tag:billcoffin.org,2013:/posts Coffin Corner 2026-11-12T19:47:33Z Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2348667 2026-11-12T19:47:32Z 2026-11-12T19:47:33Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Which Close Relationships Matter Most for Health? It Depends on Gender

Rosie Shrout






2. What 50,000 purchased brides tell us about the pitfalls of online dating






3. What Relationship Educators Can Offer a Polarized America

William J. Doherty, Ph.D.






4. 2027 NARME Summit Presenter Application

This application is for those applying to be a presenter at the 2027 NARME Summit in Atlanta, Georgia







5. A Fresh Look at Black Family Structures in the United States







6. 
What Is Unique About Adolescent Decision-Making — And How We Can Support It

By around age 16, young people make decisions as well as adults when given time to think. So why the risky choices? A new UCLA brief finds that stress, peers, and uncertainty make the difference, and that teens told the real odds were actually more cautious than adults.


Read more…






7. If you want more babies, make remote work easier

 Gleb Tsipursky, opinion contributor

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/6208489-remote-work-fertility-links/




8. Mattering in Early Childhood: Building a Strong Foundation for Life





9. The Social Guidance Film as a Scientific Framing of Morality

Christen Bryson

https://journals.openedition.org/angles/14670



10. A longitudinal examination of parental PTSD symptoms, interparental conflict, and child adjustment in military families following parental deployment 

Muskan Datta , Sharon Christ & Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth





11. HDFS 4463 - Marriage and Relationship Education

https://catalog.unt.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=40&coid=193858





12. Six apartments, one family: The multigenerational buying trend emerging at The Orchards





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Bill










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1. The Relationship Recession

The analysis by think tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) 





2. BPS increasingly concerned for those who use unregulated AI chatbots for mental health therapy, new data reveals

https://www.bps.org.uk/news/bps-increasingly-concerned-those-who-use-unregulated-ai-chatbots-mental-health-therapy-new



3. Why are some young adults reaching adulthood without ever having been in a romantic relationship?

Leah E. LeFebvre, first author of the study;  Written by Madalyn Losee




4. Increasingly, more men than women remain never married across Europe and North America



https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19485565.2026.2750506#abstract




5. More Than Just a Happy Ending? The Role of Orgasm Consistency for Sexual Satisfaction, Relationship Satisfaction, and Emotional Intimacy in Mixed-Gender Romantic Relationships

 F. S. V. Wehrli , G. M. Hald , C. S. Øverup & G. Bodenmann






6. The Science of Date Nights, Sex, and Lasting Connection

Greg Moody, Ph.D., M.C

https://today.mastermoody.com/date-nights-science-2026-07-19.html




7. [PDF] Stepped Care for Couple Distress: Issues of Design and Implementation

T Trillingsgaard, HN Fentz, FG Hansen - Couple and Family Psychology: Research …, 2026







8. Coming of age in an uncertain era
November 20,2026,10:00 am EST - 11:30 am EST






9. Free Online Relationship Course and Live PAIRS Classes

Carson Abrir

https://fatherhoodchannel.com/2026/10/29/free-online-relationship-course-and-live-pairs-classes/




10. Aging Nations, Shrinking Workforces: The Economic Impact of Falling Fertility

Tanya Samyak, Staff Writer

https://www.iar-gwu.org/blog/aging-nations-tanya-samyak



11. Harvard graduate speaks at Oxford University on need to encourage marriage, intact families, and the best parental style in order to help students thrive




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1. 

Adult Education Facilitation Best Practices: How to be the Messenger that Matters


Miranda L. Egger & Lawrence Ramos

OR

Significant Benefits-to-Cost Ratio for Relationship Education





2. Highlights from Local Evaluations at Responsible Fatherhood Programs from 2020 to 2025






3.The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release the 2025 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates and 1-year Supplemental Estimates on Oct. 29.




4. Are married mums really happier?




5. 

Who thrives, who struggles? Intersectional patterns of social-emotional health in adolescence


Alberto Amadori, 
Stephen T. Russell

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022440526000646

OR

State of the Science: Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Couple Therapy and Secondary Interventions


Maya Metser-Waldman a, Brian D. Doss a

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789426000985




6. Self-Esteem as a Shared Resource Beyond Romantic Relationships: An Extension Into Friendships and Parental Relationships

Lisa B. Hoplock , Jessica J. Cameron , and Kelley J. Robinson






7. Abstaining from sex: An examination of adult outcomes of female purity pledgers using AddHealth data

 Chancey Herbolsheimer





8, The Second Big Bang Starts at the Kitchen Table

Seth Eisenberg






9. Opinion: Hookup culture isn’t working. Young people are hungry for something better

Tim Rarick

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2026/10/24/hookup-culture-is-harming-young-people/




10. Why $100k at 25 is more powerful than an inheritance at 55







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1. Does Marriage Just Get Harder?

John & Sofia Cuddeback





2. Our kids are more than their problems—let’s act like it 

Kris Anderson Moore | TEDxFoggyBottom







3. Pooling risk to pay for long-term services and supports

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/pooling-risk-to-pay-for-long-term-services-and-supports/




4. What Scientists Miss When They Dismiss Popular Ideas About Relationships

 Emily A. Impett

https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/impett-what-scientists-miss-when-they-dismiss-popular-ideas-about-relationships




5. Lean In or Lighten Up? In Defense of Good-Enough Marriages

By Alan J. Hawkins



OR



 Can We Use AI to Assist with RE Curriculum Development? 10 Practical Considerations





6. ACF Announces Call for Recommendations on Domestic Violence Prevention and Support Programs and Services to Help Strengthen Families





7. How Do You Raise Kids to Be Emotionally Mature?

Juli Fraga, Lindsay C. Gibson




8. Parental-couple well-being and relationship stability four years following childbirth: a mixed-methods study



9. Temporary Assistance for Two-Parent Families in Texas: Reorienting TANF Toward Integral Human Development and Flourishing

Noah Torres, Hannah Bruck





10. Why can’t some men see a way forward?

Bruno Manno





11. Reflections of the Nation’s Former Marriage Czar




12. Fertility Needs Friendship

Lyman Stone

https://www.americanreformer.org/p/fertility-needs-friendship




FYI
They call us ‘contamination’ – and want us dismantled!




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1. Marriage Every Day®




2. U.S. Census Bureau Hosts 2025 American Community Survey 1-year Estimates Prerelease Webinar





3. Generation Uncoupled

By Daniel A. Cox






4. There’s a simple way to become a better listener. Most of us don’t do it.



OR

The one thing strong couples do when they fight

Anna Borges







5. Genes And Family, Not Just Phones, May Drive The Teen Screen-Depression Link

Research led by Tong Gong and Yi Lu (Karolinska Institutet)





6. Access for All through the Alabama Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Initiative

Francesca Adler-Baeder





7. Why Commitment Still Matters in the Age of AI Companions

D. Scott Sibley Ph.D., LMFT, CFLE  and 

https://decidetocommit.com/why-commitment-still-matters-in-the-age-of-ai-companions/




8. Operationalizing deployment history: Three approaches to examining associations with military couples’ marital satisfaction

Julia Janeczko,Catherine Walker O’Neal & Mallory Lucier-Greer

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08995605.2026.2743422#abstract




9. Special Report from the CDC: A literature review and update of the evidence in the intimate partner violence prevention resource for action☆

Denise V. D’Angelo, Lane Welsh, Matthew J. Breiding, Jenny Dills, Candace Girod, Grace S. Liu, Marissa Goodson, Norah W. Friar, Haley Stolp




11. Is the Rise in Cohabitation Fueling a Marriage Slowdown?

Delano Squires

https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/the-rise-cohabitation-fueling-marriage-slowdown




12. Amoris Laetitia meeting, October 9: prelates discuss young people and the discovery of the vocation to marriage







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1. The Couple Relationship Skills Inventory: Is There Added Benefit of Partner's Report?






2. Loneliness Linked To Nearly 6 Fewer Years Free Of Depression, Anxiety

Research led by Lu Qi (Tulane University)





3. CONNECTING, COLLABORATING, AND CONTRIBUTING: SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONAL SKILLS FOR THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD

Natalie Saragosa-Harris, PhD and Meghan Lynch Forder, MA

https://developingadolescent.ucla.edu/resource/connecting-collaborating-and-contributing/ 






4. Supportive Adult Connections, Teen Pregnancy, and Youth Mental Health

Beckwith, S. Mihalec-Adkins, B., Huang, L. A., Smith, S., & Tallant, J.





5. How high‑quality friendship supports teen well‑being

Ryan J. Persram







6. Sliding vs Deciding: Why Moving in Should Come After Marriage

Untold





7. You Can't Teach a Flooded Brain: The Neuroscience of Why Mind Matters Comes First

Oct 14, 2026 04:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)







8. Behind the Research: A Straus Scholar's Summer at the Institute for Family Studies

Matthew Minsk (YC '26)





9. The Missing Measure: Family Structure and Child Outcomes

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM ET
https://www.aei.org/events/the-missing-measure-family-structure-and-child-outcomes/




10. The rise of dual income households and female breadwinners

By Abby Alecock





11. SmartLoving: The Dating Recession

Francine & Byron Pirola






12. Universities to provide courses on family life






Thanks
Bill

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2. 

How to Get More Boys in the Game?

Too many boys and men are struggling at school, at work, and in their families and communities. Sport can help prepare youth to thrive in life. Upon seeing declines in boys’ participation rates, we partnered with the American Institute of Boys and Men to understand boys’ experiences today and offer ideas on how to deliver on the promise of sports for their development.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

How to Get More Boys in the Game?

Too many boys and men are struggling at school, at work, and in their families and communities. Sport can help prepare youth to thrive in life. Upon seeing declines in boys’ participation rates, we partnered with the American Institute of Boys and Men to understand boys’ experiences today and offer ideas on how to deliver on the promise of sports for their development.





3. Latino Families See Family Unity as the Cornerstone of FlourishingLatino Families See Family Unity as the Cornerstone of Flourishing






4. The Stability Advantage – Marriage, Family Breakdown and Poverty in the UK

Dr Harry Benson for CSJ

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/the-stability-advantagehttps://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/the-stability-advantage






5. [PDF] The Evolving Marriage Gap in Children's Outcomes: Family Structure and Young Adult Outcomes Revisited

MS Kearney, P Levine, A Barson - NBER Working Paper, 2026






6. How to make – and keep – friends as a grownup, according to science







7. First Things First: When marriage becomes management

 Lauren Hall







8. Why Are More Young Adults Living with Their Parents?



https://crr.bc.edu/why-are-more-young-adults-living-with-their-parents




9. “God does not make mistakes.” Lou Holtz’s first letter to Notre Dame parents still reads like a coaching manifesto

By Scott Roussel






10. Here’s Fulton Sheen’s advice for a happy marriage







Thanks
Bill
Biking sections of GAP trail north of Meyersdale, PA
https://www.adventurelodgingllc.com/great-allegheny-airstream-orp5b5f8cbx
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1. What AI is doing to young brains

 Zara Abrams






2. 

Dating Education Action Network (DEAN)

  

 Launch Event


We invite practitioners, researchers, faith leaders, advocates, and teachers to become part of this movement. DEAN will hold its official online kick-off meeting on October 7, 2026. Registration

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN5BwMWdw6uwfsiNb1WuTQzrnzWOy-bAxVsnVK50uOvaq4NQ/viewform




3. I’m a psychologist who studies couples: Emotionally intelligent partners ask 1 question every morning—that most neglect




4. [PDF] Quality over quantity? Couple financial communication and relationship satisfaction

J Peetz, MT Saxey - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2026






5. America has 30 million single young men. Even Utah is feeling it

Reagan Campbell

https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/09/23/epidemic-single-young-men/




6. Condom Brand Tulipán Unveils Perfume for a Generation That Isn’t Having Sex






7. Is the Black family vanishing?

https://www.ccv.org/article/is-the-black-family-vanishing




8. ‘We’re not married for a reason’: why couples are rejecting Labour’s reforms

Alex Marsh is a Money writer

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/couples-saying-no-to-marriage-reforms/




9. The Marriage Deficit Is an Economic Catastrophe

A Commentary By Stephen Moore


Kate Eshleman, PsyD, a psychologist with Cleveland Clinic Children’s

https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2026/09/23/importance-of-eating-dinner-as-a-family




Thanks
Bill


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1. "How to Be a Peacemaker in an Age of Contempt: A Book Event with Governor Spencer Cox" on 

Thursday, September 17, 2026, 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET.







2. The fatherhood trait that keeps children from shipwrecking

Annie Holmquist






3. U.S. Real Median Household Income Reached Record High in 2025

Zach Scherer

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/09/median-household-income.html




4. Relationship Surveys May All Be Measuring The Same Feeling

Research led by James J. Kim (Lakehead University)

https://studyfinds.com/relationship-surveys-measuring-same-feeling/




5. Lives, Choices and Futures

the United Nations Population Fund asked 108,926 young adults across 73 countries what their ideal future looked like. Seven in ten said marriage

United Nations Population Fund, 2026. Lives, Choices and Futures: What Young People Want and What Shapes their Decisions about Relationships and Parenthood – Findings from the Demographic Futures Survey 2026. New York: UNFPA.




6. [September 22, 2026] The Father-Friendly Action Planning Workshop

NFI

https://www.fatherhoodpractitioners.org/courses/live-september-22-2026-ffactionplanning-public-webinar-training?






7. [PDF] The Ideational Turn in Assortative Mating

Y Wang - Sociology Compass, 2026
Yanwen Wang, Division of Social Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE






8. Do Communication Patterns Predict Marital Satisfaction?

Clemmons, Sharon
.   Capella University ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  2026. 







9. What If More People Knew There Were Skills to Repair Relationships?

Rachel Marmor

https://fatherhoodchannel.com/2026/07/29/what-if-more-people-knew-there-were-skills-to-repair-relationships/




10. Catholic couples invited to take part in national marriage survey

https://catholicweekly.com.au/catholic-couples-national-marriage-survey/




11. Teens need more places to meet IRL — their future success may depend on it


Or one of the "related stories" in green bar at the top of that piece





12. Mental health advice from graduate professors

Avery Warden






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Looking at Working Class Men's relationships, data from a marriage-oriented dating app, rising materialism, plus the latest from IFS.
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Family and Nothing Else: Relationships And Purpose for Working-Class Men

by Sam Pressler


Family is often described as the anchor or foundation of a robust relational life. For some working-class men, it’s family and nothing else.


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Wine Moms Switched To Weed, But Their Wounds Haven’t Changed

by Jenet Erickson


We have sold an entire generation of mothers the same quiet proposition: that the way through the difficulty of raising a young child is to feel less of it.


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Materialism And Marriage

by Jason S. Carroll

A family-focused, non-partisan review of the Vice President’s new memoir


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What Do Men Want In A Wife? Evidence From A Matchmaking App

by Rosemary L. Hopcroft



Both men and women who use Keeper want many of the same things in a long-term partner, but men state stronger preferences for youth and beauty.


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What Women On A Matchmaking Site Are Looking For In A Husband

by Rosemary L. Hopcroft



Women’s preferences for a spouse are quite similar to men’s. They place greater weight than men on a potential spouse’s ability to provide for a family.


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In The News This Week

  1. Lyman Stone wrote an op-ed for The New York Times about impending population decline


  2. Peter Foreshaw Brookes appeared on EWTN News Nightly to discuss the state of American fertility


  3. Peter Foreshaw Brookes was quoted in a National Review piece about friendship and fertility


  4. Brad Wilcox went on the Isabel Brown Show to discuss marriage, dating, and happiness


  5. Brad Wilcox joined the Washington Post’s Make it Make Sense podcast to talk all thing relationships


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]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2329076 2026-09-10T14:02:13Z 2026-09-10T14:02:14Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Fewer People Are Going to Become Grandparents—and No One Has Acknowledged Their Grief

By Laurie Yarnell





2. Family Obligations? Working-Class Older Parents’ Relational Work in Support of their Young Adult Children

Rona Ziv  and Orly Benjaminhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0307-9442





3. Over 1 in 3 young Japanese not interested in tying the knot, survey finds








Dr. Scott M. Stanley


https://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/




5. How Half-Listening Undermines Your Marriage






6. All or Nothing: How Ambivalence and Indifference Shape the Initiation, Maintenance, and Dissolution of Romantic Relationships

Mirna Đurić1 | Francesca Righetti2 | Giulia Zoppolat3 | Iris K. Schneider4

https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/spc3.70168




7. I do not have access to this article
Indirect Effects of Individual-Oriented Relationship Education on Children's Social-Emotional Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial of MotherWise

Jenny Lee 1, Yunying Le 1, Galena K Rhoades 1

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42675014/




8. [PDF] Mentalization and couple relationships: A systematic review of associations and interventions

K Hurman, M Shaikh, T Greene, C O'Driscoll - Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory …, 2026





9. Testing the Extrinsic Convergent Validity of Relationship Quality Constructs

  • Charlotte A. Sudduth1,2
    orcid icon
  • Jeffry A. Simpson1
    orcid icon
  • Alexander J. Rothman











11. Doing Future and Love, Marriage, and Family

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-52371-8_9




12. ACF Awards $7.3 Million to Help States Build Prevention Infrastructure to Reduce Foster Care Entries





13. On the Shortage of Marriageable Women






]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2326915 2026-09-03T11:12:45Z 2026-09-03T11:12:45Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. How to Increase Compassion and Lower Contempt in Relationships





2. Mapping the Mystery of Humanity

https://globalflourishingstudy.com/



3. Strong Marriages.
Whole Families.




4. 

Why Young Men Are Opting Out of Work | Tanveer Ahmed







6.  Downloadable Resource for Parents: The Magic Tablet

https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/screen-use-harms/index.html#magic-tablet



7. Singapore offers families financial support as birth rate hits record low






8. When Men Become Optional, Babies Disappear

Rob Henderson






9.  Lessons From the Field: Designing Professional Development for Military Family Practitioners

 Kalin Goble Mathis1 | Nichole Huff2 | Kristen Jowers2 | Kayla Reed-Fitzke3 | Jasmine Lewis1 | Molly Herndon1 | Kathleen Hlavaty4

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/fare.70271




10. A Preliminary Test of the Comprehensive Model of Post-Dissolution Distress: Predicting Initial and Over Time Changes in Distress Following Romantic Dissolution

  • René M. Dailey1
    orcid icon
  • Zhengyu Zhang2
    orcid icon
  • Lingzi Zhong3
    orcid icon
  • Kyle Kearns1
  • Sarah Varga4





11. How Appropriated Racial Oppression Impacts Black Parent-Child Discussions on Race

https://jbhe.com/2026/08/how-appropriated-racial-oppression-impacts-black-parent-child-discussions-on-race/



12. Couple to climb Kilimanjaro to celebrate 60 years of marriage

by: MacKenzie Michalojko




13 https://www.marriageinitiatives.org/
Number and Timing of Grant Awards.  Since 2022, the CMI Fund has offered seven rounds of grants, and awarded grants to sixteen organizations. The deadline for the eighth round is 11:59 pm ET on:

                       Application          Grant Period

   Round #      Due Date             Begins

        8              9/15/2026           10/16/2026








]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2324618 2026-08-27T14:53:20Z 2026-08-27T14:53:24Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Is Your Marriage a Conspiracy Against the World?

Nicole Ruiz and Leah Libresco Sargeant







2. The decisions we should make





3. No one should have to win the financial or legal lottery to become a parent.

https://wapo.st/4cgC2M2 

OR

Extreme inequality is commonplace, so why do people accept it?





4. Michael J. McManus, syndicated columnist of ‘The Northern Perspective,’ ‘Solutions’ and ‘Ethics & Religion’ dies at 85

Author of Marriage Savers and Community Marriage Policies

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/michael-j-mcmanus-syndicated-columnist,262623





5. Building the Benedict Option

Restoring the Social Order Within Our Homes and Churches - Part III

https://instituteofcatholicculture.org/events/building-the-benedict-option/video/1221622779





6. Do You Compare Yourself to Your Partner? It’s Not All Bad

 Zachary Reese







9. Generation AI starts early symposium

9/9 @9am 

https://www.brookings.edu/events/generation-ai-starts-early-symposium/







10. Appropriated racial oppression shapes Black parents’ socialization of children

Sharita Forrest

https://news.illinois.edu/appropriated-racial-oppression-shapes-black-parents-socialization-of-children/




11. Dolly Parton and Carl Dean’s love story: Inside their 60-year relationship

Brianna Zigler

https://ew.com/dolly-parton-and-carl-dean-inside-their-60-year-love-story-12068031




12. Young people still see marriage as ‘ultimate sign of commitment’

Obianuju Mbah










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2. The World’s Best Managers with Emily Oster

https://earlychildhoodmatters.online/birth-of-a-parent-podcast/





3. Healthy Relationships Florida partners with churches and relationship-education organizations

https://healthyrelationshipsflorida.org/partner





4.  Harmonies of Taste: Shared Music Preferences and Compatibility in Romantic Relationships

 Julia Vigl, Felix Lene Ihrig, Miriam Greif, and Marcel Zentner






5. Love Without Becoming the Therapist: How to Support a Traumatized Partner ...

By Calvin Larkin Tanne


John S. Collier, MSW, LCSW-S 

https://sekybh.com/tag/intentionality/




7. Registration for Winshape 2027 retreats is officially LIVE!

 https://marriage.winshape.org/upcoming-events/



8. The spatial distribution of the U.S. childfree population: Does state context matter?

Zachary P. Neal ,Jennifer Watling Neal






9. Fatherhood and motherhood reshape the importance people place on marriage, according to a study






10. Most U.S. adults have lived with a romantic partner they’re not married to by their early 40s






Lexi DeHart





Thanks
Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2319894 2026-08-13T15:27:26Z 2026-08-13T15:27:27Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Conjoint Exercise among young married couples: Exploring associations with couple conflict, conflict resolution, and communication

OR 





2. Watching TV Together Can Bring Couples Closer

David Haruvi, Yael Bar‐Shachar, and Eran Bar‐Kalifa





3. Brothers and sisters

 Anatoly Liberman





4. The Secret To Lasting Love May Be Hidden In Mathematical Equations

Laurent Pujo-Menjouet (University of Lyon I)

https://studyfinds.com/the-secret-to-lasting-love-mathematical-equations/




5. The 5 R’s for Easing Back-to-School Stress

Rachel Glik Ed.D., LPC for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creating-soulful-connections/202608/the-5-rs-for-easing-back-to-school-stress




6. Student loan borrowers face steeper ‘marriage penalty’ under new repayment plan

Annie Nova

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/student-loan-marriage-penalty-rap.html





7. ‘Ring By Spring’: A View Into Christian College Dating Culture

Cassidy Grom

https://religionunplugged.com/news/ring-by-spring-break-christian-college-experience




8. More young Korean women are saying 'I do' as their marriage concerns ease


https://collectivekindness.net/academy/newlyweds-course



10. The objectives of pastoral accompaniment for married couples in the first years of married life in the light of the documents Amoris Laetitia and Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life

Jacek Goleń, Julia Gorbaniuk






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]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2316371 2026-08-03T22:37:05Z 2026-08-03T22:37:06Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Beyond Reassurance: How Commitment Creates Relationship Security

Brooklynn Garcia and 

https://decidetocommit.com/beyond-reassurance-how-commitment-creates-relationship-security/






2. Too much information or not enough? How self-disclosure in online dating profiles influences attraction and relationship intentions

Birnbaum, G.E., Refaeli, Y., Zholtack, K. et al

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-026-09787-y




3. U.S. Instates Military Wife Draft





4. Forever Love with Calvin Copeland

https://www.lightsource.com/ministry/forever-love/series/the-national-alliance-for-relationship-and-marriage-education-narme




5. Free therapy course prepares Florida clinicians to better serve youth and families

Child and Family Studies, College News





6. Being a mother affects health more than being a father

Anna Barbuscia







7. Benefits of middle school program trickle down to next generation

by Aaron Wagner, Pennsylvania State University

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-benefits-middle-school-trickle-generation.html




8. Regulations Are Keeping Families Smaller Than They Want to Be

Anna Claire Flowers, Vincent Geloso, Clara Piano, Lyman Stone

https://www.city-journal.org/article/childcare-regulations-fertility-families




9. Family Structure, a Key Factor Hidden in Plain Sight: The Case for Federal Reporting in Education

Ian V. Rowe, Brad Wilcox, Grant Bailey


 Marilyn La Jeunesse





Thanks
Bill
rainy day in OBX




]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2312342 2026-07-23T01:48:00Z 2026-07-23T01:48:01Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. New York’s Child Welfare Agency Launches Plan to Involve More Fathers in Their Children’s Lives




2. Together but Alone: Understanding Silent Divorce





3. Families Under Pressure: The State of Family Life

 Elizabeth Raws, Eren Ince, Narendra Bhalla,  Emily Blackshaw and Rosemary Spillman







4. “The most important thing is forgiveness”: Chair of Marriage Care reflects on the ingredients for a strong relationship

Roger Carr-Jones, Chair of Marriage Care

https://zenit.org/2026/07/10/the-most-important-thing-is-forgiveness-chair-of-marriage-care-reflects-on-the-ingredients-for-a-strong-relationship/




5. A Blueprint for Connection: Mapping Interconnected Patterns of Relationship Change in Couples Using the Agapé App †

by 
Ronald D. Rogge
 1,2,*,
Jenna A. Macri
 1,
Khadesha Okwudili
 2 and
Dev Crasta
  

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/16/7/1182




6.  Romantic Relationships and Socioeconomic Status as Independent Predictors of Health and Wellbeing: Evidence From the United States and Spain

 Inmaculada Valor-Segura1 , Mar´ıa Alonso-Ferres1 and Hannah C. Williamson2







7. Psychologist tips to reduce children's screen time


https://www.corowafreepress.com.au/news/psychologist-tips-to-reduce-childrens-screen-time/

OR

What AIFS' family formation research could mean for early childhood education and care

Fiona Alston





8. What's Behind the Rise of the Beta Mom







9. You can now get marriage advice from your car






Back in early August
Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2310156 2026-07-16T19:25:10Z 2026-07-16T19:25:12Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Across Cultures, One Key to Happiness Stands Out

Tim Lomas







2. 2025 Survey of Income and Program Participation






3. Why Forgiveness Is Good for Your Health

Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas






4. Can Family and Friends Make or Break a Marriage?

Rosie Shrout

https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/shrout-family-friends-marriage-stability




5. Lord Bailey on the rich keeping marriage for themselves





6. "Dating, Relationships, and Mental Well-Being"

The Dibble Institute, in conjunction with the Senate Mental Health Caucus, invites you to a congressional briefing on "Dating, Relationships, and Mental Well-Being.”

Wednesday, August 5th, 2026.
Lunch and learn from 12:00-1:00 pm.
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 188.





7. [HTML] Economic Costs and Benefits of the Digital OurRelationship Program for Distressed Couples

BD Doss, S Guttman, M Metser‐Waldman, N Ajmera… - Family Process, 2026















10. [PDF] A Longitudinal Examination of Sexual Functioning and Relationship Adjustment in Couples with Infertility

M Uhlich, ZD Peterson - The Journal of Sex Research, 2026





11. FOR THE LOVE OF RELATIONSHIPS – Healthy Marriage: A Pathway to Human Flourishing

Joneen Mackenzie






]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2307533 2026-07-09T05:02:19Z 2026-07-09T05:02:20Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five # 617
1.The Stability Advantage

Marriage Foundation research director Dr Harry Benson


OR

[PDF] The Timing of Marriage and Union Dissolution


H Benson - Marriage, 2026





2. Behaviors Associated With Improved Relationship Satisfaction: Examining Change in the Relationship Checkup
Erica A Mitchell 1,✉, Patricia N E Roberson 2, Desirée S Woodle 3, James V Cordova 4, Kristina Coop Gordon 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13282717/



3. Call for Papers: Health Communication

Submit your research to a Special Issue on Digital Mental Health: The Intersection of Information, Media Technology, Mental Health, and Communicative Processes.

Manuscript Deadline: 31 July 2026

Find out more




4. Sustainable marriage: A longitudinal assessment of the styles of marital relationships and marital quality of long-lasting married couples in Switzerland

Olga Ganjour
 &
Eric D. Widmer






5. Couple Relationships and Interaction During Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Review of Key Relational Dynamics
Yujia Huang 1,A,E,F, Xueni Xiao 1,E,F, Chaojun Shan 2,3,E,F, Chuanya Huang 

7. Family expectations reduce the risk of postpartum depression among mothers but not fathers












9. [PDF] Romantic Relationships and Socioeconomic Status as Independent Predictors of Health and Wellbeing: Evidence From the United States and Spain

I Valor-Segura, M Alonso-Ferres, HC Williamson - Journal of Social and Personal …, 2026




10. The role of parental control apps and parental knowledge in adolescents' sleep-related screen use: A nationwide study





11.  Have rising living standards pushed marriage out of reach?

Rachel Sheffield:   TribLive

https://community.triblive.com/news/4083896



12. The surprising factor shaping young Australians' family plans

 Mikele Syron, SBS News























































]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2302642 2026-06-25T16:09:49Z 2026-06-25T16:09:50Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. General call for submissions

Applied Studies in Emerging Adulthood welcomes submissions



OR

What you need to know before sharing your child’s life online


By Efua Andoh


https://www.apa.org/monitor/2026/06/parents-children-sharing-online





2. When Love Lives in Two Places: The Work of Loving Across Distance





4. Couple's conflict among veterans seeking PTSD treatment

EP Barden, M Zegel, J Dunham, FO Nomamiukor… - Military Psychology, 2026










6. Diversifying research on the transition to parenthood: Recruitment of a sample of ethnic minority, low-income prenatal couples.

HC Williamson, PH Chen, D Esquivel Cantu, N Garcia… - Couple and Family …, 2026






7. [HTML] Intimate Relationship Types as Quality-of-Life Predictors in Emerging Adulthood

P Baboš, G Bianchi, I Lukšík - Human Affairs, 2026





8. Love Apocalypse: New Intimacies and the Decline of Marriage and Fertility

H Härkönen, S Volsche, A Romanowicz, I Torras… - 2026




9. 

Depressive and anxiety symptoms in mothers and fathers and child socioemotional outcomes: A nationwide Canadian study


Mark Wade a, Lydia M Li a, Elisabeth Wright b c, Flavia Marini d, Rahman Shiri e, Simone Vigod b c, Hilary K. Brown f g, Sophie Grigoriadis b h, Alessandra Prioreschi i, Stephen Matthews j, Cindy-Lee Dennis b d k







10. Sustainable marriage: A longitudinal assessment of the styles of marital relationships and marital quality of long-lasting married couples in Switzerland

Olga Ganjour
 &
Eric D. Widmer







11. Can You and Your Partner Build a Life Together?

Dr. Gary W. Lewandowski Jr.





12. The costly retreat from marriage and family







13. How Fathers Spend Time With Their Children

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/fathers-spend-time-children



Thanks
Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2300502 2026-06-18T15:28:55Z 2026-06-18T15:28:56Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. ACF's National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2026 (6/22-24)

Virtual App and Livestream




2. 

Look up poverty rates in your local area






3. Landmark study exposes catastrophic “systemic underestimation” of the importance of marriage

Alistair Thompson - The Editor


Kim Nam-myung

https://en.sedaily.com/finance/2026/06/10/korea-moves-to-scrap-marriage-penalty-that-delayed




5. Using Active Listening to Build Stronger Two-Parent Households and Improve TANF Participant Outcomes

PeerTA Resources (OFA Initiatives)




6. How to support young people on the road to adulthood


By Zara Abrams






7.  Happily Ever After? Singles’ Expectations of Romantic Relationships Are Associated With Singlehood Satisfaction and Future Romantic Outcomes

 Tayler Wells, Elaine Hoan, and Geoff MacDonald




OR


Inspiring Better Relationships? The Role of Trait Charisma in Conflict Resolution and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction

 Eric Tu, Haeyoung Gideon Park, Stephanie Raposo, Rhonda N. Balzarini, Emily A. Impett, Cheryl Harasymchuk and Amy Muise







8. 

Is a happy marriage a double-edged sword for biological aging? Preliminary evidence for the moderating role of couples’ health behaviors


Stephanie J. Wilson a, Annelise A. Madison b, M. Rosie Shrout c, Lisa M. Christian d e, Elissa S. Epel f, Christin E. Burd g, Jue Lin h, Samuel H. Molli a, Rebecca Andridge i, Harry T. Reis j, Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser d e

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0889159126006173





9. Limited Blog Series: The Power of Accountability in Fathering

Christopher A. Brown  President of National Fatherhood Initiative® (NFI)





10. Ohio Spends $122M Preventing Out-of-Wedlock Babies, Starves Marriage Support

https://www.ccv.org/news/ohio-spends-122m-preventing-out-of-wedlock-babies-starves-marriage-support





11. How to Flourish: What Research Tells Us
  • Human Flourishing Program Team

https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/post/how-to-flourish





12. Why fatherhood matters more than ever before

Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences





Thanks.
Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2296138 2026-06-04T16:05:11Z 2026-06-04T16:05:12Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Mental health: although screens can play a negative role, more than 6 out of 10 people turn to artificial intelligence for psychological support




2.  Happily Ever After? Singles’ Expectations of Romantic Relationships Are Associated With Singlehood Satisfaction and Future Romantic Outcomes

 Tayler Wells, Elaine Hoan, and Geoff MacDonald





3. [PDF] The timing of marriage and risk of union dissolution among first-time parents in the UK

H Benson - 2026
… marriage and its timing, using these patterns as potential indicators of underlying
dedication. Findings show that half of the couples were married before conception,





4. Dyadic Strengths-based Appreciation Intervention for Siblings: Improving Relationship Quality and Well-being

Hadassah Littman-Ovadia

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41042-026-00292-y



5. Call her normal? What Americans think about sex and marriage

https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/54873-call-her-normal-what-americans-think-about-sex-and-marriage



6. How Marriage Changes Over Time: 4 Stages Every Couple Should Know

Alyssa Arellano 


https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/blog/how-marriage-changes-over-time-4-stages-every-couple-should-know




7. The Working-Class Marriage Decline: How Higher Expectations and Shifting Norms, Not Wages, Are the Main Cause

Rachel Sheffield

https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/the-working-class-marriage-decline-how-higher-expectations-and-shifting




8.  TIES THAT HEAL OR HURT: MARITAL ADJUSTMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH

 Debasmita Basu, Debisha Dey, Arghadeep Ghosh 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Debisha-Dey/publication/405133423_Chapter_5_TIES_THAT_HEAL_OR_HURT_MARITAL_ADJUSTMENT_AND_MENTAL_HEALTH/links/6a0fdbafe93d46191596b75b/Chapter-5-TIES-THAT-HEAL-OR-HURT-MARITAL-ADJUSTMENT-AND-MENTAL-HEALTH.pdf




9. [PDF] WHAT MAKES MEN MARRIAGEABLE?

RR Xu - 2026, UVA

This paper focuses on the attributes of marriageable men, particularly in the US.
Rooted in psychological and sociological evidence, I will articulate five
characteristics of men that are strongly conducive to long-lasting marital satisfaction
for their spouses and therefore make them marriageable





10. How Do U.S. Men and Women Spend Their Time?

Kiley Hurst, Nick Zanetti, John Carlo MandapatandReem Nadeem





11. Examining Trends in California’s Birth Rates

Hans Johnson, Julien Lafortune, and Eric McGhee






12. How do location-sharing apps impact relationships?

Brian Mackey: From Illinois Public Media




13. Simple Family Routines May Be the Secret to a Smoother Start at School

By Aaron Wagner, Penn State




Thanks
Bill




]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2293813 2026-05-28T16:20:53Z 2026-05-28T16:20:54Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Educating boys: Bridging gaps, building futures (ANNALS Volume 716)




2. Limited Blog Series: How to Create Healthy Fathering Habits

Christopher A. Brown

https://www.fatherhood.org/championing-fatherhood/how-to-create-healthy-fathering-habits

OR

The 2026 National Fatherhood Summit

 

 August 3-5 in Dallas, Texas







3. The Success Sequence: How Young People Can Pursue Success Today | Brad Wilcox Interview





5. How Can Families Cope With Stress Together?

Juli Fraga





6. The Dating Recession: Insights from the 2025 National Dating Landscape Survey




7. Money Conversations With Your Partner Will Go Better Than You Think

Ximena Garcia-Rada and Grant E. Donnelly

https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/garcia-rada-donnelly-money-conversations-partner

OR

Financial Satisfaction Among Married Women

 Tanaka Chimbane, Ph.D. Sonya Lutter, Ph.D. Texas Tech University Jeremy B. Yorgason, Ph.D. Erin K. Holmes, Ph.D. Brigham Young University

https://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1460&context=jft


  


8. Having Three Or More Kids May Cut Women’s Stroke Risk In Half, Study Finds

By StudyFinds Analysis, Reviewed by John Anderer

https://studyfinds.com/having-three-or-more-kids-cut-womens-stroke-risk/




9. The Impacts of Digital Technology on Human Relationships: How Smartphones, Social Media, Pornography, and AI Chatbots Threaten Sex, Marriage, and Fertility

By Clare Morell and Chloe Lawrence


https://eppc.org/publication/tech-and-human-relationship/




10. The association between parent–child and peer relationship quality in adolescence and intimate partner relationship quality in young adulthood: A two-cohort longitudinal investigation

Khya Marabel-Whitburn, Emma M. Marshall, Craig A. Olsson, Jacqui A. Macdonald, Elizabeth A. Spry, Stephanie R. Aarsman, Primrose Letcher, Tina Kretschmer, Christopher J. Greenwood 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jora.70184



11. [PDF] Fertility awareness and choices amongst youngsters

AH Balen, G Dugdale - Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2026





12. Self-Expansion Activities with a Partner as One Path to Well-Being

by 
Arthur Aron
 1,* and
Jennifer M. Tomlinson

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/16/5/700




Thanks
Bill


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Could IFS replicate Stinnett's research or ask folks on a survey to rank out the six "secrets"


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From: Alan Hawkins <alan.hawkins@usu.edu>
Date: Mon, May 11, 2026, 10:45 PM
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To: Bill Coffin <billcoffin68@gmail.com>


Bill, here is a copy of AI-assisted RE article we worked on. Alna
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13. The Love and Flourishing Interest Group of the Flourishing Network, convened by the Harvard Human Flourishing Program (Co-Chaired by Matthew Lee and Jelena Nikolic), will host a first public online event on May 12, 2026, at 10:00 am ET (Eastern U.S.).  Please share this invitation widely with anyone who might be interested in the topic:  "AI, Love, and Human Flourishing." This event involves a presentation and dialogue with Nicolas M. Donofrio, a distinguished technology and innovation leader whose career has included senior executive roles at IBM and influential positions across academia, industry, and government.

See the attached poster for QR code for free registration




1. Let Them Be Bored: Why Your Kids Need More Free Time

Desiree English






2. Turn your expertise into Media Coverage!

https://www.brainzmagazine.com/contribute-brainz



3. Mitigating Digital Risk and Promoting Well-being for Youth

Wednesday, May 20, 2026, ⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM CT

Register now: https://shorturl.at/iDWap




4. Psychology researcher focuses on the dynamics in cross-cultural couples
  
Jennifer Micale






5. The Impacts of Digital Technology on Human Relationships: How Smartphones, Social Media, Pornography, and AI Chatbots Threaten Sex, Marriage, and Fertility





8. More UK deaths than births expected every year from now on, ONS projects

Robert Cuffe, Head of Statistics and
Harriet Agerholm, Senior data journalist, BBC Verify

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgpjd2zzl8o



9. Women Now Have Higher Fertility Rates Than Men for First Time in History

Research led by Henrik-Alexander Schubert (Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research)

https://studyfinds.com/women-have-higher-fertility-rates-than-men-first-time/




10. Why Depression and Relationship Satisfaction Affect Each Other Over Time

Danielle M. Weber, Steven R. H. Beach, and Justin A. Lavner





11. The Vatican is preparing for the summit convened by Pope Leo XIV to address the crisis in marriage.




12. Please also consider joining us for our next gathering on Zoom, this coming Wednesday, May 13th, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm. This extended session is dedicated to hearing from FBI Baltimore's Joint Terrorism Task Force about various online networks targeting underage populations, specifically those engaged in Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE). The goal is to make you aware of the social media risks plaguing young people today, and to share ways you can help to educate parents and those working with young people. Pastors, educators, and other leaders are welcome to attend. We currently plan to use our standard meeting link.

Join if you have time.







Thanks
Bill







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1. Longitudinal associations between service member problematic anger and marital dysfunction in U.S. military couples: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Program






2. “I teach her at home”: Home learning environments amid resource constraints
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.70200





3. 100+ marriage tips










5. I don't have access
Peer‐facilitated HMRE programming: A successful approach for emerging adult relationship education

A McElwain, S Su - Family Relations, 2026







6. [PDF] Digital dating abuse: a grounded theory study

T Rocha-Silva, C Nogueira, L Rodrigues - 2026






7. Researching infant cues and rhythms: Q&A with Bethany Lee, Nancy McElwain and Corrie Penrod



By Grace Hebron

https://magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/bolstering-black-fatherhood-baltimore




9. The Vanishing Immigrant Marriage Advantage: How Assimilation Leads to Fewer Marriages

https://manhattan.institute/article/the-vanishing-immigrant-marriage-advantage-how-assimilation-leads-to-fewer-marriages




10. The Vatican is preparing for the summit convened by Pope Leo XIV to address the crisis in marriage.



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2285015 2026-04-29T20:26:36Z 2026-04-29T20:26:37Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Examining what happened to the American family with economist Melissa Kearney









loveletters@boston.com

https://www.boston.com/love-letters/dating/is-it-ok-to-get-engaged-before-youre-30/?




3. New French study: Family breakdown costs taxpayers €11 billion annually




OR

What We Get Wrong About Teaching Kids to Apologize and Forgive









5. [PDF] Turning Me Into We: A Workbook to Improve Relational Communication

 Megan N. Charchenko, Utah State University




OR

Raising young children in an AI world




7. Patriots Draft Marriage Counselor In Second Round






8. Not all blended families look like ‘The Brady Bunch’

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/family/2026/04/21/blended-families-pew-research-center-study-stepparents-stepchildren-half-siblings/



9. Free Online Workshop and CEU Alert: “Strengths-Based Suicide Assessment and Treatment”

Thursday, April 30 from 10am-noon (Eastern time)






10. Each year, the National Alliance for Relationship and Marriage Education (NARME) holds a 4-day summit. This year, we will convene in Denver, CO on July 8-11, 2026.





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1. About ProFathering15™: A Flexible, Budget-Friendly Way to Include Dads

Thursday, May 14th, 2026, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT

All
https://www.fatherhood.org/pf15-webinar?







2. Feeling Lonely Could Be More Dangerous Than Anyone Realized, Study Suggests

By StudyFinds Analysis, Reviewed by John Anderer




OR

Never Married? Research Suggests You May Face Higher Cancer Rates

A major U.S. study found that never-married adults had notably higher cancer rates than married adults across most cancer types.






3. Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years

April 30, 2026




4. Office Hours: Evaluation Q&A – Make It, Make Sense

May 14, 2026, 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time

https://nrcdv.coalitionmanager.org/eventmanager/trainingevent/details/131



5. Respond and Repair: Two Key Ingredients to Lifelong Love

OFA PeerTA






6.  Venus and Mars on Canvas: AI-Mediated Collaborative Drawing for Romantic Relationship Insight










9. Hospitable by Design: Toward Institutions and Communities That Welcome Families

Elliot Haspel, Patrick T. Brown







10. 

Strengthening special ops by supporting families







11. Q&A: What do teenagers need from their parents?

 Aaron Wagner


Gigi Duncan, NCR








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