tag:billcoffin.org,2013:/posts Coffin Corner 2021-05-13T20:34:48Z Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1690471 2021-05-13T20:34:48Z 2021-05-13T20:34:48Z Re: Candidates for Friday Five
11. Family Policy Brief

PETER JON MITCHELL and ANDREA MROZEK

https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/reports/family-policy-brief/


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1690464 2021-05-13T20:23:06Z 2021-05-13T20:23:06Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. 1500 Join Wide Reaching Program to Match Jewish Singles

 https://collive.com/1500-join-wide-reaching-program-to-match-jewish-singles/



2. The use of telepractice in the family and relationship services sector

Anagha Joshi, Nicole Paterson, Dr Trina Hinkley, Dr Nerida Joss

https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/use-telepractice-family-and-relationship-services-sector?



3. For some parents of young adults, the pandemic offered a second chance at connection

Amy Joyce

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/04/26/parents-young-adults-covid-connection/


OR

Families reunite in pandemic and rethink what home means

Hannah Selinger

https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/families-reunite-in-pandemic-and-rethink-what-home-means/2021/05/05/eb26bc04-93de-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html



4. Most young adults want to marry. So why won’t our politicians back marriage?

Harry Benson





5. Family meals are good for the grown-ups, too, not just the kids

Anne Fishel, Harvard University

https://theconversation.com/family-meals-are-good-for-the-grown-ups-too-not-just-the-kids-158739?




6. TOP LEARNING APPS FOR KIDS MAY NOT LIVE UP TO THEIR PROMISE

KATIE BOHN-PENN STATE

https://www.futurity.org/education-apps-children-parents-2563592/



7. Italy marriage rate lowest in EU - Eurostat

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2021/05/13/italy-marriage-rate-lowest-in-eu-eurostat_7f2ae8be-074f-4905-afa7-65284cf327f0.html



8. Marriage Secrets From Couples Who Have Been Together 25 Years or More

by Colleen Sullivan  

https://www.brides.com/marriage-secrets-from-married-couples-5184605




9. The Role of Gratitude in Sexual Communal Strength

David Ludden Ph.D.






10. Want more American babies? Make the US more livable

Bloomberg Opinion

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/want-more-american-babies-make-the-u-s-more-livable/




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Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1687969 2021-05-07T01:01:26Z 2021-05-07T01:01:27Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. 8 tips and truths for parenting young children and staying strong as a couple

https://toucantogether.com/blog/8-tips-and-truths-for-parenting-young-children-and-staying-strong-as-a-couple




2. NCFR Call for Papers — The Science of Families: Nurturing Hope, Happiness, & Health

https://www.ncfr.org/news/ncfr-call-papers-science-families-nurturing-hope-happiness-health



3. Implementing Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs with Couples


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


https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/implementing-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-programs-with-couples/




4. What workism is doing to parents

Lyman Stone and Laurie DeRose | The Atlantic

https://www.aei.org/articles/what-workism-is-doing-to-parents/




5. Four Ways New Moms Can Get Through the Rest of the Pandemic

MARIAH FLYNN

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



6. How To Teach Kids About Empathy

https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/resources-for-families/just-like-me




7. Healthy Marriage Grantees: Snapshots on Changes in Outcomes for Clients Over Time

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/opre/Healthy%20marriage%202015%20outcomes%20508.pdf



8. 

UK National Marriage Week – ‘Naked Marriage’

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

OR

The Wedding is just one day but Marriage is for a Lifetime

Jonathan Williams



9. First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2019

 Leslie Reynolds

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/reynolds-first-marriage-rate-2019-fp-21-09.html




10. Want to improve your child’s math skills – read them a book

Source: David Purpura, purpura@purdue.edu, @davidjpurpura

http://www.wbiw.com/2021/05/05/want-to-improve-your-childs-math-skills-read-them-a-book/




11. No Country for New Babies

By Eric Levitz@EricLevitz

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/amid-pandemic-u-s-birth-rate-falls-to-century-low.html




12. Korea moving to embrace diverse family types

Bahk Eun-ji

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/05/119_308155.html




13. With love on the rocks, marriage counselling booms in China

https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/living/2021/05/06/with-love-on-the-rocks-marriage-counselling-booms-in-china




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Bill



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1684838 2021-04-29T05:11:29Z 2021-04-29T05:11:30Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Hungary shows what effective family policy can look like

Harry Benson

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/hungary-shows-what-effective-family-policy-can-look-like/




2. Advertising & Exhibitor Options

NARME's 10th Anniversary and Annual Summit, July 21-23, San Antonio,TX

http://www.narme.org/conferences/10th-annual-narme-summit/advertising-exhibitor-options/



3. An Evaluation of the ELEVATE Program for Couples: Considering Vulnerabilities and Relationship Length

Julianne McGill Francesca Adler‐Baeder Chelsea Garneau‐Rosner

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.12502




4. Parents more lenient about alcohol with teens who experience puberty early

Katie Bohn, PSU News





5. Walking with a partner is great but might slow you down

http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2021/04/28/walking_with_a_partner_is_great_but_might_slow_you_down/



6. What’s in Biden’s American Families Plan — and does it meet experts’ expectations and hopes?

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2021/4/27/22405525/joe-biden-american-family-plan-paid-leave-child-care-tax-credit-education-mike-lee-mitt-romney-utah



7. They fell in love after WWII and Japanese incarceration. At 98, he’s published tribute to his beloved

HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-28/amid-covid-wwii-veteran-shares-marriage-story-new-book




8. Book of the week: ‘An American Marriage’ is a look into a relationship colliding with the effects of mass incarceration

Jillian Gallagher, Contributing Writer

https://quchronicle.com/73002/arts-and-life/book-of-the-week-3/




9. Six out of 10 young Koreans think marriage unnecessary

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2021/04/703_307718.html




10. Opposite-sex marriages: average (mean) age at first marriage by sex in England and Wales, 1998 to 2017

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/marriagecohabitationandcivilpartnerships/adhocs/13189oppositesexmarriagesaveragemeanageatfirstmarriagebysexinenglandandwales1998to2017


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Bill
On vacation in Monterey, CA (where Pat and I started out after getting married)



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1682067 2021-04-22T23:11:21Z 2021-04-22T23:11:22Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Which Relationship Service Fits Best? Teaching the Difference Between Relationship Education and Couples Therapy

Brandon K. Burr Daniel S. Hubler

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.12417



2. An Evaluation of the ELEVATE Program for Couples: Considering Vulnerabilities and Relationship Length

Julianne McGill Francesca Adler‐Baeder Chelsea Garneau‐Rosner

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.12502




3. Guilty secrets: How the COVID-19 pandemic helped some middle class families

Hannah Van Drie and Morgan Welch

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/04/15/guilty-secrets-how-the-covid-19-pandemic-helped-some-middle-class-families/?




4. A sense of humor, giving space, trying to listen: Advice from 73 years of marriage

Juan SiliezarHarvard Staff Writer

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/04/after-73-years-of-marriage-their-advice-remains-the-same/




5. Marriage, Divorce, Widowhood Remain Prevalent Among Older Populations

BENJAMIN GURRENTZ AND YERIS MAYOL-GARCIA
 
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/love-and-loss-among-older-adults.html?




6. To Keep Women in the Workforce, Men Need to Do More at Home

by Daniel L. Carlson, Richard J. Petts, and Joanna Pepin

https://hbr.org/2021/04/to-keep-women-in-the-workforce-men-need-to-do-more-at-home






7. Does Birth Order Really Determine Personality? Here's What the Research Says

LYNN BERGER

https://time.com/5953372/birth-order-personality-traits/




8. Maltreatment of Children With Disabilities

Lori A. Legano, Larry W. Desch, Stephen A. Messner, Sheila Idzerda, Emalee G. Flaherty, COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT and COUNCIL ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2021/04/16/peds.2021-050920




9.  Parenting Time and Child Support: Information for Fatherhood Programs and Fathers

 Jessica Pearson, Ph.D. and Anne Byrne, M.A. Center for Policy Research

https://www.fatherhood.gov/sites/default/files/resource_files/Parenting%20Time%20Child%20Support%20-%20for%20508%202-17-21.pdf  Parenting Time and Child Support: Information for Fatherhood Programs and Fathers



10. Has the Pandemic Caused More Breakups?

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/has-the-pandemic-caused-more-breakups/



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Bill



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1. Using Conceptual Models to Tailor Programming on Adulthood Preparation Subjects to Pregnant and Parenting Youth

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/using-conceptual-models-tailor-programming-adulthood-preparation-subjects-pregnant-and




2. Teaching well-being at scale: An intervention study

David B. Yaden, Jennifer Claydon, Meghan Bathgate, Belinda Platt, Laurie R. Santos

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0249193

OR

In Pursuit of Happiness


By S. Christopher Michaels

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/in_pursuit_of_happiness.html




3.  The State of America’s Children® 2021

https://www.childrensdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-State-of-Americas-Children-2021.pdf




4. 8 States Join Learning Network Supporting Child And Family Well-Being Throughout The Pandemic

https://www.nga.org/news/press-releases/8-states-join-learning-network-supporting-child-and-family-well-being-throughout-the-pandemic/




5. I'm a Dad and a Family Mediator: Here Are 5 Tips for Being a Better Communicator

Jeffrey Owens

https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/advice/im-a-mom-and/im-a-dad-and-a-family-mediator-here-are-tips-for-being-a-better-communicator/



6. April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/




7. Study suggests parental warmth protects troubled teens from psychopathic features and antisocial behavior

by Eric W. Dolan

https://www.psypost.org/2021/04/study-suggests-parental-warmth-protects-troubled-teens-from-psychopathic-features-and-antisocial-behavior-60434




8. 10 Top Books To Learn How To Rejuvenate American Families

Scott Yenor

https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/13/10-top-books-to-learn-how-to-rejuvenate-american-families/




9. Stanford study identifies another explanation for the ‘marriage premium’

KRYSTEN CRAWFORD





10. Experts say Instagram for kids is a terrible idea

Facebook is working on a new version of its popular app that’s targeted at children under 13.

By Rebecca Heilweil

https://www.vox.com/recode/22385570/instagram-for-kids-youtube-facebook-messenger





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Bill

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1. About Family Science


OR


More About Family Science: History & Name

https://www.ncfr.org/about/what-family-science/history-name#History




2. Key to a thriving, happy romance? Plenty of playfulness, say researchers

https://www.studyfinds.org/playfulness-key-to-thriving-happy-love-life-relationship/




3. “Disconnection During a Pandemic: Connecting During Quarantine, and Beyond”

 Heather Chamberland, Psy.D., AMFT, LCP

https://www.family-institute.org/sites/default/files/csi-chamberland-disconnection-during-pandemic.pdf




4. July 21 – 23 – NARME Summit, San Antonio, Texas

https://narme.regfox.com/2021-narme-summit




5. Ten ways to protect your child against bad experiences

Jennifer Hays-Grudo and Amanda Sheffield Morris of Oklahoma State University

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/how-to-protect-your-child-against-adversity-pace-methods/




6. Implementing Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs with Couples

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

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/implementing-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-programs-with-couples/




7. The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days

Department of Health and Social Care

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-best-start-for-life-a-vision-for-the-1001-critical-days




8. The pandemic has caused parents to slow down. Here’s how to preserve that pace.

Christine Koh

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/slow-pace-pandemic-parenting-life/2021/04/05/70808f54-917f-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html



9. Time to teach men, women how to be a better spouse

Dr Sharifa Noaman al-Emadi

https://www.gulf-times.com/story/687796/Time-to-teach-men-women-how-to-be-a-better-spouse




10. How Happy Marriages Stay Happy: 7 Signs of a Rock Solid Relationship

Virginia Pelley

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/happy-marriages-stay-happy-7-192405198.html




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Bill
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]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1670526 2021-03-25T22:12:30Z 2021-03-25T22:12:31Z Candidates for Friday Five #366 (Sweet 16 Edition)
1. COUPLE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN TIMES OF CRISIS

The 67th Annual Conference of the International Commission on Couple and Family Relations (ICCFR)

https://iccfr.org/2021-conference-in-boston-usa/



2. SURVIVING THE 2020 PANDEMIC: LESSONS LEARNED ON HOW TO BEST SUPPORT OUR EI/ECSE COMMUNITIES

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/event/85665/




3. Should Pediatricians Prescribe Kindness?

By Jill Suttie

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





4. EMOTIONAL BALANCE & CORE NEEDS IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA

What Matters Now

Dr. Nancy Burgoyne and Dr. Maru Torres-Gregory

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/emotional-balance-core-needs-post-pandemic-era




5. CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONER LAUNCHES ‘ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION’ REVIEW OF CHILDHOOD

Fiona Simpson

https://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/article/children-s-commissioner-launches-once-in-a-generation-review-of-childhood




6. U.S. Childhood Disability Rate Up in 2019 From 2008

NATALIE A. E. YOUNG AND KATRINA CRANKSHAW


https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/03/united-states-childhood-disability-rate-up-in-2019-from-2008.html




7-9. Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) 2020 Conference Videos

Breakout Session

Using Formative Rapid Cycle Evaluation to Improve Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Youth


Breakout Session

Linking Healthy Marriage Research and Practice: Findings from the Marriage Strengthening Research and Dissemination Centers 


Breakout Session

Highlighting the Role of Fathers in Research, Practice, and Policy




10. Want a longer, healthier life? Resolve your arguments by day’s end, OSU study says

Molly Rosbach

https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/want-longer-healthier-life-resolve-your-arguments-day%E2%80%99s-end-osu-study-says



11. Click tries to reestablish Ohio Family Stability Commission

Alexa Scherzinger

https://advertiser-tribune.com/news/310904/click-tries-to-reestablish-ohio-family-stability-commission/




12. Jane Austen’s Vision of a Happy Marriage

By Eleanor Bourg Nicholson  





13. New pilot to help newlyweds build happy, healthy marriages | Video
]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1667545 2021-03-18T19:07:32Z 2021-03-18T19:07:32Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. 10 Pillars of a Strong Relationship

BY GARY W. LEWANDOWSKI JR.

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/10_pillars_of_a_strong_relationship


OR

How Parents of Children With Autism Can Strengthen Their Relationship

BY MARYAM ABDULLAH





2. Analyzing Data on Paired Partners in Program Evaluation: Strategies to Overcome Common Challenges

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/analyzing-data-paired-partners-program-evaluation-strategies-overcome-common-challenges



3. FRPN Co-Director Dr. Jessica Pearson and researcher Anne Byrne have authored a new brief for the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse - Parenting Time and Child Support: Information for Fatherhood Programs and Father

https://www.fatherhood.gov/sites/default/files/resource_files/Parenting%20Time%20Child%20Support%20-%20for%20508%202-17-21.pdf




4. March 24, 2021 - 2:30 - 4 p.m. EDT

Webinar: Enhancing Services and Programs for Fathers: An Overview of National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse Resources

https://fathersincorporated.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_cQqWS3W4T0y5hqUbBDMEAg




5. Marriages drop to record low, but divorces fall too

LEE HO-JEONG 

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/03/18/business/economy/Wedding-Covid19-Divorce-Covid19-International-marriage-drops/20210318154700501.html

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210318000831


OR

Young married South Koreans are pretending to be single in order to skip the line for affordable housing

Cheryl Teh





6. What Does The Child Tax Credit In The Coronavirus Relief Package Mean For Families?

By Mary Kate McCoy

https://www.wpr.org/what-does-child-tax-credit-coronavirus-relief-package-mean-families




7. Your Married Friends Aren't Having Quarantine Sex Either

By Tanya Edwards

https://www.glamour.com/story/your-married-friends-arent-having-quarantine-sex-either





8. Family Relations After Interracial Marriage

Kate H. Choi Ph.D.






9. Birth to 5 Father Engagement Guide

Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC

https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/family-engagement/birth-5-father-engagement-guide/birth-5-father-engagement-guide




10. Plough Quarterly No. 26: Family

Winter 2021

https://www.plough.com/en/subscriptions/quarterly/2021/winter-2021-issue-26




A Search Engine for Finding Free, Public Domain Images from World-Class Museums

More Work, Fewer Babies: What does workism have to do with falling fertility? Mar 18, 2021 06:30 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Thanks. Wonder if it's also true that more March Madness this month, Fewer babies in late Dec

Bill
]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1664631 2021-03-12T00:51:25Z 2021-03-12T00:51:25Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Our Conjugal Class Divide

Kay Hymowitz


https://americancompass.org/essays/our-conjugal-class-divide/?




2. Building Staff Co-Regulation to Support Healthy Relationships in Youth: A Guide for Practitioners


https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/building-staff-co-regulation-support-healthy-relationships-youth-guide-practitioners




3. Netflix series asks couples with up to $35,000 saved: ‘Marriage or Mortgage’? You know where I stand.


Michelle Singletary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/05/netflix-marriage-mortgage-series/




4. Chinese Official Proposes Government ‘Training’ Prior to Marriage


FRANCES MARTEL


https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/03/03/chinese-official-proposes-government-training-prior-marriage/


OR

Lawmaker suggests making relationship and marriage education a compulsory course in universities


Chen Xi


https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202103/1217727.shtml





5. Christians and the Future of Marriage: A Conversation with Sociologist Mark Regnerus

 

https://albertmohler.com/2021/03/10/mark-regnerus





6. When a Woman Says Yes


John Cuddeback


https://life-craft.org/when-a-woman-says-yes/





7. We know the pandemic is affecting working moms—but how is that affecting kids?


CLAIRE TRAGESER

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/article/pandemic-affecting-working-moms-but-how-is-that-affecting-kids-coronavirus





8. Budget debate: New programme to help families and couples with marital woes


Theresa Tan


https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/budget-debate-new-programme-to-help-families-and-couples-with-marital-woes





9. In a happy, long-lasting relationship? That could help you live a healthy and long life.


Marta Zaraska

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/long-lasting-relationships-and-health/2021/03/05/f9778412-7531-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html




10. The lost year: What the pandemic costs teenagers.

 Alec MacGillis in Pro Publica


https://www.propublica.org/article/the-lost-year-what-the-pandemic-cost-teenagers



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]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1661559 2021-03-05T00:44:57Z 2021-03-05T00:44:57Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. A silver lining: Family engagement in a post-pandemic world

AEI, Monday, March 8, 2021 | 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET

https://www.aei.org/events/a-silver-lining-family-engagement-in-a-post-pandemic-world/?



2. Relational Authority: An Invitation to Simply Be

By Chaplain Seher Siddiqee

https://www.springtideresearch.org/post/relational-authority-seher?



3. The perils of parenting in the screen age

Breda O'Brien

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/the-perils-of-parenting-in-the-screen-age-1.4495983




4. Marriage and Divorce Decline During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Five States

Wendy Manning, Krista Payne


https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/tdfvc/




5. Care for children by caring for parents, says neuroscience

Nim Tottenham of Columbia University

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/early-childhood-development/neuroscience-parental-influence-shape-our-experiences/




6. We Expect 300,000 Fewer Births Than Usual This Year

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/opinion/coronavirus-baby-bust.html?




7. My nest is empty, but the stuff remains. Why is decluttering so emotionally fraught?

Bonnie Miller Rubin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/decluttering-emotional-response/2021/03/02/94080ab6-5443-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html




8. ISU Extension offers Farm Couple Getaways

https://www.dglobe.com/business/agriculture/6910582-ISU-Extension-offers-Farm-Couple-Getaways




9. We Are Real Parents, Too: Our Adoption Story

BY MARIANA AND ALFREDO

https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/category/marriage/




10. ‘The Marriage Pact’ and the risks we take with data

BY CYNTHIA RUDIN

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article249546103.html




11. Marriage and divorce during the pandemic

Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2021/03/04/davis-marriage-and-divorce-during-the-pandemic



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Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1658736 2021-02-26T00:59:38Z 2021-02-26T14:37:10Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Median Age at Last Birth

Lisa Carlson and Karen Benjamin Guzzo

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/carlson-guzzo-median-age-last-birth-fp-21-05.html




2. Best & Worst States to Raise a Family

Adam McCann

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-raise-a-family/31065#




3. COMMUNICATING NEWSWORTHY SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

https://www.nap.edu/resource/sbs/interactive/




4. The role of families in human flourishing: A conversation with James Heckman

Katharine B. Stevens | AEI web event

https://www.aei.org/events/the-role-of-families-in-human-flourishing-a-conversation-with-james-heckman/?

OR


Stop Spreading Myths about Child Welfare

By NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY & SARAH A. FONT

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/stop-spreading-myths-about-child-welfare/?




5. Understanding the Roots of Youth Anxiety

IFS webinar with Professor Joe Davis





6. Two Ways Stress Makes it Hard to be a Supportive Partner
 
by Lisa A. Neff and Hannah C. Williamson

https://spsp.org/news-center/blog/neff-williamson-relationship-stressors




7. How to cope with squabbling siblings: Five expert tips on handling competitive children

Studies have found conflicts can happen up to eight times an hour. But parents can help

Jessica Grose

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/parenting/how-to-cope-with-squabbling-siblings-five-expert-tips-on-handling-competitive-children-1.4482081





8. Stable Families Are Helping Protect Kids From Lockdown-Induced Depression And Suicide

Glenn T. Stanton




9. Impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions on Marriage and Divorce Decisions

Chandrayee Chatterjee

https://www.thecgo.org/people/chandrayee-chatterjee/




10. Marriage & divorce amid pandemic: Couples’ challenges abound

DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer

https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/feb/22/marriage-divorce-amid-pandemic-couples-challenges-abound/




11. Men, Madness and Marriage in 19th-Century France

Jessie Hewitt

https://www.insidehighered.com/audio/2021/02/22/men-madness-and-marriage-19th-century-france




12. Rituals within dating relationships play a meaningful role in a couple’s commitment to get married, study suggests

by Beth Ellwood

https://www.psypost.org/2021/02/rituals-within-dating-relationships-play-a-meaningful-role-in-a-couples-commitment-to-get-married-study-suggests-59708




This could be the image this week  https://encyclopediavirginia.org/4414hpr-72612cd388a97ab/



Thanks

Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1655774 2021-02-18T21:22:21Z 2021-02-18T21:22:21Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. ‘Dearest Sweetheart’: The passion and poignancy of wartime love letters

Gillian Brockell

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/14/war-love-letters-valentines-day/



2. Recent Impact Findings from Demonstrations Serving Noncustodial Parents

 Elaine Sorensen

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/blog/2021/02/recent-impact-findings-demonstrations-serving-noncustodial-parents




3. Swipe Right for Love

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/swipe-right-for-love/



4. The Type of Love That Makes People Happiest

ARTHUR C. BROOKS

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/02/falling-in-love-wont-make-you-happy/617989/?



5. ELEVATE: Taking Your Relationship to the Next Level

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/humansciences/elevate



6. Why the US is eyeing a $300 monthly child benefit

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55986366




7. What does the declining U.S. fertility rate say about housing sales, Social Security and college?

 Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/2/13/22278256/how-drop-in-us-utah-fertility-affects-social-security-economy-education-housing-wealth-health




8. DSU students, staff express why love languages are important

Rachel Lords

https://dixiesunnews.com/news/articles/2021/02/12/dsu-students-staff-express-why-love-languages-are-important/




9. Study Suggests Link Between DNA and Marriage Satisfaction in Newlyweds

U of A psychologist Anastasia Makhanova

https://news.uark.edu/articles/55988/study-suggests-link-between-dna-and-marriage-satisfaction-in-newlyweds




10. How to Become Positive Marriage Role Models

  Laura Guida

https://blog.prepare-enrich.com/2021/02/how-to-become-positive-marriage-role-models/




11. Faculty Marriage Stories

 LILLY CARMAN

https://www.tkc.edu/admissions/blog/faculty-marriage-stories/




12. National Caregivers Day – February 19, 2021

https://nationaltoday.com/national-caregivers-day/


Thanks.
Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1652945 2021-02-11T22:16:31Z 2021-02-11T22:16:32Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. How Love Can Help Your Child Become More Compassionate

MARYAM ABDULLAH 

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




2. No ‘divorce boom’ in sight

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/no-divorce-boom-in-sight/




3. China launches match-making campaign as marriage and birth rates drop

https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/china-launches-match-making-campaign-as-marriage-and-birth-rates-drop-121021100552_1.html




4. Marriage Advice From Kindergarteners

Sarah Dosmann

https://milwaukeemom.com/love-relationships/advice-from-children/




5. Love Letters From the Past Introduce Vermont Siblings to Their Long-Gone Grandparents

By DAN BOLLES

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/love-letters-from-the-past-introduce-vermont-siblings-to-their-long-gone-grandparents/Content?oid=32292857




6. Queen Victoria’s wedding ring – a symbol of the passionate marriage she enjoyed with Prince Albert

By Elizabeth Jane Timms

https://royalcentral.co.uk/features/history-blogs/queen-victorias-wedding-ring-a-symbol-of-the-passionate-marriage-she-enjoyed-with-prince-albert-155665/




7. Free Access to Marriage Records on MyHeritage This Valentine’s Day

 By Esther

https://blog.myheritage.com/2021/02/free-access-to-marriage-records-on-myheritage-this-valentines-day/




8. Strengthening Families, Healthy Marriage & Responsible Fatherhood

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/topic/strengthening-families-healthy-marriage-responsible-fatherhood




9. ACF (from 2010) 
http://web.archive.org/web/20100527095004/https://hhsu.learning.hhs.gov/communities/folders.asp?iFolderID=18965



10. How to really listen to what someone you care about is saying



https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/really-listen-someone-care-saying/?WT.mc_id=e_DM1327370&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_365_New_THURSDAY_2021&utmsource=email&utm_medium=Edi_365_New_THURSDAY_202120210121&utm_campaign=DM1327370




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Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1649720 2021-02-04T22:23:38Z 2021-02-04T22:23:38Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Family Strengthening Research: FY 2019

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/family-strengthening-research-fy-2019




2. What “baby bust”? New and soon-to-be parents on choosing to have kids in dark times.

Chris Chafin, Vox

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22231370/covid-coronavirus-pandemic-pregnancy-babies




3. The gift of the COVID-19 pandemic: more playtime with dad

Paul Ramchandani of the University of Cambridge, UK

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/positive-influence-fathers-playtime-during-pandemic/




4. ‘Honey, I’m home – all the time:’ Pandemic life for married couples can lead to sadness, anger

https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2021/01/28/-honey-i-m-home-all-the-time-pandemic-life-for-married-couples-can-lead-to-sadness-anger




5. 'Nobody wants to talk about death': Erin author doesn't want you to wait to write down your dying wishes

Alexandra Heck

https://www.orangeville.com/whatson-story/10286810--nobody-wants-to-talk-about-death-erin-author-doesn-t-want-you-to-wait-to-write-down-your-dying-wishes/



6. UC Davis study finds that the pandemic has impacted Latina mothers both financially and psychologically

https://theaggie.org/2021/02/01/uc-davis-study-finds-that-the-pandemic-has-impacted-latina-mothers-both-financially-and-psychologically/



7. Joe Biden Says That Sometimes a Marriage Has to "Be 70/30" in Order to Thrive

MURPHY MORONEY

https://www.popsugar.com/family/joe-jill-biden-on-how-theyve-kept-their-marriage-strong-48145615




8. Marriage and Family Therapists’ Reporting of Telehealth Use on Practice Websites during COVID-19: A Linguistic Analysis

Thomas Bischoff ,Kevin Hynes,Rachel Tambling &Alexia Kingzette

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01926187.2021.1877209




9. Opinion: Does bipartisanship matter more than helping kids?

Opinion by 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/does-bipartisanship-matter-more-than-helping-kids/2021/02/03/0ad11926-6664-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html




10. Ep. 77-Sliding vs Deciding in Relationships with Dr. Scott Stanley


You Winning Life


https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-winning-life/id1473652133?i=1000504630792




11. FIVE REASONS TEEN GIRLS STOP TALKING TO THEIR DADS

CHRIS OWNBY


https://firstthings.org/five-reasons-teen-girls-stop-talking-to-their-dads/?




12. Far away, so close: Negotiating relationships during COVID-19

By Laurie Meyers

https://ct.counseling.org/2021/01/far-away-so-close-negotiating-relationships-during-covid-19/



Thanks
Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1646253 2021-01-28T19:56:52Z 2021-01-28T19:56:52Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Is Marriage Becoming Irrelevant?

BY JEFFREY M. JONES

https://news.gallup.com/poll/316223/fewer-say-important-parents-married.aspx




2. A National Agenda for Children’s Mental Health

Authors: Jessica Dym Bartlett, Brandon Stratford

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/a-national-agenda-for-childrens-mental-health




3. Renewal and Mission of Hope

Susan Barth  

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/renewal-and-mission-of-hope/




4. 2021 NCFR Conference Call for Proposals

Submission Due March 1, 2021

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-2021/call-for-proposals#instructions




5. Family Strengthening Research: FY 2019

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/family-strengthening-research-fy-2019

OR

Final Cross-site Analysis of the 2015 Cohort of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantees: Opportunity to Provide Input on Research and Dissemination Priorities

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/final-cross-site-analysis-2015-cohort-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood




6. Can the ‘Two-Sided Marriage’ Rebalance China’s Patriarchal Families?

Zhao Chunlan

http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006740/can-the-two-sided-marriage-rebalance-chinas-patriarchal-families%3F


OR

South Korea’s baby boost for married couples excludes nontraditional families

Jason Strother  


OR

Researchers find promoting marriage is the key to Asia’s demographic woes

Concern about chronically low fertility is increasing

Shannon Roberts





7. The Myth That Gets Men Out of Doing Chores

They’re just as good at recognizing messes as women—they just don’t feel the same pressure to clean them up.

JOE PINSKER

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/01/boys-men-messy-chores/617845/




8.  https://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/tool-kit



9. Confirmation bias and methodology in social science: an editorial

 Walter R Schumm

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01494929.2021.1872859




10. Unintended Births: Variation Across Social and Demographic Characteristics

Karen Benjamin Guzzo 

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/guzzo-unintended-births-variation-social-demographic-characteristics-fp-21-02.html 

OR

Thirty Years of Change in Unintended Births

Karen Benjamin Guzzo 



Thanks

Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1643144 2021-01-21T17:42:15Z 2021-01-21T17:42:15Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Healthy Relationship Education Training

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/humansciences/relationship-education




2. “Psychological Flexibility” May Be Key To Good Relationships Between Couples And Within Families

Emma Young  

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/12/21/psychological-flexibility-may-be-key-to-good-relationships-between-couples-and-within-families/



3. An Introduction to Program Design and Implementation Characteristics of Federally Funded Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grantees

Maria A. Ramos-Olazagasti, Mindy E. Scott, Julie Blechman, and Deja Logan

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/an-introduction-to-program-design-and-implementation-characteristics-of-federally-funded-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-grantees/




4. WEBINAR Replay: Does Marriage Still Matter? A Current Perspective

https://www.dibbleinstitute.org/event/webinar-does-marriage-still-matter-a-current-perspective/




5.Final Cross-site Analysis of the 2015 Cohort of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantees: Opportunity to Provide Input on Research and Dissemination Priorities

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/final-cross-site-analysis-2015-cohort-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood




6. Caring dads probably came first, before providing dads

Lee T. Gettler of the University of Notre Dame  

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/nurturing-fatherhood-rooted-male-biology/




7. The sex recession: how Britain lost its libido in lockdown

Rebecca Reid

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/sex-recession-britain-lost-libido-lockdown/




8. The Black Lives Matter Movement: A Call to Action for Couple and Family Therapists

Shalonda Kelly  Gihane Jérémie‐Brink  Anthony L. Chambers  Mia A. Smith‐Bynum

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/famp.12614




9. Stop Saying You're 'Happily Married'

EMMA PATTEE

https://www.elle.com/life-love/a35227684/stop-saying-youre-happily-married/




10. Why Marriage And Divorce Rates Are Dropping During The Pandemic

Naomi Cahn

https://www.forbes.com/sites/naomicahn/2021/01/15/why-marriage-and-divorce-rates-are-dropping-during-the-pandemic/?sh=4eba970356c2




11.Child Maltreatment 2019

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/cm2019.pdf




12. How Marriages Affected Women in Ancient Rome

Robert Garland, Ph.D., Colgate University  

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/how-marriages-affected-women-in-ancient-rome/




13. Marriage Matters virtual conference offers real help to couples

Eric Pilgrim

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/386982/marriage-matters-virtual-conference-offers-real-help-couples


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Bill



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The Future of Christian Marriage - Catholic Information Center

Marriage has come a long way since biblical times. Women are no longer property, and practices like polygamy have long...

https://cicdc.org/event/the-future-of-christian-marriage/

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1640127 2021-01-14T17:45:32Z 2021-01-14T17:45:32Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Reducing the marriage tax penalty for low-income families

Angela Rachidi and Peyton Roth | AEIdeas

https://www.aei.org/poverty-studies/reducing-the-marriage-tax-penalty-for-low-income-families/?




2. A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement

JOSHUA COLEMAN

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/01/why-parents-and-kids-get-estranged/617612/




3. Census Bureau Releases New Estimates on America’s Families and Living Arrangements

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/estimates-families-living-arrangements.html





4. Toolkit for Supporting Young Families Through Human Services
 
OFA

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/toolkit-supporting-young-families-through-human-services




5. Healthy relationship education training will be virtual in February in Iowa

Farm Forum

https://www.farmforum.net/farm_forum/healthy-relationship-education-training-will-be-virtual-in-february-in-iowa/article_61af1333-b09e-5230-9f15-cadb2571703a.html




6. Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Research and Evaluation

ACF Research and Evaluation Agenda

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/agenda/healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood-research-and-evaluation




7. Spouses: Help researchers delve into long-term effects of military life

Karen Jowers

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2021/01/11/spouses-help-researchers-delve-into-long-term-effects-of-military-life/




8. Conflict between divorced parents can lead to mental health problems in children

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/asu-cbd010721.php?




9. http://www.advancingparenting.org/ or https://www.coalitionforbehavioralhealth.org/training-modules




10. Getting Along With Your Spouse's Siblings and Their Spouses

by Barry J. Jacobs and Julia L. Mayer

https://www.aarp.org/home-family/friends-family/info-2021/getting-along-with-in-laws/


OR

 The Psychology Behind Sibling Rivalry

Jessica Grose

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/parenting/sibling-rivalry-fights-kids.html




11. Explaining The Magic 5:1 Ratio Rule For Parents

 DORA NUSs-WARREN

https://www.moms.com/magic-51-ratio-rule-parents/



12. What 2020 has taught us about marriage

Mitchell Qualls  

https://www.dailypostathenian.com/opinion/article_63dab9f5-5309-5ece-9cb2-306df9c2420d.html


OR

Investigating the status of marital burnout and related factors in married women referred to health centers

Mahbobeh Nejatian, Ali Alami, Vahideh Momeniyan, Ali Delshad Noghabi & Alireza Jafari

BMC Women's Health

https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-021-01172-0




13. Promise Keepers Offers Free Online “Marriage Summit” Helping Guys Build Strong Marriages In Stressful Times

Richard Hunt

https://www.klove.com/news/faith/promise-keepers-offers-free-online-marriage-summit-helping-guys-build-strong-marriages-in-stressful-times-19127




'Marriage: A Story of Love in 28 Parts' has long-time couples rolling

Annie Reneau

https://www.upworthy.com/marriage-humor-28-part-story



Till next week...

Bill


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12. 2021 Groves Conference On Marriage and Family

Deadline for proposals: Feb. 25, 2021

https://www.ncfr.org/events/2021-groves-conference-marriage-and-family



13. Commentary on the Culture of Prevention

Zili Sloboda & Susan B. David

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11121-020-01158-8




14. The Pandemic And Family Life: An Interim Report

Karlyn Bowman

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bowmanmarsico/2020/12/17/the-pandemic-and-family-life-an-interim-report/?sh=9ac7a1620bcc




15. Charting a Course for Economic Mobility and Responsible Parenting - Cohort 2

Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families - OCSE


https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=327676&utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse&utm_content=Tribal+Case+Study%21%2FFocus+on+the+Positive%2FModern+Family&utm_campaign=The+Dibble+Institute+Newsletter




16. Does Marriage Still Matter? A Current Perspective

Wed, Jan 13, 2021 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5907579630196313872?utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse&utm_content=January+2021+webinar%3A+Does+Marriage+Still+Matter%3F+A+Current+Perspective&utm_campaign=The+Dibble+Institute+Newsletter













































]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1634300 2020-12-31T22:00:28Z 2020-12-31T22:00:28Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Get married for the sake of the children

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/get-married-for-the-sake-of-the-children/



2. CoupleTalk is LIVE in January!

https://www.coupletalk.com/ctlivejan21/



3. Behavioral Health Prevention Training Modules for the Classroom

January 12, 2021, 2–3 PM Eastern


Registration: https://umaryland.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIscuivpjsoGNaTlpqOBV_gboVt6254BD3g





4. Romantic relationships remained surprisingly stable during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

  

https://www.psypost.org/2020/12/romantic-relationships-remained-surprisingly-stable-during-the-early-stages-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-58919



5. Navigate the complex field of social and emotional learning
 
http://exploresel.gse.harvard.edu/




6. The coming COVID-19 baby bust: Update

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine  

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/17/the-coming-covid-19-baby-bust-update/?




7. Hygiene, communication matter more than common interests in relationships, survey shows

Chris Melore

https://www.studyfinds.org/hygiene-communication-matter-more-in-relationships





8. How Introvert-Extrovert Couples Can Make it Work (without Losing Their Minds) During Covid Quarantine

L’Oreal Thompson Payton   

https://people.com/lifestyle/how-introvert-extrovert-couples-can-make-it-work-during-covid/




9. Utah divorce decline mirrors national trend

Written by Charlie Schill

https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2020/12/30/utah-divorce-decline-mirrors-national-trend/#.X-4349jYrDc




10. COVID-19 to worsen S. Korea’s falling birthrate, marriage rate

By Jung Min-kyung
 
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20201230000699




11. ACF Research and Evaluation Agenda

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/acf-research-and-evaluation-agenda


HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL !  Hope it's a safe and healthy one.

Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1629019 2020-12-17T21:39:35Z 2020-12-17T21:39:36Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. How to help kids build resilience amid COVID-19 chaos  

Laura Santhanam  

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-to-help-kids-build-resilience-amid-covid-19-chaos?



2. A positive relationship between parents can protect children from the negative effects of paternal depression

BY BETH ELLWOOD

https://www.psypost.org/2020/12/a-positive-relationship-between-parents-can-protect-children-from-the-negative-effects-of-paternal-depression-58803?

OR

Compassionate parenting is likely to lead to more generous kids

Kristen Dalli



3. Videos from Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS)

ACF/HHS

http://recsconference.net/2020videos.htm



4. The power of validation in helping people stay positive

Emily Caldwell, Ohio State News

https://news.osu.edu/the-power-of-validation-in-helping-people-stay-positive/




5. Learned Helplessness, Criminalization, and Victimization in Vulnerable Youth

https://squareonejustice.org/paper/learned-helplessness-criminalization-and-victimization-in-vulnerable-youth-by-elizabeth-trejos-castillo-evangeline-lopoo-and-anamika-dwivedi-december-2020/




6. Monthly Networking Calls for Children's Trust and Prevention Funds and their State Systems Partners

https://sites.google.com/site/allianceecitheoryofchange/eci-lc-monthly-meetings




7.Japan Embraces AI Matchmaking

Ryan Duffy

https://www.morningbrew.com/emerging-tech/stories/2020/12/14/japan-embraces-ai-matchmaking?



8. Case study: ‘Me, You and Baby Too’

https://www.oneplusone.org.uk/news/case-study-mybt




9. How Marriage Affects Health in Older Adults

David Ludden Ph.D.



OR

Does Relationship Satisfaction Decline after Marriage?



 



10.Ho, Ho… Help! Navigating the Holidays During the Pandemic

Wendy Helfenbaum 

https://yourteenmag.com/coronavirus/getting-through-the-holidays?




11. New curriculum guides communities on engaging with youth

https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2020/12/16/design-dialogues



12. Navy hires special education attorneys as part of pilot program for families

ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPES 

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/navy-hires-special-education-attorneys-as-part-of-pilot-program-for-families-1.655271



13. The reality of Black men’s love lives and marriages is very different than what’s usually shown on TV – I spent years actually talking to them

Armon Perry  

https://theconversation.com/the-reality-of-black-mens-love-lives-and-marriages-is-very-different-than-whats-usually-shown-on-tv-i-spent-years-actually-talking-to-them-151166



Thanks and Merry Christmas to all.
Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1626528 2020-12-10T18:44:21Z 2020-12-10T18:44:21Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Achieving Improved Child and Family Well-Being Through Prevention, A Call for System Adaptation

Dr. Dana Weiner   Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

https://www.chapinhall.org/wp-content/uploads/AchievingImprovedChildandFamily-PP_Oct2020.pdf




2. Relationships & Rituals: How Young People Are Handling the 2020 Holidays

https://www.springtideresearch.org/2020-holidays/




3. PATHS® Boosts Early Social and Behavioral Skills in Low-Income Urban Children

 Brian Calhoun, Jason Williams, Mark Greenberg, Celene Domitrovich, Michael Russell, and Diana Fishbein  in Frontiers in Psychology

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.561196/full



4.New American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for the First Time Provide Data on Three Time Periods That Don’t Overlap

NICOLE SCANNIELLO

 
OR

U.S. Marriage and Divorce Rates Declined in Last 10 Years





5. The parental burnout crisis has reached a tipping point

Anna North  

https://www.vox.com/22060380/covid-parents-burnout-schools-closed-kids-pandemic 




6. Why Some Families Laugh Together and Others Fight

Daniel S. Lobel Ph.D.






7. Playing And The COVID-19 Pandemic

By Lisa A. Gennetian

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/playing-forms-foundation-for-learning-and-wellbeing/



8. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE ROYAL FOUNDATION RELEASE THE #5BIGINSIGHTS IN THE BIGGEST EVER STUDY ON THE EARLY YEARS

https://royalfoundation.com/the-duchess-of-cambridge-unveils-five-big-insights-research-early-years/




9. Pandemic divorces are tragic. The data tell a more complete story

By the Deseret News Editorial Board

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/12/8/21719365/coronavirus-pandemic-divorce-marriage-american-family-survey-education



10. The good, the bad and the lonely: how coronavirus changed Australian family life

Megan Carroll, Diana Warren, Jennifer A. Baxter, Kelly Hand

https://theconversation.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-lonely-how-coronavirus-changed-australian-family-life-151688




11. New program for African American couples leads to stronger relationships, improved health

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/uoic-npf120820.php

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201208/Strengthening-couple-relationship-helps-improve-health.aspx




12. $119 million in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grants awarded by HHS’ Administration for Children and Families

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/media/press/2020/119-million-in-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood-grants-awarded



Thanks!
Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1623947 2020-12-03T17:47:45Z 2020-12-03T17:47:45Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Developments in Child and Family Policy in the EU in 2019

European Large Families Confederation

https://www.elfac.org/developments-in-child-and-family-policy-in-the-eu-in-2019/



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

OPRE, ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/pathways-to-outcomes-snapshots-tools-for-building-evidence-for-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-programs




3. For Hard Conversations, Families Fall Into Four Categories

By Kelsey Crowe and Juli Fraga

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




4. Children’s play in the COVID-19 pandemic

Chiel van der Veen, Mireille Smits-Van Der Nat, Femke Van Der Wilt and Elizabeth Wynberg  of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/childrens-play-during-pandemic/


OR


10 ways to support children’s emotional well-being during COVID-19

Child Trends  






4. Relationship Quality at home has a positive impact on Work Engagement

by Mandi Smith

https://www.prepare-enrich.com.au/blog/working-with-cohabiting-couples-0





5. U.S. Census Bureau Statistics Paint a Detailed Portrait of the Changing American Family

DERICK MOORE
 
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/11/giving-thanks-for-families-in-2020.html?




6. Local military families have access to a new support resource

By Angela Benitez

https://wydaily.com/local-news/2020/11/20/local-military-families-have-access-to-a-new-support-resource/




7. No sex no marriage: why Japan has so many sex-free marriages and why a rising number of people want to stay single

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3112258/no-sex-no-marriage-why-japan-has-so-many-sex-free

OR

'I do' gives way to 'I don't' as marriages plummet even before pandemic



https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/i-do-gives-way-to-i-don-t-as-marriages-plummet-even-before-pandemic-20201128-p56iqg.html




8. Saint Francis Launches Fatherhood Initiative After Grant

Published by Nikki Ratay

https://www.omahadailyrecord.com/content/saint-francis-launches-fatherhood-initiative-after-grant





9. Half of the undergraduate student body completes Marriage Pact, almost 3,000 receive matches

FLORA MENG

https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2020/12/02/half-of-undergraduate-student-body-completes-marriage-pact-almost-3000-receive-matches/

OR

Yale students take a shot at love with ‘Marriage Pact’ questionnaire


https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/yale-students-take-a-shot-at-love-with-marriage-pact-questionnaire/




10. How Many Years of Life Will a Bad Relationship Cost You?

Mark Travers Ph.D.






11. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment

 

Request; Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and Additional Data Collection (New Collection)


A Notice by the Children and Families Administration on 11/30/2020


https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/11/30/2020-26266/proposed-information-collection-activity-comment-request-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood




12. Giving thanks can keep marriages going

Aaron Hale

https://news.uga.edu/giving-thanks-can-keep-marriages-going/



Thanks
Bill

]]> 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

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