tag:billcoffin.org,2013:/posts Coffin Corner 2020-11-19T22:14:22Z Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1619074 2020-11-19T22:14:22Z 2020-11-19T22:14:22Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Family Conflict Is Normal; It’s the Repair That Matters

DIANA DIVECHA

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




2.  Strengthening Families Legislation Introduced
 Strengthening Families for Success Act of 2020

https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ONE-PAGER_Strengthening%20Families%20for%20Success%20Act%2010.19.20%20Final.pdf




3.A Way Forward for Working Parents

 Daisy Dowling

https://hbr.org/2020/11/a-way-forward-for-working-parents?ab=hero-main-text




4. Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients, Fiscal Year 2019

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/characteristics-and-financial-circumstances-of-tanf-recipients-fiscal-year-2019




5. Emotional adaptation to relationship dissolution in parents and non-parents: A new conceptual model and measure

Abigail Millings, Shannon L. Hirst, Fuschia Sirois, Catherine Houlston

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239712




6. November 30–December 3, 2020: National Research Conference on Early Childhood (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)

http://www.nrcec.net/




7. December 3, 2020: 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-year Pre-Release Webinar

https://www.census.gov/data/academy/webinars/2020/2015-2019-acs-5-year-pre-release-webinar.html?




8. Managing Work-Family Caregiving Conflict for The Workplace of the Future

P Dombrowski-Wilson  

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/530942325/managing-work-family-caregiving-conflict-for-the-workplace-of-the-future




9. Political Divide: How To Stay Civil With Family Members This Holiday Season

https://katiecouric.com/2020-election/political-divide-how-to-stay-civil-with-family-members-this-holiday-season/?




10. The Science of Families: Nurturing Hope, Happiness, & Health

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-2021



11. Marriage-to-Divorce Ratio in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2019

Bowling Green State University  National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR) 

Leslie Reynolds

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/reynolds-marriage-divorce-ratio-geographic-variation-2017-fp-20-26.html




12. What’s the number 1 way to change your marriage? Today the Rosbergs share lessons learned from divorced people and what they say they would have done differently.

http://www.americasfamilycoaches.com/podcast/2020/11/17/the-number-one-way-to-change-your-marriage



13. Five Programs, Five Implementation Experiences: Resources for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grantees

https://www.mathematica.org/news/five-programs-five-implementation-experiences-resources-for-healthy-marriage-and-relationship



Have a great Thanksgiving

Bill


















































]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1615982 2020-11-12T19:29:21Z 2020-11-12T19:29:21Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. ‘The Origins of You’: A book event with Jay Belsky and Terrie E. Moffitt

Ian Rowe and Naomi Schaefer Riley | AEI web event on Friday, November 13

https://www.aei.org/events/the-origins-of-you-a-book-event-with-jay-belsky-and-terrie-e-moffitt/?


OR

Scott Winship on Income Inequality, Poverty, and Social Mobility

Banter: Episode 415

https://www.aei.org/multimedia/scott-winship-on-income-inequality-poverty-and-social-mobility/?




2. Ann O'Keefe Author Chat - Launching the Navy Family Support Program

Naval Historical Foundation  




3. Understanding the effects of Covid-19 through a life course lens

Richard A.Settersten, et al., Elsevier  

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040260820300393?via%3Dihub




4. Principles of excellence in Relationship Education

https://www.fastn.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=c6bc6810-ed4c-4e4a-951a-1bb3ce2551ae

OR

Ensuring all children get the best start in life: A population approach to early intervention and prevention

Daryl Higgins & Adam Dean  

https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/2020/10/20/ensuring-all-children-get-best-start-life-population-approach-early-intervention-and?



5. 

(Study) The reasons women in Germany are delaying motherhood


https://www.zavamed.com/de/zava-studie-kinderwunsch.html




6. World Kindness Day

https://inspirekindness.com/ and https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/



7. Series Webinar -- Marriage Strengthening Research (MAST) & Dissemination Center and National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
Conversation 3: Applied Research at NCHS and the Census
Webinar Date: November 19

https://mastresearchcenter.org/continuing-conversations-non-academic-career-paths-for-researchers-studying-families-and-relationships/



8. USU awarded two $5 million grants for Fatherhood and Relationship Education

https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2020/11/08/usu-awarded-two-5-million-grants-for-fatherhood-and-relationship-education/#.X61xLMhKjDc




9. What’s Love Got to Do With a Lasting Marriage?

Shoba Sreenivasan, Ph.D., and Linda E. Weinberger, Ph.D.






10.Pathways-to-Outcomes Snapshots: Tools for Building Evidence for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs


OR

Pathways-to-Outcomes: How Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Program Activities May Lead to Intended Outcomes

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/pathways-to-outcomes-how-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-program-activities-may-lead-to-intended-outcomes-webinar



11. Spirituality and the Lifetime Course of Mental Illness: Support for Patients, Caregivers, and Family by Faith Communities





12. In the chaos of raising a toddler there lies a path to nirvana

Psyche, professor Kurt Gray

https://psyche.co/ideas/in-the-chaos-of-raising-a-toddler-there-lies-a-path-to-nirvana



Thanks 
Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1611557 2020-11-02T22:21:29Z 2020-11-02T22:21:29Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Children’s well-being indicator review, UK: 2020

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/articles/childrenswellbeingindicatorreviewuk2020/2020-09-02



2. Impacts of family structure on puberty onset in girls

by BioMed Central

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-impacts-family-puberty-onset-girls.html




3. Relationship stress and COVID top military family counseling needs

by Abraham Mahshie

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/relationship-stress-and-covid-top-military-family-counseling-needs




4. Focusing on the family: policy issues in the Covid-19 era

Sue Shortland

https://www.relocatemagazine.com/articles/focusing-on-the-family-policy-issues-in-the-covid-19-era-sshortland-1020




5. The gap between the partisan couples is wider than ever.

BY JONATHAN EDWARDS

https://washingtonnewsday.com/us-politics/the-gap-between-the-partisan-couples-is-wider-than-ever/




6. 12 Questions to Ask Your Partner Before Marriage

by Léa Rose Emery

https://www.brides.com/questions-to-ask-before-marriage-5077245




7. Love and marriage in the time of the Coronavirus

 by Shmuely Boteach

http://jewishjournal.org/2020/10/29/love-and-marriage-in-the-time-of-the-coronavirus/




8. How Does an Economist View the Marriage Market?

Kristie Engemann

https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2020/october/how-economist-views-marriage-market




9. U.S. Marriage and Divorce Rates by State: 2009 & 2019

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/marriage-divorce-rates-by-state-2009-2019.html


OR

Coupled Households in the United States 

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/couple-households-acs-2019.html






10. IZA DP No. 13811: Who Married, (to) Whom, and Where? Trends in Marriage in the United States, 1850-1940

Claudia Olivetti, M. Daniele Paserman, Laura Salisbury, E. Anna Weber



OR





11. First Things First: How to agree to disagree with your spouse

Julie Baumgardner

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/life/entertainment/story/2020/oct/24/how-agree-disagree-your-spouse/534625/




12. November Is National Adoption Month: Engaging Youth Voice in Permanency Planning

Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner, Children’s Bureau  

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2020/11/november-is-national-adoption-month-engaging-youth-voice-in-permanency-planning




Thanks. We're headed to the eastern shore for a few days of biking starting Tuesday. 

Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1609865 2020-10-29T18:57:41Z 2020-10-29T18:57:41Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Chronic, Low-Level Parental Conflict Contributes To Children’s Mental Health Problems

By Chrystyna D. Kouros

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/parental-conflict-effect-on-children/


OR

Sort It Out campaign

A campaign to stop children being harmed by conflict between their warring parents

https://tavistockrelationships.ac.uk/policy-research/appg/1334-sort-it-out-campaign




2. New Research Shows The Best Way to Express Gratitude to Your Loved One, And It's Easy

CARLY CASSELLA

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-research-shows-the-best-way-to-express-gratitude-to-your-loved-one?





3. Protective Factors Framework

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/promoting/protectfactors/protective-factors/





4. HOW FAMILY SCIENCE MAKES A DIFFERENCE

https://family.science/make-a-difference

OR


FAMILIES TACKLING TOUGH TIMES TOGETHER

https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/families-together/




 
5. COVID-19 could erase parenting gains of the last 30 years

Up Front (Brookings Institution)
Rebecca Ryan, Ariel Kalil, Susan Mayer, and Rohen Shah  

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/10/26/covid-19-could-erase-parenting-gains-of-the-last-30-years/




6. National Academy of Sciences Enlists Gaming Community to Boost Public Understanding of COVID-19

https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/10/national-academy-of-sciences-enlists-gaming-community-to-boost-public-understanding-of-covid-19



7. Setting the Foundation for Safe, Supportive, and Equitable School Climates

Iris Jacob, Deborah Temkin, Rosemary Rodriguez, Obioma Okogbue, Suzanne Greenfield, Ryan Roemerman

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/setting-the-foundation-for-safe-supportive-and-equitable-school-climates



8.Strategies to Integrate Self-Regulation into Healthy Marriage Programs for Youth
 
Self-Regulation Training Approaches and Resources to Improve Staff Capacity for Implementing Healthy Marriage Programs for Youth (SARHM): Final Report

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/self-regulation-training-approaches-and-resources-to-improve-staff-capacity-for-implementing-hmre-for-youth-final-report




9. As holidays near, the coronavirus is spreading rapidly, putting families in a quandary about celebrations and travel

Joel Achenbach 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/as-the-holidays-near-the-coronavirus-is-spreading-rapidly-putting-families-in-a-quandary/2020/10/25/d22bacb2-13b1-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html



10. UCF receives $7.5 million grant to help save relationships during COVID-19
 
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/uocf-ur102120.php


OR the full list

 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE

 FY 2020 HEALTHY MARRIAGE AND RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTEES (2020 –2025)1  

 https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ofa/fy_2020_hmrf_list_of_grantees_by_state_508.pdf



11. The Hardest Fight to Have With Your Teen

Jessica Grose  

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/parenting/teens-stress-lonely-coronavirus.html




12. New online, research-based program aims to strengthen relationships

https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/new-online-research-based-program-aims-to-strengthen-relationships/article_1d484de2-76cc-5ff6-8e03-32f830054d41.html#8

UI study focuses on keys to successful romantic relationships
https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/ui-study-focuses-on-keys-to-successful-romantic-relationships/



13. Parents can create new Halloween traditions during pandemic

https://www.bsu.edu/news/press-center/archives/2020/10/parents-can-create-new-halloween-traditions-during-pandemic



Bonus for those who scroll all the way down...
https://extranewsfeed.com/donald-trump-now-1-cause-of-divorce-in-america-study-finds-345ba57c7dca



Thanks

Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1607273 2020-10-22T21:13:19Z 2020-10-22T21:13:19Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. How to Talk to Loved Ones with Differing Political Opinions

Asia McNeil  

https://councilforrelationships.org/how-to-talk-to-loved-ones-with-differing-political-opinions/?

OR

How to repair a family rift

Pam Weintraub

 https://psyche.co/guides/a-family-rift-is-locked-on-the-past-heres-how-to-move-forward




2. Reframing aging in contemporary politics

PATRICIA D'ANTONIO  

https://blog.oup.com/2020/10/reframing-aging-in-contemporary-politics/?




3. Parents are the greatest influence on children’s learning, but how can this influence be harnessed?

Jennifer E. Lansford of Duke University  

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/how-parents-can-positively-contribute-to-childrens-education/




4. How Parents Can Support Children With Special Needs During Distance Learning

 Rebecca Branstetter

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


OR

Lived experience of people with disabilities: Shaping policy and practice





5. Continuing Conversations: Non-Academic Career Paths for Researchers Studying Families and Relationships

Hosted by MAST Center & NCFR

https://www.ncfr.org/events/continuing-conversations-non-academic-career-paths-researchers-studying-families-and

OR

Special Issue Call for Papers: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lives of Emerging Adults

https://www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/2020-07/COVID-19%20Call%20for%20Papers%207-20.pdf





6. TAKING STOCK WITH TEENS - FALL 2020 INFOGRAPHIC

http://www.pipersandler.com/2col.aspx?id=6040




7. Inspiring Change 2.0

Creating impact with evidence-based implementation

https://thecenterforimplementation.teachable.com/p/inspiring-change




8. Lessons learned from a community crisis

By John Rogers and Cynthia Miller

https://ct.counseling.org/2020/10/lessons-learned-from-a-community-crisis/




9. Yes, more and more young adults are living with their parents – but is that necessarily bad?

Jeffrey Arnett  






10. ICCFR 66th annual conference, November 2020

Webinar Series: Helping Families through Separation and Divorce: Collaboration, not Confrontation, in a Plural Society

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1604792 2020-10-15T17:20:43Z 2020-10-15T17:20:44Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) continues next week

http://www.recsconference.net/index.htm



2. The lost year: How the pandemic pressed pause on the world of dating

 Olivia Petter

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/dating-pandemic-what-it-s-like-single-people-b886469.html




3. Prominent Training Organization Awarded $15M in Grants to Conduct Two Family-Strengthening Projects

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/prominent-training-organization-awarded-15m-in-grants-to-conduct-two-family-strengthening-projects-301150006.html



4. Best Practices in Relationship Education

By Sarah Hokanson

https://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/best-practices-in-relationship-education/




5. Improving our Understanding of How Family Strengthening Programs Can Address and Prevent Domestic Violence

BY SAMANTHA ILLANGASEKARE AND KRITI JAIN

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/blog/improving-understanding-prevent-domestic-violence


OR

Strengthening the Implementation of Marriage and Relationship Programs (SIMR): Program Participation Update

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/strengthening-the-implementation-of-marriage-and-relationship-programs-program-participation-update



6. Families First DC

https://cfsa.dc.gov/page/families-first-dc




7. The rise of ‘Zoom Towns’ in the rural west

Lisa Potter

https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/the-rise-of-zoom-towns-in-the-rural-west/



8. New research reveals problem drinking starts at an early age

ROSS AND RUSSEL

https://www.3aw.com.au/new-research-reveals-problem-drinking-starts-at-an-early-age/

OR

Australian males drinking during adolescence linked to riskier drinking later on, finds new report






9. Duke researchers: To improve child literacy, just text the parents

Seth Thomas Gulledge   

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2020/10/07/duke-research-child-literacy-text-parents.html




10. Are there government policies that will help the American family? We asked the experts

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/10/4/21454643/child-care-policy-families-congress-universal-health-paid-family-leave-medicaid-eitc-allowance




11. New matchmaking form facilitates 1,300 possible marriages at Yale

EMILY TIAN & RAZEL SUANSING

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/10/14/new-matchmaking-form-facilitates-1300-possible-marriages-at-yale/



12. Maximizing Tendency Predicts Delayed Marriage Among Japanese Adults

Itaru Ishiguro

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1599471 2020-10-01T16:10:09Z 2020-10-01T16:10:09Z Candidates for Friday Five ]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1599470 2020-10-01T16:08:38Z 2020-10-01T16:08:38Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Building Healthy Relationships Among DC Youth: A Universal Bullying Prevention Program

Heather Steed,Yosemary Rodriguez, Emily Katz, Dominique Parris, Brandon Stratford

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/building-healthy-relationships-among-dc-youth-a-universal-bullying-prevention-program


OR

Can Parents Prevent Bullying Among Elementary School Children?

By Bonnie Leadbeater





2. When Do Teens Feel Loved by Their Parents?

By Maryam Abdullah

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/when_do_teens_feel_loved_by_their_parents?




3. CoupleTalk will be LIVE this October!
Join us for Five Date Nights to Build a Better Marriage!

https://www.coupletalk.com/ctliveoct20/



4.  Annual Review  Tavistock Relationships

https://tavistockrelationships.ac.uk/about-us/annual-reviews



5. FAMILIES TACKLING TOUGH TIMES TOGETHER

https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/families-together/




6. Caring for Each Other

https://www.sesamestreet.org/caring

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/event/85647/

OR

Parenting during a pandemic

By Katrina Hagerty, SUBASE FFSC





7. The Top 12 Relationship Problems, According to the Experts

Mark Travers Ph.D.






8. Ten ways to make life better for the middle class

Hannah Van Drie and Richard V. Reeves

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/09/29/ten-ways-to-make-life-better-for-the-middle-class/?




9. No One Immune To The Headwinds Facing Marriage

J.P. De Gance 

 https://communio.org/blog/2020/09/22/no-one-immune-to-the-headwinds-facing-marriage/




10. Engaging Communities to Support Families

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/famcentered/communities/



11. Resources From Our Parenting Partners

Parenting publications from around the U.S. and beyond

https://www.tulsakids.com/resources-from-our-parenting-partners/



12. The pandemic proves we all should know ‘psychological first aid.’ Here are the basics.

Stacey Colino  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/pandemic-psychological-first-aid-anxiety/2020/09/21/7c68d746-fc23-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html



Thanks

Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1597079 2020-09-24T01:28:19Z 2020-09-24T01:28:19Z Candidate for Friday Five
1. ‘Awe Walks’ Boost Emotional Well-Being

https://neurosciencenews.com/awe-walk-emotional-wellbeing-17063/

OR

Older people have become younger: physical and cognitive function have improved meaningfully in 30 years




2. CoupleTalk Live

https://www.coupletalk.com/ctliveoct20/



3. Social Science Research Analyst

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Administration for Children and Families

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/579300400




4. MDRC Seeks Fatherhood Programs to Participate in SIRF Project

Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs (SIRF) Nomination Process

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/strengthening-the-implementation-of-responsible-fatherhood-programs-sirf-nomination-process

OR

How to Keep Problem Participants from Derailing Your Group Sessions

Erik Vecere

https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/how-to-keep-problem-participants-from-derailing-your-group-sessions?





5. Explaining US income inequality by household demographics, 2019 update

Mark J. Perry | Carpe Diem

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/explaining-us-income-inequality-by-household-demographics-2019-update/?




6. This (free!) parenting class from Yale will help you eliminate friction in your house

LAUREN STEELE  

https://www.fastcompany.com/90538307/this-free-parenting-class-from-yale-will-help-you-eliminate-friction-in-your-house




7. A Medieval Mother Tries Distance Learning

By Esther Liberman Cuenca

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/09/17/a-medieval-mother-tries-distance-learning/?




8. Research: Differences in Marriage and Romantic Involvement among Older African Americans

https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/research-differences-marriage-romantic-involvement-older-african-americans/

Gender differences in marriage, romantic involvement, and desire for romantic involvement among older African Americans

Dawne M. Mouzon, Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0233836




9. Japan newlyweds can receive up to ¥600,000 to start new life

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/20/national/social-issues/japan-newlyweds-aid/




10. Deseret News-BYU survey: Emotional, physical resources key to how kids fare

Lois M. Collins  





11.Marriage test from 1939 reveals what makes a good housewife

MILES IN THE MORNING https://kluv.radio.com/blogs/miles-in-the-morning/marriage-test-from-1939-reveals-what-makes-a-good-housewife




12.Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap Between Skilled and Unskilled Women

Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago, Patricia Cortes, Boston University, Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College, and Jessica Pan, National University of Singapore

https://www.restud.com/paper/social-norms-labor-market-opportunities-and-the-marriage-gap-between-skilled-and-unskilled-women/



13. The pandemic proves we all should know ‘psychological first aid.’ Here are the basics.

Stacey Colino  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/pandemic-psychological-first-aid-anxiety/2020/09/21/7c68d746-fc23-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html




Thanks
Bill
near Acadia National Park, ME

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1595192 2020-09-17T18:41:56Z 2020-09-17T18:41:56Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. SEX AND AGE—Total Population—Estimate

ACS

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/map?q=Total%20Population%20in%20the%20United%20States&g=0100000US.04000.001&tid=ACSDP1Y2018.DP05&vintage=2018&layer=VT_2018_040_00_PP_D1&cid=DP05_0001E



2. How to Be Stronger Co-Parents During the Pandemic

Parents are under a lot of pressure, but good communication can support your family’s well-being.

BY PHIL COWAN, CAROLYN P. COWAN, MARYAM ABDULLAH

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




3. Reducing the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences

By Kate Bradford

https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/reducing-the-effects-of-adverse-childhood-experiences.aspx




4. Jennifer Howard’s ‘Clutter: An Untidy History’ takes Marie Kondo’s message a step further

By Jennifer Reese

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jennifer-howards-clutter-an-untidy-history-takes-marie-kondos-message-a-step-further/2020/09/10/05faeaca-f1cb-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html


OR

Clinical psychologist’s book aims to help you build resilience, face hardship during a stressful time like the pandemic

Erin Blakemore





5. 

The 2020 American Family Survey: Attitudes toward family, COVID-19, politics, race, and economic well-being 


Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT 

Online: https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-2020-american-family-survey-attitudes-toward-family-covid-19-politics-race-and-economic-well-being/





6. Street View of 1940s New York

Julian Boilen  

https://1940s.nyc/map#13.69/40.7093/-73.99397



7. Child Welfare Virtual Expo 2020
Strengthening Families Through Prevention and Collaboration

Thursday, September 24, 2020

https://capacity.childwelfare.gov/virtualexpo/



8. Types of Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood: Implications for Relationship Education

Sarah Hokanson  

https://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/types-of-romantic-relationships-in-emerging-adulthood-implications-for-relationship-education/




9. Protecting Your Relationship in the Shadow of Corona

Dr. Scott Stanley

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2020/09/protecting-your-relationship-in-shadow.html



10. 2019 Census Child Poverty Data and What COVID-19 Means for Kids

Tue, Sep 22, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3132871875712393232



11. Lessons from Suicide Attempts among U.S. Army Soldiers During Deployment

By James A. Naifeh, Ph.D. and Holly B. Herberman Mash, Ph.D

https://www.pdhealth.mil/news/blog/lessons-suicide-attempts-among-us-army-soldiers-during-deployment



12 The Protestant family ethic

What do Protestant, Catholic, private, and public schooling have to do with marriage, divorce, and non-marital childbearing?

American Enterprise Institute

Institute for Family Studies

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-protestant-family-ethic/


Thanks
Bill
https://marriageeducationinfo.posthaven.com/marriage-education-resources
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1. Report no.4: Dads spend more quality time with kids

Jennifer Baxter, Mikayla Budinski, Megan Carroll, Kelly Hand

https://aifs.gov.au/publications/dads-spend-time-kids 




2. The Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person 

William J. Nordling, Paul C. Vitz, and Craig Steven Titus  

https://www.divinemercypress.store/ 



3. People Who Experienced Parental Divorce as Children Have Lower ‘Love Hormone’ Levels than Those Who Did Not
 
Terry Goodrich, Baylor University Media and Public Relations  

https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=220145 




4. Homebodies: More Than a Third of Married Couples Live in State Where Both Were Born

Families

What Percentage of Married Couples Were Born in The Same State, Different State, or Another Country?

BRIAN KNOP AND LYDIA ANDERSON
  
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/homebodies-more-than-a-third-of-married-couples-live-in-state-where-both-were-born.html 




5. Time Alone Is the Key to Staying Married. Find It

Brittany Risher

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/time-alone-key-staying-married-190037189.html 




6. ‘It is getting better now’: Family letters from the deadly 1918 flu pandemic
 
Hannah Natanson  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/09/06/family-letters-1918-flu-coronavirus-pandemic/ 

or 

In pandemic era, the term palliative care is even more scary for some. So specialists want to rename it.

Haider J. Warraich  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/palliative-care-supportive-hospice/2020/09/04/07bf5236-e6d8-11ea-97e0-94d2e46e759b_story.html 




7. 

Love, sex and marriage – a history of Irish coupledom

Sexuality in Ireland was freer under British rule than after Independence

Maria Luddy and Mary O’Dowd

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/love-sex-and-marriage-a-history-of-irish-coupledom-1.4349774  





8. ELEVATE: Implementation of a healthy marriage and relationship education program by a statewide cooperative extension service

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/elevate-implementation-of-a-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-program-by-a-statewide-cooperative-extension-service 


9.. Growing Up Poor: The American Dream Deferred, Sep 15, 2020, 02:00 PM in Eastern Timehttps://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_recnaLEWRkewG4I_CA4Ziw?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=streaming&utm_content=xxxx

10. Free Webinar with Kevin Palau and Leading Marriage Experts on Strategies for Church Growth in COVID and Beyon

September 10, 2020 at 1:00 ET/ 12:00 CT/ 10:00 PT – Zoom Webinar

https://communio.org/free-webinar-with-leading-marriage-experts-on-strategies-for-church-growth-in-covid-and-beyond/


11. Marriage penalties, the marriage divide, and the US safety netThursday, September 10, 2020 | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EThttps://www.aei.org/events/marriage-penalties-the-marriage-divide-and-the-us-safety-net/

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1.  COVID-19: Managing Relationships Under Stay-at-Home Orders

http://ssea.org/CARES/2-IDMH%20COVID19%20Managing%20Relationships%20Tip%20Sheet.pdf  




2. Incentivize individual agency to achieve upward mobility

Ian Rowe

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/incentivize-individual-agency-to-achieve-upward-mobility/?





3. FAMILY DECISION MAKING IN 2020

Jacob Goldsmith, Ph.D.

https://www.family-institute.org/sharing-our-expertise/family-decision-making-2020 




4. Ten Years of Change in Remarriage
 
 Leslie Reynolds  

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/reynolds-ten-years-change-remarriage-fp-20-20.html  




5. Parents and Children Together: How Low-Income Fathers in Responsible Fatherhood Programs Perceive and Provide Financial Support for Their Children

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/parents-and-children-how-low-income-fathers-in-fatherhood-programs-perceive-and-provide-financial-support-for-their-children 




6. Public attitudes about today’s dating landscape
 
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/08/20/public-attitudes-about-todays-dating-landscape/?




 7. Census Bureau to Host Webinar on Release of 2019 American Community Survey Statistics

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/acs-webinar.html 




8. Family Feud: Half Of Parents Squabble With Grandparents Over Parenting Choices
 
John Anderer

https://www.studyfinds.org/parents-argue-with-grandparents-parenting-choices/ 




9. Corporate Plan, Australian Institute of Family Studies

2020/21 to 2023/24
 
https://aifs.gov.au/publications/corporate-plan-20-24 



10. Here's What Gen Z Would Like to Accomplish Before Marriage

The top two factors will surprise you.
by Esther Lee

https://www.theknot.com/content/gen-z-relationships-marriage 




11. Mortality worldwide: Be generous, live longer
 
Fanny Annemarie Kluge  

https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/press/mortality_worldwide_be_generous_live_longer_8221  



Thanks. 

Bill
https://nano.site/billcoffin  
]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1587668 2020-08-27T19:30:04Z 2020-09-02T02:17:18Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: A Legislative History

ACF/HHS

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/temporary-assistance-needy-families-tanf-block-grant-legislative-history 

OR

New Compendiums to Support Linking Data for Research

BRETT BROWN

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/blog/datacompendiums 
 



2. Outcomes and Outcome Domains Examined in HMRE Evaluation Studies

Sydney J. Briggs, April Wilson, Mindy E. Scott, and Deja Logan

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/outcomes-and-outcome-domains-examined-in-hmre-evaluation-studies/  




3. Resources to Help Young Parents Thrive

ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION  

https://www.aecf.org/blog/resources-to-help-young-parents-thrive/?





4. Marriage status of household reference person by ethnicity within marriage, UK, 2018

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/marriagecohabitationandcivilpartnerships/adhocs/12182marriagestatusofhouseholdreferencepersonbyethnicitywithinmarriageuk2018  





5. Recognizing and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) Programs

OPRE/ACF/HHS

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/recognizing-and-responding-to-intimate-partner-violence-ipv-in-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-hmre-programs  


OR

Recognizing and Responding to Teen Dating Violence (TDV) in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/recognizing-and-responding-to-teen-dating-violence-tdv-in-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-hmre-programs  




6. RESEARCH PROFESSOR (OPEN RANK), FATHERHOOD MENTAL HEALTH

INSIDE HIGHER ED  

https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/2014315/research-professor-open-rank-fatherhood-mental-health/  




7. Painful Questions

 AND   

https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/painful-questions-critics-question-california-universal-aces-screening/46670 




8. Can A Marriage Survive Without Intimacy?
 
CHRIS OWNBY

https://firstthings.org/can-a-marriage-survive-without-intimacy/?
 

OR

FAMILY AND MARRIAGE: Feeling what the other person feels

By Roger Rollins






9. Fathers Eve 

https://fatherseve.com/about/what-is-fe/
Also see NBC news coverage




10. THE 2020 RELATIONSHIP ENHANCEMENT® AND FILIAL THERAPY CONFERENCE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020, WEBINARS VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING

https://nire.org/annual-conference-on-re-and-filial-methods/ 




11. Another Great Academic Search Engine for Research Students https://academic.microsoft.com/home

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning  

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2020/08/another-great-academic-search-engine.html  


and  Free Access Period Ending Soon

We hope you have enjoyed free access to NCFR's recent webinars and conference recordings. After Aug. 31 this content will only be available to NCFR members.




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Bill
https://nano.site/billcoffin  
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1. Opportunities for Intimate Partner Violence Disclosure in Adult-Serving Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) Programs

OPRE

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/opportunities-for-intimate-partner-violence-disclosure-in-adult-serving-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-programs 




2.  FAMILY STRUCTURE STILL MATTERS 

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/core/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CSJJ8372-Family-structure-Report-200807.pdf

and  https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2020/08/sophia-worringer-marriage-still-matters-and-most-for-the-poorest.html

and https://www.newstalk.com/news/marriage-incentive-encourage-couples-1062346




3. English idioms about family life and conjugal felicity

ANATOLY LIBERMAN  

https://blog.oup.com/2020/08/english-idioms-about-family-life-and-conjugal-felicity/?




4. Parent-child separations focus of virtual symposium

Kristie Auman-Bauer, PSU

https://news.psu.edu/story/628786/2020/08/19/academics/parent-child-separations-focus-virtual-symposium  





5. Whether online or in-person, deep connection is key

By Dr. Josh Packard

https://www.springtideresearch.org/back-to-school/ 





6. Relationship Education: Learning practical skills that focus on commitment, communication and good conflict
 
Shane Smith  






7. Shifting the Lens Toward Prevention During a Time of Crisis

Written by Cara Kelly, Julie Fliss, and Elaine Stedt from the Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect

https://cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm?event=website.viewArticles&issueid=218&sectionid=1&articleid=5605  


OR
Family and Child Well-Being: An Urgent Call to Action

Written by Bryan Samuels, M.P.P., executive director, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

OR
 
Success Sequence = Optimal Health for Youth

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2020/08/success-sequence-optimal-health-for-youth  




8. Factors Impacting Program Retention

Sarah Hokanson 

https://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/factors-impacting-program-retention/ 




9. Harvard Study Points to Improved Dad-Child Relationships During Pandemic

Posted by Christopher A. Brown

https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/harvard-study-points-to-improved-dad-child-relationships-during-pandemic 




10. Here’s how Happy Couples argue differently then Unhappy Couples

Published ByDrew Simms
 
https://www.drewreportsnews.com/2020/08/17/heres-how-happy-couples-argue-differently-then-unhappy-couples/ 




11. I’ve Been Married to the Military for 15 Years. Our Luck Just Ran Out.
 
Esau McCaulley  

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/opinion/coronavirus-military-deployment.html 


OR

Infertility Was Distressing. The Military Made It Even More Complicated.

Victoria Chamberlin




12.  Divorce after 50 is soaring. Married Swarthmore therapists have a guide for keeping love alive | 5 Questions

by Sandy Bauers, For The Inquirer,

https://www.inquirer.com/health/love-after-50-practical-survival-guide-older-couples-5-questions-20200812.html  



Thanks.
Bill


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My beach reading...

1. A guide for supporting new parents

https://www.oneplusone.org.uk/mybt-guide 



2. Kitchen confrontations: Average household sees 217 arguments annually — just over cleaning dishes!
 
 John Anderer

https://www.studyfinds.org/kitchen-confrontations-217-arguments-over-cleaning-dishes/ 




3. Virtual meetings offer tips, strategies to cope with Covid-19
 
https://www.thelandonline.com/news/virtual-meetings-offer-tips-strategies-to-cope-with-covid-19/article_266e75d0-d82e-11ea-9947-677e9fe32a39.html 




4. What Happens to Parents When Community Spaces Close?

By Daniel Cox & Samuel J. Abrams

https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2020/08/12/what_happens_to_parents_when_community_spaces_close_501684.html?




5. Look at the Numbers

Frank Lamas  

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2020/08/10/look-demographic-indicators-should-motivate-change-higher-education 




6. Parental warmth on high-conflict days helps teens to feel loved
 
https://news.psu.edu/story/627667/2020/08/06/research/parental-warmth-high-conflict-days-helps-teens-feel-loved 




7. Building Data Capacity in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantees: Challenges and Recommended Support


 


8. At the Center of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs Data Snapshot: Program Staff and Support

Sarah Avellar, Alexandra Stanczyk, Nikki Aikens, Mathew Stange, and Grace Roemer 

https://www.mathematica.org/our-publications-and-findings/publications/at-the-center-of-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood-programs-data-snapshot-program-staff




9. 3 Ways Empathy Can Strengthen Your Marriage

Gena Ellis





10. Absence: Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, and Marriage 

Wendy Singleton Christin
Schizophrenia Bulletin
 
https://academic.oup.com/schizophreniabulletin/advance-article/doi/10.1093/schbul/sbaa109/5882171  




11. Utah Sen. Mike Lee says Congress must undo policies that penalize marriage

A new Joint Economic Committee report ponders the demise of “happy two-parent” homes and how to stop the trend.

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/8/6/21353942/mike-lee-republican-congress-utah-joint-economic-committee-policy-marriage-penalty-eitc-welfare 

 

Thanks.

Bill
OBX, NC



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1. Webinar: Strategies for Helping Young Fathers

THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION

What: Supporting Young Fathers of Color: Lessons From the Field
When: Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at 2 p.m. ET
Registration password: Two-gen  

https://www.aecf.org/blog/webinar-strategies-for-helping-young-fathers/?


OR

Introduction to Strengthening Implementation in Responsible Fatherhood Programs (SIRF)

Aug 12, 2020 02:00 PM


 


2. Machine learning predicts satisfaction in romantic relationships

 

https://news.westernu.ca/2020/07/machine-learning-predicts-satisfaction-in-romantic-relationships/  




3. Highlights from the First FRAMING Research Healthy Marriage Technical Work Group

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/highlights-from-the-first-framing-research-healthy-marriage-technical-work-group 


OR

Improving Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) Programs for Unmarried Couples with Children





4.  Couple conflicts: our neurons like mediation

https://www.unige.ch/communication/communiques/?cID=1506 

or https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200729114735.htm




5.  Recruitment and Partner Participation in Online Relationship Education

Sarah Hokanson 

http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/recruitment-and-partner-participation-in-online-relationship-education/ 




6.  Cohabitation vs Marriage: Mating Strategies by Education in the USA

 Fabio Blasutto

https://sites.uclouvain.be/econ/DP/IRES/2020023.pdf 





7.  For The Maidens on Tu B’AV – NOW WHAT?

Susan Barth  

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/for-the-maidens-on-tu-bav-now-what/ 

OR

The Rambam’s Best Newlywed Advice

Susan Barth





8. Pathways-to-Outcomes: How Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Program Activities May Lead to Intended Outcomes

This webcast is now on-demand, should you like to view it again.

WEBCAST LINK:  https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2462984/45C3F42C76D8CC408B90A5E492562002?mode=login&email=billcoffin68@gmail.com

 

 OR

Episode 72: How to Reconnect with Your Partner






9. Revised Procedures and Standards: Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) Review

Request for public comment  

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/05/2020-17001/revised-procedures-and-standards-home-visiting-evidence-of-effectiveness-homvee-review




10. Growing Through Adversity
 
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/761697/growing-through-adversity  




11. The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World

Edited by Jeffrey Beneker and Georgia Tsouvala





Thanks.
Bill
OBX, NC (week 1 of 2)

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1. Flourishing in Adolescence: A Virtual Workshop

https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/05-05-2020/flourishing-in-adolescence-a-virtual-workshop?



2. Developing Strong Recruitment Practices for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) Programs Serving Adults

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/developing-strong-recruitment-practices-for-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-hmre-programs-serving-adults 



3. Most Families That Received SNAP Benefits in 2018 Had At Least One Person Working

TRACY A. LOVELESS


https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/07/most-families-that-received-snap-benefits-in-2018-had-at-least-one-person-working.html?



4. Effectiveness of the Family Foundations Co-parenting Education Program

Sarah Hokason 

http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/effectiveness-of-the-family-foundations-co-parenting-education-program/ 



5. https://peopleproblems.org/july-17-2020/



6. Families Keep Going, In Pandemic and Health

RACHEL ANDERSON

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/july-web-only/family-responsibilities-education-childcare-coronavirus.html?





7. Father-child playtime may improve children’s ability to control emotions, aggression later in life

Brianna Sleezer






8. Communicating in everyday life

https://www.relate.org.uk/relationships-week/free-self-help-course 




9. Mom and Dad Are Fighting
 
https://slate.com/podcasts/mom-and-dad-are-fighting/2020/07/slates-parenting-podcast-modifying-work 




10. OSU Extension addresses top economic and family issues
 
 Trisha Gedon | Agricultural Communications Services  

https://news.okstate.edu/articles/agricultural-sciences-natural-resources/2020/gedon_community_forums_followup.html  




11. Pathways-to-Outcomes: How Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Program Activities May Lead to Intended Outcomes

Date: Monday, July 27, 2020

Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time


https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby20.jsp&eventid=2462984&sessionid=1&key=45C3F42C76D8CC408B90A5E492562002&eventuserid=330140855  



In case you were wondering...
New study suggests we have 6,200 thoughts every day
https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/how-many-thoughts-per-day?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 


Enjoy your vacation. 

Bill

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if any of you would like to stop getting these weekly emails just let me know...thanks.  BC

1. Promoting Character Development in Youth Programs through Professional Development for Staff and Volunteers

Authors: Hannah Lantos, Alison McClay, Brandon Stratford, Zakia Redd, Salomon Villatoro

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/promoting-character-development-youth-programs-through-professional-development-staff-volunteers 



2. We welcome new report on psychology of loneliness
 
https://www.bacp.co.uk/news/news-from-bacp/2020/16-july-we-welcome-new-report-on-psychology-of-loneliness/ 




3. Implementing Evidence-Informed Practices in Maternal and Child Health: Bridging Domestic and International Methods
 
July 22, 2020, from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. ET 

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/implementing-evidence-informed-practices-maternal-and-child-health-bridging-domestic-and 


OR

The 2015 Cohort of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantees: Interim Report on Grantee Programs and Clients

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/2015-cohort-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood-grantees-interim-report-grantee  




4. Helping Couples in the Shadow of COVID‐19

Scott M. Stanley  Howard J. Markman

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/famp.12575 




5. Everyone Experiences Stress, Protective Factors Keep Families Strong

https://www.childwelfare.gov/strongfamilies/




6. 

How cultural factors shape children's economic outcomes

A Princeton-Brookings Future of Children event


Thursday, July 23, 2020, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Online: https://www.brookings.edu/events/how-cultural-factors-shape-economic-outcomes/


OR

Click here to register for the webinar on the Pathways-to-Outcomes models for Responsible Fatherhood programs:
 Thursday, July 23rd from 2:00 to 3:00 PM EDT.  




7. Parents back demand for post-pandemic Relationships Education in schools

FASTN  

https://www.fastn.org/news/parents-back-demand-for-post-pandemic-relationships-education-in-schools  




8. Meet the Man Leading the Charge on America's Boy Crisis | Opinion

LEE HABEEB

https://www.newsweek.com/meet-man-leading-charge-americas-boy-crisis-opinion-1517782 




9. Developing Strong Recruitment Practices for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) Programs Serving Adults

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/developing-strong-recruitment-practices-for-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-hmre-programs-serving-adults 




10. How the Pandemic Can Teach Kids About Compassion

MARYAM ABDULLAH

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



Thanks.

Bill
https://nano.site/billcoffin  
]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1572440 2020-07-12T19:21:05Z 2020-07-12T19:21:05Z Fwd: Potential article in the next Family Connection

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the 1st Navy PREP training at the University of Denver, July 12-14,1990. See

  
]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1571349 2020-07-09T21:12:48Z 2020-07-09T21:12:48Z Candidates for Friday Five
Music for skimming https://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/health-promotion/psychological-emotional-wellbeing/relax-relax/pages/music.html

1. Pathways-to-Outcomes: How Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Program Activities May Lead to Intended Outcomes

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/pathways-to-outcomes-how-health-marriage-and-relationship-education-program-activities-may-lead-to-intended-outcomes  




2. The parents are not all right: The experiences of parenting during a pandemic

Daniel A. Cox, Samuel J. Abrams

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-parents-are-not-all-right-the-experiences-of-parenting-during-a-pandemic/?





3. To support infant development, states can encourage parents to read, sing, and tell stories with their children

Authors: Asiya Kazi, Sarah Daily

https://www.childtrends.org/to-support-infant-development-states-can-encourage-parents-to-read-sing-and-tell-stories-with-their-children 



4. How life has changed for Australians during the coronavirus pandemic (and how it hasn’t)
 
https://www.3aw.com.au/how-life-has-changed-for-australians-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ 

or

Families in Australia Survey: Life during COVID-19

Report no. 1: Early findings

Kelly Hand, Jennifer Baxter, Megan Carroll, Mikayla Budinski

https://aifs.gov.au/publications/families-australia-survey-life-during-covid-19  

OR

Marriage and money help but don’t lead to long-lasting happiness

Nathan Kettlewell, University of Technology Sydney; Nick Glozier, University of Sydney, and Richard Morris, University of Sydney

 



5. How Praying for Your Spouse Can Improve Your Marriage
 

Wendy L. Patrick, JD, Ph.D.






6. Climate crisis causing families to shun farmers for arranged marriages

https://theconversation.com/climate-crisis-causing-families-to-shun-farmers-for-arranged-marriages-141416 




7. Marriage in Ancient Egypt: Egyptian Family System
 
Robert Garland, P.h.D., Colgate University

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/marriage-in-ancient-egypt-egyptian-family-system/ 




8. Marriage offers financial protection, ASU professor's analysis shows
 
 https://usenate.asu.edu/marriage-offers-financial-protection-asu-professors-analysis-shows




9. More evidence that periodic abstinence is good for marriage relationship

https://ccli.org/2020/06/more-evidence-that-periodic-abstinence-is-good-for-marriage-relationship/ 




10. MERENGUE THROUGH MARRIAGE
 
https://firstthings.org/datenight/  



And next week marks the 30th anniversary of the 1st Navy PREP training at the University of Denver, July 12-14,1990
See https://www.prepinc.com/Content/CURRICULA/For-Military.htm

Thanks
Bill
https://nano.site/billcoffin  
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1. It’s Hard to Be an Empathy Scientist Today

BY KIRA M. NEWMAN

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/its_hard_to_be_an_empathy_scientist_today?

or https://www.warforkindness.com/excerpt  
or

How the Pandemic Can Teach Kids About Compassion

MARYAM ABDULLAH | 

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_the_pandemic_can_teach_kids_about_compassion?  




2. Supporting Program Progress: Performance Measures, Data System, and Technical Assistance for the 2020 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantees

ACF

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/supporting-program-progress-performance-measures-data-system-and-technical-assistance-2020  

OR

Supporting the Fatherhood Journey: Findings from the Parents and Children Together Evaluation (PACT)

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/supporting-the-fatherhood-journey-findings-from-the-parents-and-children-together-evaluation-pact?



3. Community Resilience Estimates

Census

https://www.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products/community-resilience-estimates.html?




4. CHECK OUT NEW PARENT-KID ACTIVITIES PLUS CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH
 
https://confidentparentsconfidentkids.org/2020/06/30/check-out-new-parent-kid-activities-plus-contribute-to-research/ 




5. SPARKING GRATITUDE & NAMING LOSSES
To Have and Have Not

The Family Institute at Northwestern University  

https://www.family-institute.org/sharing-our-expertise/sparking-gratitude-naming-losses 




6. Parents and the pandemic: A comprehensive analysis of survey data
 
John P. Bailey, AEI

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/parents-and-the-pandemic-a-comprehensive-analysis-of-survey-data/?




7. Media Coverage: How the Pandemic is Strengthening Fathers' Relationships with Their Children
Our new research suggests that almost 70% of fathers across race, class, educational attainment, and political affiliation in the United States feel closer to their children during the coronavirus pandemic.

Read, watch, and listen to highlights from our recent media coverage:




8. NORC survey reflects public worries about COVID-19, despite a majority satisfied with finances

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/happiness-among-americans-dips-five-decade-low 




9. Lockdown creates a wave of 'Turbo Relationships', with new couples quicker to commit
 
Relate

https://www.relate.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/2020/6/24/lockdown-creates-wave-turbo-relationships-new-couples-quicker-commit-0 



10. 
THE BIG QUESTION:
HOW DO I HELP MY KIDS
HELP OTHERS?
 Rachel Buchholz,   KIDS AND FAMILY Editor in Chief   

https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v400000172fb5ad92a8736656e96c569c8/a02396e9-9480-4938-ac29-73f134d7e506/HTML 



11. Adolescent Development

http://frameworksinstitute.org/adolescence.html 



Thanks.

Bill
https://nano.site/billcoffin 
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1. How to Cultivate Child-Welfare Workers

Naomi Schaefer Riley

https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/how-to-cultivate-child-welfare-workers?



2. An Overview of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Curricula

Mindy E. Scott and Ilana Huz

 

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/an-overview-of-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-curricula/ 



3. THE PHENOMENAL RISE AND FALL OF A MARRIAGE-BASED CULTURE

Pat Fagan Ph.D. 

http://marri.us/the-phenomenal-rise-and-fall-of-a-marriage-based-culture/ 



4.  How Cultural Factors Shape Economic Outcomes 

https://futureofchildren.princeton.edu/sites/futureofchildren/files/foc_vol_30_no_1_combined_v6.pdf

  


5. How to Help Families and Staff Build Resilience During the COVID-19 Outbreak

https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/how-to-help-families-and-staff-build-resilience-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/ 

OR

Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined




6. To combat racism, try reviving the black family

ANTHONY ESOLEN

https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/marriage-and-family/other-topics/to-combat-racism-try-reviving-the-black-family.html 



 

7. Talking To Your Kids About Racism and Racial Justice with Cara Meredith

http://imbetween.org/episode105/ 

OR

Strengths Based Parenting




8. New foundation focuses on helping Korean American adoptees and families find out where they fit in

Tim Leininger

https://www.journalinquirer.com/living/new-foundation-focuses-on-helping-korean-american-adoptees-and-families-find-out-where-they-fit/article_79c04a8a-b612-11ea-9152-9b05aa11cc12.html 



9.  Role-play shows which expectant dads will thrive as new fathers

by Jeff Grabmeier, The Ohio State University

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-role-play-dads-fathers.html 



10. Can This Marriage Be Saved?: A Memoir

  https://muse.jhu.edu/book/76638  



11. just FYI 
Can the Church Save Marriage?

Matrimony rates are in decline, even among conservative Christians. Here’s what that means for the future.
MARK REGNERUS

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/july-august/marriage-save-church-declining-christians-global.html  



Thanks
Bill
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1. 8 Dads on the Picture Books They Love Reading to Their Kids

by Jennifer Garry

https://www.readbrightly.com/dads-on-picture-books-they-love-reading-to-their-kids/?




2. 

the July 2020 issue of 

Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science 

(FR). This special issue (Vol. 69, Issue 3) is a compilation titled: Best Evidence‐based Practices in Family Life Education. 


NCFR

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17413729/2020/69/3  




3. How the Pandemic is Strengthening Fathers' Relationships with Their Children

https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/reports/how-the-pandemic-is-strengthening-fathers-relationships-with-their-children 




4. Division of Housework, Communication, and Couples’ Relationship Satisfaction
Daniel L. Carlson, Amanda J. Miller, Stephanie Rudd 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2378023120924805  

OR

How Dividing Up Household Chores Can Impact Marriage

Janice Wood

https://psychcentral.com/news/2020/06/16/how-dividing-up-household-chores-can-impact-marriage/157314.html  




5.  LOW-INCOME, MINORITY FATHERS’ CONTROL STRATEGIES AND THEIR CHILDREN’S REGULATORY SKILLS

JENESSA L. MALIN, NATASHA J. CABRERA, ELIZABETH KARBERG, DANIELA ALDONEY, AND MEREDITH L. ROWE University of Maryland, College Park

https://education.umd.edu/sites/default/files/MalinIMHJ2014%20copy.pdf  




6. Watch our timely "Parenting in a Pandemic" Zoom cast. Claire McCarthy, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School 

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/parenting-in-a-pandemic 




7. Blog: Recognizing Fathers’ Impact on Children’s Lives on Father’s Day and Beyond

BY SAMANTHA ILLANGASEKARE
 
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/blog/fathersimpact?

or one of these

 
Explore findings from a research synthesis on how the timing of first sexual activity relates to such outcomes as teen pregnancy, relationships, mental health and emotional well-being, risky sexual activity, and substance use.
Supporting Program Progress Performance Measures Data System and Technical Assistance for the 2020 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantees cover page
Explore this report to learn what worked well during the current cohort of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grantees and potential improvements to performance measures data collection for future cohorts of grantees.
Empowering Families Implementation of an integrated HMRE employment and financial literacy program for low-income couples
Explore findings on the implementation of Empowering Families, a program developed to offer integrated healthy marriage and relationship education (HMRE) and economic stability services to couples with low income raising children together.




8. How To Talk To Kids About Race And Racism, And The Risks Of Staying Silent

Lee V. Gaines

https://illinoisnewsroom.org/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-race-and-racism-and-the-risks-of-staying-silent/  



9. https://www.carolinafathers.com/



10. How to Create Social Media Rules in Your Marriage

   

https://firstthings.org/rules-of-social-media-for-marriage/ 




11. Marital Status in the United States

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/marital-status-in-united-states.html 



Thanks
Bill

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1. To target aid to the neediest families, we need to strengthen TANF

Jana Parsons  

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/06/10/to-target-aid-to-the-neediest-families-we-need-to-strengthen-tanf/?

https://www.hamiltonproject.org/blog/to_target_aid_to_the_neediest_families_we_need_to_strengthen_tanf 

 

2. COVID-19 and nursing homes: Examining new national data

Alex Brill, Benedic N. Ippolito

https://www.aei.org/economics/covid-19-and-nursing-homes-examining-new-national-data/?



3. Healthy Marriage Healthy Families Coalition

Facebook Live - MEG Date Night #89th June 12, 2020


https://www.eventbrite.com/org/3015894510?ref=eofblike


https://www.eventbrite.com/o/healthy-marriage-healthy-families-coalition-3015894510?internal_ref=social 

 

4. 7 Steps To Good Digital Parenting

 https://www.fosi.org/good-digital-parenting/seven-steps-good-digital-parenting/?mc_cid=035fb266e8&mc_eid=eca367ce12



5. Prevention Services Clearinghouse Releases New Program Ratings

Patrick Lester  


 


6. Using a Navy Program to Navigate the Continued Stress and Uncertainty of COVID-19

Mr. Spencer Case, M.S., and Mr. Christian Evans, M.A., M.Div.  

https://www.pdhealth.mil/news/blog/using-navy-program-navigate-continued-stress-and-uncertainty-covid-19 



7. Relationships Unlocked: Understanding the nation’s relationships as lockdown is eased
 
https://www.relate.org.uk/blog/2020/6/05/relationships-unlocked-understanding-nations-relationships-lockdown-eased 

and https://surveys-enquetes.statcan.gc.ca/form-formulaire/q/en/eqgs4b1d8328edfa4922aa915b5436328916/p0 



8. Why Men’s Health Month Is So Important

Carol Sanders

https://uapbnews.wordpress.com/2020/06/08/why-mens-health-month-is-so-important/ 




9. How Covid-19 is changing the world’s children 

David Robson  

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200603-how-covid-19-is-changing-the-worlds-children 



10. Grieving a Loss from COVID-19

Charles Muorah, Ph.D., STL, LMFT

https://councilforrelationships.org/grieving-a-loss-from-covid-19/? 



11. Petrarch's Plague

Love, Death, and Friendship in a Time of Pandemic

By Paula Findlen

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/petrarchs-plague  

Thanks.

Bill


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1. How paternity leave can help couples stay together

BY ARNA OLAFSSON AND HERDIS STEINGRIMSDOTTIR

https://blog.oup.com/2020/06/how-paternity-leave-can-help-couples-stay-together/? 



2. Healing and Supporting Fathers: Principles, Practices, and Resources for Fatherhood Programs to Help Address and Prevent Domestic Violence

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/healing-and-supporting-fathers-principles-practices-resources-for-fatherhood-programs-to-help-address-prevent-domestic-violence 



3. The Role of Constructiveness in Interparental Conflict for Mothers' Perception of Children's Health

Martina Zemp  Marlene Jockers  Jutta Mata

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.12449 




4. The case for wearing see-through face masks
 
 LISA S. SCOTT 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90511758/the-case-for-wearing-see-through-face-masks 




5. Distributions of Age at First Marriage, 1960-2018

Paul Hemez, National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR)  

https://www.bgsu.edu//ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/hemez-distribution-age-first-marriage-fp-20-09.html 




6. Births in the United States have dropped to a 34-year low
 
Aimee Cunningham

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/birth-rate-united-states-34-year-low-recession 





7. OFA/ACF Funding Opportunity Announcements 

https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/index.cfm?switch=searchresult&type=office&param=OFA&page=OFA 




8. Webinar Thursday, June 11th, at 4 pm EST for Marriage in a Dangerous Time  




9. Being Healthy and Ready to Learn is Linked with Socioeconomic Conditions for Preschoolers

Authors: Gabriel Piña, Kristin Anderson Moore, Katherine Paschall, Samantha Anderson

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/being-healthy-and-ready-to-learn-is-linked-with-socioeconomic-conditions-for-preschoolers 




10. Things You Can Do Each Day as a Parent That Make You a Superhero

Alex Watt

https://www.redbookmag.com/life/friends-family/g32603492/daily-parenting-tips/ 



11. Are You Married But Lonely?
 

David Ludden Ph.D.






12. New study examines impact of major life events on wellbeing

Leilah Schubert 

https://www.uts.edu.au/news/business-law/new-study-examines-impact-major-life-events-wellbeing 



13. Connection in Marriage During a Pandemic

by The Allender Center



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This weeks background music 


1. Princeton University's Index Of Medieval Art Available Free Until June 1st

David Clayton  

https://www.thewayofbeauty.org/blog/2020/5/princeton-universitys-index-of-medieval-art-available-free-until-june-1st 



2.  How social and emotional learning can succeed

Jal Mehta  AEI

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/how-social-and-emotional-learning-can-succeed/?





3. Mental Health during the pandemic: Understanding how your mind responds to disasters

CAPT Jamie Reeves  

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/370795/mental-health-during-pandemic-understanding-your-mind-responds-disasters 




4. Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability in the United States: Dating, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce
 

Kasey Eickmeyer, Paul Hemez, Wendy D. Manning, Susan L. Brown, and Karen Benjamin Guzzo

 

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/trends-in-relationship-formation-and-stability-in-the-united-states-dating-cohabitation-marriage-and-divorce/




5. New Census Household Pulse Survey Shows More Households with Children Lost Income, Experienced Food Shortages During Pandemic
 
LINDSAY M. MONTE
  

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/05/adults-in-households-with-children-more-likely-to-report-loss-in-employment-income-during-covid-19.html?


OR

As Millennials Near 40, They’re Approaching Family Life Differently Than Previous Generations

AMANDA BARROSO, KIM PARKER, AND JESSE BENNETT




6. State-Level Strategies to Promote Prevention Practice, Policy, and Science

https://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/grand-challenges-for-social-work/state-level-strategies-to-promote-prevention-practice-policy-and-science/ 




7. Executive Function Skills Concepts and Models Websites

Office of Family Assistance 

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/executive-function-skills-concepts-and-models-websites 
 



8. Learning Through Play: More Than Laughter And Smiles

Play and Learning Scholars Around the World (PALS)

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/learning-through-play/ 

OR

Webinar Recording: Covid-19 and the Return of the Free Range Kid

 https://mailchi.mp/fosi.org/webinar-recording-covid-19-and-the-return-of-the-free-range-kid-1064722?e=eca367ce12




9. Reading your partner’s emotions correctly when it matters
 
Sandra Knispel

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/reading-partners-emotions-418522/ 




10. Divorce and Diverging Poverty Rates: A Risk‐and‐Vulnerability Approach

Bram Hogendoorn  Thomas Leopold  Thijs Bol

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12629 




11. What have we learned about intimate partner violence?

 SHARITA FORREST


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Music to listen to while you skim this https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=661879711061727&ref=search


1. 5 ways to teach our children empathy in these challenging times

Richard Weissbourd  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/5-ways-to-teach-our-children-empathy-in-these-challenging-times/2020/05/04/a5670cda-895a-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html 




2. Father involvement linked to better academic progress

Research by D.P. Miller, M.M.C. Thomas, M.R. Waller, L. Nepomnyaschy & A.D. Emory

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/early-childhood-development/father-involvement-academic-progress/  




3. The Wife's Protector: A Quantitative Theory Linking Contraceptive Technology with the Decline in Marriage

Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner (nezih.guner@movebarcelona.eu) and Karen Kopecky

https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/hkawpaper/2020-032.htm 




4. Helping couples strengthen their relationship remotely: A guide to working with couples online

 Shane Smith  
 
https://mareaa.asn.au/helping-couples-strengthen-their-relationship-remotely-a-guide-to-working-with-couples-online/ 


OR

COVID and domestic dissonance: 'The aim is equality with your wife – not your dad'

Wendy Tuohy






5. Resilience Is The Most Powerful Skill Kids Can Develop Right Now

Caroline Bologna

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/resilience-kids-coronavirus_l_5ebacf1ac5b6e711d464ea6a? 




6. Weekly Census Bureau Survey Provides Timely Info on Households During COVID-19 Pandemic


JANE CALLEN
    

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/05/new-household-pulse-survey-shows-concern-over-food-security-loss-of-income.html 




7. Create a Culture of Generosity and Communication in Your Family Business

by Christina Wing and Rohit K. Gera

https://hbr.org/2020/05/create-a-culture-of-generosity-and-communication-in-your-family-business 




8.  Why Americans Are More Stressed Today Than They Were in the 1990s

Brian Mastroianni  

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/people-more-stressed-today-than-1990s 




9.Maine-ly Dads 
  
https://www.communitylearningforme.org/resource/maine-ly-dads 




10. Wired for Marriage

Jim Logan

https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2020/019898/wired-marriage 




11. Exceptional Family Member Program Survey: 'We Want to Hear from Our Sailors'

Coleen R. San Nicolas-Perez

https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=113026&utm_source=phplist5806&  
 



Thanks!

Bill



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1. Opinion: We need a national prevention strategy for health and behavioral health problems

Jeffrey Jenson

https://coloradosun.com/2020/05/10/colorado-coronavirus-behavioral-health-public-opinion/ 




2. The Production of Inequality: The Gender Division of Labor Across the Transition to Parenthood

Jill E. Yavorsky  Claire M. Kamp Dush  Sarah J. Schoppe‐Sullivan

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jomf.12189 




3. Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus Crisis
 
Rachel Ehmke 

https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/




4. https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-of-families

OR

National Families Week@HOME






5. How Social Capital Helps Communities Weather the COVID-19 Storm



https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2020/05/63479/ 




6. Working Together, Supporting Relationships
 
https://www.marriagecare.org.uk/press-release-working-together-supporting-relationships/ 




7. Being A Couple Again

https://www.mhanational.org/being-couple-again 




8. Canadians becoming less concerned about healthcare, more about relationships during COVID-19: survey
 

Dayne Patterson


https://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/National_News/Canadians_becoming_less_concerned_about_healthcare_more_about_relationships_during_COVID_19_survey/ 




9. How the pandemic can strengthen bonds between fathers and daughters
 
Laurie D. Willis

 https://news.wfu.edu/2020/05/13/how-the-pandemic-can-strengthen-bonds-between-fathers-and-daughters/





10. Psychologists Recommend We Parent in "Shifts," and It Is Single-Handedly Saving Our Marriage

KATE SCHWEITZER 

https://www.popsugar.com/family/benefits-parenting-in-shifts-alternating-bedtime-47458971 




11. Families in lockdown, some struggle while others thrive

Caitlin Fitzsimmons



OR

Quarantine Is Making My Difficult Marriage Worse

https://firstthings.org/quarantine-is-making-my-difficult-marriage-worse/ 




12.  How We Strengthen our Marriage During Hard Times with Andrew Jackson [Episode 108]

Megan Dilworth   

https://thrivinginmotherhoodpodcast.com/2020/05/12/how-we-strengthen-our-marriage-during-hard-times-episode-107/  


OR


How to Improve Your Marriage Without Leaving the House

Kelsey T. Chun  



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1. All I Want for Mother’s Day Is an Equitable Division of Labor

CHRISTINE CARTER  

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/all_i_want_for_mothers_day_is_an_equitable_division_of_labor?


OR

A working mom’s quarantine life

Ellen McCarthy, Caitlin Gibson, Helena Andrews-Dyer, Amy Joyce





2. Inside, Outside, Round and Round: Sustaining Engagement in Responsible Fatherhood Programs

ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/inside-outside-round-and-round-sustaining-engagement-in-responsible-fatherhood-programs?  





3. “This Is What Happens to Couples Under Stress”: An Interview with Esther Perel

 Rachel Syme

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/this-is-what-happens-to-couples-under-stress-an-interview-with-esther-perel 





4. 10 ques­tions to ask your part­ner to get to know them even bet­ter dur­ing lockdown
 
https://toucantogether.com/blog/10-questions-to-ask-your-partner-to-get-to-know-them-even-better-during-lockdown 




5. Emotionally Supportive Parenting Can Help Disadvantaged Children Stay On The Rails

Xutong Zhang, Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/early-childhood-development/supportive-parenting-disadvantaged-children/  





6. Harry reads a short extract from 'Commit or Quit - The Two Year Rule and Other Rules for Romance'

 




7. What is Marriage Week?
 
https://marriage-week.org.uk/marriage-week-home/ 





8. 
28th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues

http://www.pop.psu.edu/event/3719/28th-annual-national-symposium-family-issues  



9. Marlo Thomas, Phil Donahue share the secrets of celebs’ successful marriages

New book by the couple, wed 40 years, gathers advice from famous spouses from Jesse Jackson to Jamie Lee Curtis.

By Miriam Di Nunzio  May 5, 2020, 6:19pm CDT

https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2020/5/5/21247290/marlo-thomas-phil-donahue-marriage-book-secrets-celebrities-what-makes-last-anniversary 





10. In our opinion: Take note of declining marriage rates
 
 Deseret News Editorial Board  

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/5/4/21244484/marriage-rates-cdc-covid-19-economy 




11. What Comes First: Marriage or Kids?

https://population-europe.eu/research-news/what-comes-first-marriage-or-kids 




Thanks. Happy Mothers Day!

Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1537931 2020-04-30T19:00:27Z 2020-04-30T19:00:28Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Do Adults in Couples Have Better Mental Health During the COVID‑19 Pandemic?

Ana Fostik and Jennifer Kaddatz 

https://vanierinstitute.ca/do-adults-in-couples-have-better-mental-health-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/


OR

Couples Find Support in One Another During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ana Fostik, Jennifer Kaddatz and Nora Spinks 

 

 

2. Children's Mental Health and the Life Course Model: A Virtual Workshop Series
 
NAS

https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/04-16-2020/childrens-mental-health-and-the-life-course-model-a-virtual-workshop-series#sl-three-columns-fa6c4b62-54a3-496c-90ac-627699620847 




3. Is California’s ACEs Questionnaire ‘Trap’ For Poor Families?

Richard Wexler

 


https://youthtoday.org/2020/04/is-californias-aces-questionnaire-trap-for-poor-families/





4. How to Support Children (and Yourself) During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University  

https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/how-to-support-children-and-yourself-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/ 


OR

UNL professors develop website to keep children engaged at home

Becca Holladay



5. Call for Manuscripts: COVID-19 and Implications for Families
 
NCFR

https://www.ncfr.org/news/call-manuscripts-covid-19-and-implications-families 

OR

https://www.ncfr.org/resource-library  



6.  Let's Talk… More

https://marriage-week.org.uk/lets-talk/ 




7.  Play Could Help Reduce ‘Covid-19 Slump’ In Learning

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta M. Golinkoff

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/covid-19-slump-in-learning/ 


OR

Parenting During A Pandemic

Parenting During A Pandemic

Gary Bingham 

https://news.gsu.edu/2020/04/23/parenting-during-a-pandemic/ 




8. Coronavirus: New working day has obliterated work-life balance in US

Michelle Davis, Jeff Green

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-us-work-life-balance-working-hours-covid-19-a9484791.html  


OR

COVID-19 AND AMERICAN FAMILIES


Artika Casini  

https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2020/april/bahira-trask-coronavirus-covid-19-american-families/  



9. Marriage Rates in the United States, 1900–2018

National Center for Health Statistics  

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/marriage_rate_2018/marriage_rate_2018.htm 

Also, https://www.cso.ie/en/csolatestnews/pressreleases/2020pressreleases/pressstatementmarriages2019/




10.  The significance of resilience in mental health promotion of marriage immigrant women: a qualitative study of factors and processes

Yeonjae Jo

https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-020-00945-3 




Thanks. Stay safe
Bill


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