on our Changemaker Education blog.

Stemming the tide towards violence: What is an educator's responsibility in troubled times?


As head of High Meadow School, Michelle Rosenfeld Hughes, writes: "there is no better time for educators around the world to collectively reflect on how education can stem the tide of young people towards mass violence and extremism and towards civic engagement and problem-solving." Hughes continues to share what she believes are the essential components of socio-emotional development that support the growth of civic behaviors. Read the full article here.

Why the world would be better if we acted more like toddlers


In teaching children empathy, we are also learning how to be empathic individuals ourselves. Ashoka Empathy Ambassador and passionate creator of safe spaces for children, Jen Cort, shares of 12 ways she has observed toddlers demonstrating empathy, in hopes that we learn how to exercise these same practices especially in the face of tragedies. Read the full article here on our Changemaker Education blog.

In the News:


Empathy Is Actually A Choice

By Daryl Cameron, Michael Inzlicht and William A. Cunningham

Featured in The New York Times on July 10


What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis

Featured in Mother Jones in July/August Issue

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Educators know that it's a challenge to discipline kids in a #restorative way. Perhaps #deeperlearning can help: http://ow.ly/NJBoz

Posted by @StartEmpathy on June 23


Social-Emotional learning is crucial 4 supporting future generations, and discovering the next gen of #changemakers. http://ow.ly/NJKRm

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Fwd: Re-Watch Our Recent Webinar on Marriage


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Fwd:Fathers' Involvement in Healthcare Study


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Date: Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 11:02 AM
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To members of the FRPN List-Serve:

 

My name is Craig Garfield and I am a pediatrician and father involvement researcher at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

 

I am inviting all fathers of children between the ages of 3 to 5 (or organizations that work with fathers) to participate in a survey on father involvement in child healthcare.  Our goal is to better understand how today’s fathers are involved in the health of their children.

 

The purpose of the Northwestern IRB-approved, Fathers' Involvement in Healthcare Study (IRB: STU00200222) is to develop a quantitative, self-report measure of father involvement in toddler health. Fathers will be asked to complete a set of questionnaire items online that assess their direct involvement in toddler health.

 

Participants will be asked to:

  • Complete a 5-10 minute online survey
  • Participate in a 30-40 minute phone interview at thier convenience.
  •  All eligible fathers who complete both tasks will receive a $20 Amazon gift card.

If you would like to participate, follow this link to our study website: Fatherinvolvement.weebly.com

 

Please forward this link to your network of fathers who may be interested. I have also attached our study flyer.

 

The final goal is to develop a new survey that can be used to measure how diverse fathers care for their children's health. Your participation in the survey is essential to support and improve father involvement efforts.

 

For more information, please contact me at (312) 503-5463 or email me at c-garfield@northwestern.edu

 

Sincerely,


Craig

Craig Garfield, MD, MAPP

Associate Professor

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences

And

Director of Research, Division of Hospital Based Medicince

Co-Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL





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Fwd: Mate Value / Brian and Tina / Older Relationships Research / Toenails - July 4, 2015

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Date: Jul 4, 2015 2:45 PM
Subject: Mate Value / Brian and Tina / Older Relationships Research / Toenails - July 4, 2015
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- Love at Gradually Evolving Sight: For Couples, Time Can Upend the Laws of Attraction
- Brian and Tina: Creating Their Own Gramma Week
- Study Seeking Older Adults (62+) to Participate in an Internet-based Relationship Education Program
- Who Will Clip Your Toenails?
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- Love at Gradually Evolving Sight: For Couples, Time Can Upend the Laws of Attraction
Science Times, New York Times, July 30, 2015
We all know of a man or woman who left their marriage for someone who is much less attractive than their spouse. This fascinating research on mate value explains the phenomenon.
http://tinyurl.com/ppw4m9c
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- Brian and Tina: Creating Their Own Gramma Week
Subscribers to this list know all about Gramma Week. I wrote many times about my grandchildren spending a few weeks at my house every summer and about all the benefits that come with this tradition – in addition to  the obvious ones for me. Besides getting this time with them, it gathered them all together where they could spend time with their cousins but it also gave their parents a romantic marriage vacation to which they could look forward, each year. One of my sons told me that this time alone together without the kids convinced him and his wife they would have no problem at all with an empty nest. I figure, that along with marriage education classes, these Gramma Weeks were a great form of marriage insurance for my kids. Many of you, over the years, have told me you established the same tradition for your kids. Others wrote to express envy – said your parents were no longer alive or were not able to take care of your kids for a long getaway. Which is why I am sharing this idea from Brian and Tina. They intentionally and creatively used the week their daughter would be away at summer camp for a very focused marriage vacation. If you have more than one child, it would mean careful planning to find them all a camp during the same week. You can do it. Brian calls it MAM time (he says that stands for Me And Mommy time) and says their week of focus on just the two of them let them know that they are the same people they were back in the day -- exploring and appreciating each other has restored our faith that we made the right decision for our life partners. Go here and scroll down to get ideas for your MAM dates: https://www.facebook.com/watersgolf?fref=ts
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- Study Seeking Older Adults (62+) to Participate in an Internet-based Relationship Education Program
This study just needs a few more participants and help with their work in trying to reduce the rapidly increasing divorce rates in the over 60 population.  Participants get FREE access to an online Relationship Education program plus a $10 gift card for completing a relationship survey.  If you are a fit, please participate. Everyone please forward this to your lists.
http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2015/05/study-seeking-older-adults-to.html
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- Who Will Clip Your Toenails?
Speaking of finding ways and means and reasons for keeping our marriages and families together through great research or just observing the world around us, leave it to Scott Stanley to tell it like it is. I can see him doing one of his wonderful keynotes on this, with slides that bring us to laughter and tears.
http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2015/06/who-will-clip-your-toenails-when-you.html

Fwd: dotMagis - Ignatian Spirituality


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Subject: dotMagis - Ignatian Spirituality
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dotMagis - Ignatian Spirituality


Why Bother Praying the Examen?

Posted: 03 Jul 2015 03:30 AM PDT

With so many forms of prayer out there, and so little time in this fast-paced world, why bother praying the Examen? At times, I end up viewing this prayer as yet another task in a long list of things I have to get done. Yet I find that when I let it slide for a while, I start to feel a little “off.” Perhaps more as a means of reminding myself why I love the Examen (besides it being my first introduction to Ignatian spirituality), I propose three reasons why one should bother making it a prayer priority.

  1. Awareness of Jesus: A key part of the Examen is walking through the day with Jesus and seeing it as Jesus did. That reflection back on the day highlights where God was active in our day and how we responded to God. Over time, patterns might also help us become aware of a particular calling that maybe we didn’t see so clearly before.
  2. Self-awareness: Sometimes I don’t like what I see when I watch the “highlight reel” with Jesus. While that can be uncomfortable, it also allows opportunity for growth and to seek the grace and courage to make changes in our lives when needed. The “highlight reel” also draws attention to what we did that brought a smile to Jesus’ face, and that feels really good.
  3. Flexibility: I can imagine that if St. Ignatius did a Web search for “Examen” today, he would be thrilled to see that his prayer has been adapted to fit so many different lifestyles and scenarios. There are Examens for those at work, for those discerning vocations, for those just starting out on their spiritual journey, for children, and even for those who simply don’t have oodles of time. My particular favorite “Examen lite” is Andy Otto’s deck of cards, with each card posing a question that might be pondered in the context of the Examen; just pull a card from the deck when one has a few minutes free.

St. Ignatius gave us a great tool in the Examen to enrich our relationship with God and with those around us. Whether we have hours to devote to prayer each day or a stolen couple of minutes here and there, why not pray the Examen?


While we’re considering prayer, see today’s link in 31 Days with St. Ignatius: Prayer Is as Easy as 1, 2, 3—You Can Count on It!

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Fwd: Update: The Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood FOA FAQs have been Updated


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The Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood FOA FAQs have been updated.  Updated FAQs are now available for viewing and download.                      

Please click here to access the updated Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education FAQs.

Please click here to access the updated New Pathways for Fathers and Families FAQs.

Please click here to access the updated Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility FAQs.

For more information, please visit the HMRF website. Thank you for your interest.

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Fwd: New Individually-Authored Perspectives


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New Individually-Authored Perspectives

Unleashing the Power of Prevention


Authors: J. David Hawkins, Jeffrey M. Jenson, Richard Catalano, Mark W. Fraser, Gilbert J. Botvin, Valerie Shapiro, C. Hendricks Brown, William Beardslee, David Brent, Laurel K. Leslie, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Pat Shea, Andy Shih, Elizabeth Anthony, Kevin P. Haggerty, Kimberly Bender, Deborah Gorman-Smith, Erin Casey, and Susan Stone

Every day across America, behavioral health problems in childhood and adolescence, from anxiety to violence, take a heavy toll on millions of lives. For decades the approach to these problems has been to treat them only after they’ve been identified—at a high and ongoing cost to young people, families, entire communities, and our nation. Now we have a 30-year body of research and more than 50 programs showing that behavioral health problems can be prevented. This critical mass of prevention science is converging with growing interest in prevention across health care, education, child psychiatry, child welfare, and juvenile justice. Together, we stand at the threshold of a new age of prevention. The challenge now is to mobilize across disciplines and communities to unleash the power of prevention on a nationwide scale. We propose a grand challenge that will advance the policies, programs, funding, and workforce preparation needed to promote behavioral health and prevent behavioral health problems among all young people—including those at greatest disadvantage or risk, from birth through age 24. Within a decade, we can reduce the incidence and prevalence of behavioral health problems in this population by 20 percent from current levels through widespread policies and programs that will serve millions and save billions. Prevention is the best investment we can make, and the time to make it is now.
 
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A Challenge to Unleash the Power of Prevention


Authors: J. David Hawkins, Jeffrey M. Jenson, Richard Catalano, Mark W. Fraser, Gilbert J. Botvin, Valerie Shapiro, C. Hendricks Brown, William Beardslee, David Brent, Laurel K. Leslie, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Pat Shea, Andy Shih, Elizabeth Anthony, Kevin P. Haggerty, Kimberly Bender, Deborah Gorman-Smith, Erin Casey, and Susan Stone

Prevention is the best investment we can make in behavioral health—and the time to make it is now. Every day, across America, behavioral health problems in childhood and adoles-cence take a heavy toll on millions of lives. These problems cause deep, often long-term damage to young people, families, schools, and communities. They erode the social con-tract that one generation makes with another to equip its young people for a bright future.Behavioral health problems range widely from anxiety and depression to alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse; delinquent and violent behavior; dropping out of school; and risky sexual activity and unwanted pregnancies. Behavioral health is defined so broadly because many of these problems share risk factors and solutions. Preventing one problem often reduces another, or several others. For decades, the approach to behavioral health problems was to treat them one at a time and only after they were identified—at a high and ongoing price. The cost of treat-ment services and lost productivity attribut-ed to depression, conduct disorder, and sub-stance abuse alone are estimated at $247 bil-lion per year. Other losses—in lifetimes of compromised potential, the fraying of our social fabric, and the diminishment of our nation’s future—are incalculable. 
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Fwd: Day 180 - Are all people called to marriage? // How is a Church wedding celebrated?


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Subject: Day 180 - Are all people called to marriage? // How is a Church wedding celebrated?
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Why is marriage indissoluble? Not everyone is called to marriage. Even people who live alone can have fulfillment in life. To many of them Jesus shows a special way; he invites them to remain unmarried "for the sake of the...
 
     
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Why is marriage indissoluble?

Not everyone is called to marriage. Even people who live alone can have fulfillment in life. To many of them Jesus shows a special way; he invites them to remain unmarried "for the sake of the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 19:12). Many people who live alone suffer from loneliness, which they perceive only as a lack and a disadvantage. Yet a person who does not have to care for a spouse or a family also enjoys freedom and independence and has time to do meaningful and important things that a married person would never get to. Maybe it is God's will that he should care for people for whom no one else cares. Not uncommonly God even calls such a person to be especially close to him. This is the case when one senses a desire to renounce marriage "for the sake of the kingdom of heaven". Of course a Christian vocation can never mean despising marriage or sexuality. Voluntary celibacy can be practiced only in love and out of love, as a powerful sign that God is more important than anything else. The unmarried person renounces a sexual relationship but not love; full of longing he goes out to meet Christ the bridegroom who is coming (Mt 25:6).


How is a Church wedding celebrated?

As a rule a wedding must take place publicly. The bride and bridegroom are questioned as to their intention to marry. The priest or the deacon blesses their rings. The bride and bridegroom exchange rings and mutually promise "to be true in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health" and vow to each other: "I will love you and honor you all the days of my life." The celebrant ratifies the wedding and administers the blessing. Here are some excerpts from one form of the Rite of Catholic Marriage: Celebrant: N. and N., have you come here freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage?" Bride and bridegroom: "Yes." Celebrant: "Will you love and honor each other as man and wife for the rest of your lives?" Bride and bridegroom: "Yes." The celebrant then asks the bride and bridegroom together the following questions. "Will you accept children lovingly from God and bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church?" Bride and bridegroom: "Yes." (YOUCAT Questions 265-266)


Dig Deeper: CCC section (1621-1624) and other references here.

Check out the incredible series on marriage from the Augustine Institute, Beloved. With both a marriage prep and a marriage enrichment component, it's perfect for both the soon to be married and the married for years!

 
 




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