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Candidates for Friday Five

2018-11-28T21:55:44Z

1. Emotional suppression has negative outcomes on children

Sara Waters, Department of Human Development, WSU Vancouver

http://news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/emotional-suppression-has-negative-outcomes-on-children

2. Kindness, emotions and human relationships: The blind spot in public policy

Julia Unwin

https://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications/kindness-emotions-and-human-relationships-the-blind-spot-in-public-policy/

3. Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients, Fiscal Year 2017

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/characteristics-and-financial-circumstances-of-tanf-recipients-fiscal-year-2017

US: Statewide Data Indicators for Child and Family Services Reviews: Request for Public Comment (Public notice)

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/27/2018-25835/statewide-data-indicators-for-child-and-family-services-reviews-request-for-public-comment

OPRE Research in 60 Seconds Video - Parents and Children Together Evaluation Findings

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/opre-research-in-60-seconds-parents-and-children-together-evaluation-findings?

4. Americans Value Their Family Identity over Religion, Race, Political Party, or Career, New National Survey Finds

https://www.deseretnews.com/media/misc/pdf/afs/2018-AFS-News-Release.pdf

to be discussed Friday at https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-2018-american-family-survey/

5. Congressional Briefing (next week)

Preventing Child Maltreatment through CAPTA

http://solutionsnetwork.psu.edu/congressional-briefing

6. Integrating Healthy Relationship Education: A Course for Stakeholders

The National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families is excited to announce the launch of its revised online course

https://training.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/login/index.php

7. Evidence-Based Policymaking at the State Level A Guide for Governors

Kathryn Reynolds & Kriti Ramakrishnan, Urban Institute

https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/99293/evidence-based_policymaking_at_the_state_level.pdf

8. FRAGILE FAMILIES AND CHILD WELLBEING STUDY FALL 2018 PUBLIC DATA RE-RELEASE MEMO

https://fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/sites/fragilefamilies/files/re-release_memo_20181119.pdf

9. Watson panel extols virtues of marriage

Profs point to social, economic benefits of marriage, some audience members raise concerns

SPENCER SCHULTZ

http://www.browndailyherald.com/2018/11/09/watson-panel-extols-virtues-marriage/

10. Prescribing social activities to lonely people prompts ethical questions for GPs

Kimberley Brownlee and David Jenkins

https://theconversation.com/prescribing-social-activities-to-lonely-people-prompts-ethical-questions-for-gps-105439

11. ’Tis the season for proposals. And no, the bride’s parents aren’t obligated to pay for the wedding.

Michelle Singletary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/21/tis-season-proposals-no-brides-parents-arent-obligated-pay-wedding/?utm_term=.3429ac23af96

12. The Concept Creep of ‘Emotional Labor’

The term has become a central part of an important conversation about the division of household work. But the sociologist who coined it says it’s being used incorrectly.

JULIE BECK

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/arlie-hochschild-housework-isnt-emotional-labor/576637/

13. Enhancing Parenting Effectiveness, Fathers' Involvement, Couple Relationship Quality, and Children's Development: Breaking Down Silos in Family Policy Making and Service Delivery

Carolyn Pape Cowan

Philip A. Cowan

First published: 08 November 2018

https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12301

Thanks!

Bill

Tomorrow you can Watch the LIVESTREAM

The Father Factor: A Critical Link in Building Strong Families and Communities

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/the-father-factor/

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-11-15T00:00:20Z

1. FRPN Grantee Report: Evaluating Mother and Nonresidential Father Engagement in Coparenting Services in a Fatherhood Program

Nov 2018 | Sarah Whitton, Kimberley Sperber, Karen Ludwig, Aaron Vissman & Harold Howard

http://www.frpn.org/asset/frpn-grantee-report-evaluating-mother-and-nonresidential-father-engagement-in-coparenting

2. Child Trends News Service: Engaging Parents Through Social Science and Television News

https://www.childtrends.org/videos/child-trends-news-service-engaging-parents-through-social-science-and-television-news

3. The truth behind long-term relationships revealed: Half of millennials make out their relationship is happier than it really is

https://www.relate.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/2018/11/05/truth-behind-long-term-relationships-revealed-half-millennials-make-out-their-relationship-happier-it-really

80 relationship tips

https://www.relate.org.uk/relationship-help/help-relationships/making-your-relationship-stronger/80-relationship-tips

4. A SIMPLE WAY TO DE-ESCALATE COUPLE CONFLICTS

The Family Institute at Northwestern University

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/simple-way-de-escalate-couple-conflicts

5. Multiple Intelligences Theory: Widely Used, Yet Misunderstood

Youki Terada

https://www.edutopia.org/article/multiple-intelligences-theory-widely-used-yet-misunderstood?

6. Four policies to help the middle class, and how to pay for them

Richard V. Reeves and Katherine Guyot

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/11/05/four-policies-to-help-the-middle-class-and-how-to-pay-for-them/?

7. Overnuturing bad for your child's well-being: Expert

Joanne Richard

https://torontosun.com/life/relationships/overnuturing-bad-for-your-childs-well-being-expert

8. The Bridesmaids Are Multiplying

CAROLINE KITCHENER

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/american-weddings-bridesmaids/575404/

9. THREE GOOD THINGS

https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/three-good-things?#

10. Research Grants

To support research on the self, virtue and public life, approximately 10 new research projects will be funded

https://selfvirtueandpubliclife.com/initiatives/grants/?mc_cid=9dcfa9aafa&mc_eid=d7ca4578e9

11. How Do the Best Films of 1968 Look Today?

ARMOND WHITE

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/best-movies-of-1968-politics-culture/

Speaking of 1968, Pat and I celebrate our 50th anniversary this Fri (Nov 16)

Posted by Bill Coffin on Friday, May 20, 2016

Bill

https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-11-08T18:19:32Z

1. Tips for Teaching Healthy Marriage & Relationship Education in High Schools

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/five-tips-for-teaching-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-in-schools?

2. Mental health diagnoses rising among U.S. college students

Carolyn Crist

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-mental-college/mental-health-diagnoses-rising-among-u-s-college-students-idUSKCN1N65U8

3 . For Families: 5 Tips for Cultivating Empathy

https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/resources-for-families/5-tips-cultivating-empathy

WHAT'S STOPPING YOU FROM RAISING KIND AND EMPATHIC CHILDREN?

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/whats-stopping-you-raising-kind-and-empathic-children

4. A new report by the Early Intervention Foundation describing the value of early intervention, including in the three major risks of substance misuse, risky sexual behaviour and child maltreatment. In order to realise the potential of early intervention, says the Foundation, government should:

· Establish a new long-term investment fund to test the impact of a whole-system approach to early intervention in a small number of places

· Establish a new What Works Acceleration Fund to support a wider set of places across England to deliver effective early intervention

· Set up a new cross-government taskforce on early intervention to coordinate the work of relevant Whitehall departments and to oversee the delivery of these commitments

https://www.eif.org.uk/files/pdf/realising-the-potential-of-early-intervention.pdf

New FI project with Fulham FC supports dads and daughters

http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/2018/new-fi-project-with-fulham-fc-supports-dads-and-daughters/

Italy's populist government plans to reward fertile families with state land in bid to boost birth rate

Andrea Vogt

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/31/italys-populist-government-plans-reward-fertile-families-state/

5. Pregnancy Center Builds Stronger Fathers in Just 15 Minutes with New Initiative

Gayle Irwin

https://pregnancyhelpnews.com/pregnancy-center-builds-stronger-fathers-in-just-15-minutes-with-new-initiative

6. Start a Home Group

https://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/start-a-home-group

7. 101 Ways to Thank a Veteran

http://www.militaryavenue.com/Content.aspx?Name=ways_to_thank_veteran

ASU instructor and former Army wife creates close-knit culture for students to advocate for veterans

Marshall Terrill, Reporter, ASU Now

https://asunow.asu.edu/20181028-arizona-impact-class-veterans-focuses-their-families-and-support-systems

8. Keys to Integrating Relationship Education into Safety-Net Delivery Systems

Amy Laura Arnold, Ph.D., CFLE, Kristin Abner, Ph.D., and Robyn Cenizal, CFLE

https://www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/2018-10/ncfr-poster_final.pdf

9. Friday, November 16, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Saving international adoption

http://www.aei.org/events/saving-international-adoption/

November 15, 2018

2018 Antipoverty Forum

https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/event/2018-antipoverty-forum

10. Premarital Cohabitation and the Odds of Divorce: The Latest

Scott M. Stanley and Galena K. Rhoades

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/sliding-vs-deciding/201811/premarital-cohabitation-and-the-odds-divorce-the-latest

11. FOR THE LOVE OF RELATIONSHIPS – The retreat from marriage

Joneen Mackenzie

https://villagerpublishing.com/for-the-love-of-relationships-the-retreat-from-marriage/

12. When the Military Takes a Toll on Your Marriage: Reflections on 'Indivisible'

Gary Chapman

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/11/01/when-military-takes-toll-your-marriage-reflections-indivisible.html

Thanks!

Bill

https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-11-02T00:09:32Z

1. Education and Enrichment sessions at NCFR conference

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-2018/conference-schedule?f%5B0%5D=section%3Aeducationenrichment

2. Divorce Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2017

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/schweizer-divorce-rate-2017-fp-18-21.html

3. When you are unhappy in a relationship, why do you stay? The answer may surprise you

University of Utah via ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022122848.htm

4. UTEP professor highlights the struggles of being a student parent

Brianna Chavez

https://www.theprospectordaily.com/2018/10/29/utep-professor-highlights-the-struggles-of-being-a-student-parent/

5. U of M program tracks conversations between parents and children

WMCActionNews5.com Staff

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2018/10/29/u-m-program-tracks-conversations-between-parents-children/

6. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/33/the-marriage-of-the-virgin

7. How Expectations Affect One's Happiness in Marriage

Dianne Grande Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-it-together/201810/how-expectations-affect-ones-happiness-in-marriage

8. Pathways to high-quality jobs for young adults

Martha Ross, Kristin Anderson Moore, Kelly Murphy, Nicole Bateman, Alex DeMand, and Vanessa Sacks

https://www.brookings.edu/research/pathways-to-high-quality-jobs-for-young-adults/

9. Participation in Responsible Fatherhood Programs in the PACT Evaluation: Associations with Father and Program Characteristics

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/participation-responsible-fatherhood-programs-pact-evaluation-associations-father-program-characteristics

10. How Early Head Start Prevents Child Maltreatment

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/how-early-head-start-prevents-child-maltreatment

Thanks

Bill

https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-10-25T01:43:13Z

1. Parent-free Nation?

Amy Guliker

https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/articles/parent-free-nation/?

'Til Death Do Us Part' Might Delay Death

PETER STOCKLAND

https://www.convivium.ca/articles/til-death-do-us-part-might-delay-death

2. FRPN Webinar: Findings from FRPN-Funded Projects I: Home Visiting, Child Welfare Cases & a Meta-Analysis

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-webinar-findings-frpn-funded-projects-i-home-visiting-child-welfare-cases-meta-analysis

3. Why today's marriages are more likely to survive

Melanie Lawson

https://www.news4jax.com/news/morning-show/divorce-rates-are-down-in-duval-county

4. https://www.facebook.com/groups/282113575727121/?multi_permalinks=298792677392544%2C296547900950355¬if_id=1539876081583505¬if_t=group_activity

Dennison’s Bogie Book for Halloween (1920)

https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/dennisons-bogie-book-for-halloween-1920/

5. The impact of marriage on the overall survival of prostate cancer patients: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) analysis

https://www.urotoday.com/recent-abstracts/urologic-oncology/prostate-cancer/107652-the-impact-of-marriage-on-the-overall-survival-of-prostate-cancer-patients-a-surveillance-epidemiology-and-end-results-seer-analysis.html

T H E M A R R I A G E B E N E F I T: Why Marriage Is Healthy Except When It Isn’t

Tamara Sher, Ph.D., LCP

https://www.family-institute.org/sites/default/files/csi-marriage-benefit.pdf

6. How states can improve well-being for all children, from birth to age five

By Jimmy Sarakatsannis and Bryony Winn

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/how-states-can-improve-well-being-for-all-children-from-birth-to-age-five?

Seminar focuses on importance of investing in parenting strategies

Amna Pervaiz Rao

https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/24/10/2018/Seminar-focuses-on-importance-of-investing-in-parenting-strategies

https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/DIFI_conference_on_parenting_child_wellbeing_and_development_gets_underway_in_Doha-ZAWYA20181023134745/

7. Challenges Facing Rural America Deeply Rooted In Economic And Social Distress, Researchers Say

MIN XIAN

http://radio.wpsu.org/post/challenges-facing-rural-america-deeply-rooted-economic-and-social-distress-researchers-say

8. Children growing up in families under housing stress

https://aifs.gov.au/media-releases/children-growing-families-under-housing-stress

Prison stress adversely affects mother-child relationships

Deborah Marshall

https://app.secure.griffith.edu.au/news/2018/10/24/prison-stress-adversely-affects-mother-child-relationships/

9. What upticks in U.S. economic inequality and incarceration mean for marriage

Alix Gould-Werth

https://equitablegrowth.org/what-upticks-in-u-s-economic-inequality-and-incarceration-mean-for-marriage/

10.

The Case for Couples Counseling, Even If Your Marriage Is Happy

DEVIN FRIEDMAN

https://www.gq.com/story/the-case-for-couples-counseling

Thanks.

Bill

https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-10-18T21:26:28Z

1. How to Help Kids Consider Forgiveness

MARYAM ABDULLAH

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

2. AMERICA'S CHILDREN IN BRIEF: KEY NATIONAL INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING, 2018

https://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp

3. Teaching people about money doesn’t seem to make them any smarter about money – here’s what might

PHILIP FERNBACH & ABIGAIL SUSSMAN

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/financial-education-flunks-out-and-heres-whats-being-done-about-it-2018-10-10

4. Keeping Your Family Strong

https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/strong_ts_2018.pdf

5. Family Strengthening Research (FY2017)

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/family-strengthening-research-fy2017?

Putting Fathers and Families at the Center of ACF Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2018/10/putting-fathers-and-families-at-the-center-of-acf-programs

6. Kids' sleep may suffer from moms' tight work schedules

Katie Bohn

https://news.psu.edu/story/541084/2018/10/16/research/kids-sleep-may-suffer-moms-tight-work-schedules

7. IMPROVED MARRIAGE TRENDS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MILLENNIALS

http://www.relationshipsca.org/blog/2018/10/improved-marriage-trends-not-just-about-the-millennials/

8. Researcher discusses on-again, off-again relationships

Akhila Reddy

http://www.dailytoreador.com/lavida/researcher-discusses-on-again-off-again-relationships/article_dc1691ae-cdb5-11e8-bfc7-7734018c19c0.html

9. 40 percent of American children were born outside of marriage in 2015, UN study says

Alex Hider

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/40-percent-of-american-children-were-born-to-unmarried-mothers-in-2015-un-study-says

https://www.concordmonitor.com/Almost-half-of-US-births-happen-outside-marriage-signaling-cultural-shift-20936400

10. Why Does Graduate School Kill So Many Marriages?

Kathryn R. Wedemeyer-Strombel

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Does-Graduate-School-Kill/244796

11. CDR Investing in Fatherhood Process Study & Evaluation

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03710135

12. Commentary: Want more babies? Help couples build stronger marriages first

June Yong

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/want-more-babies-help-couples-see-the-joys-of-parenthood-10810354

13. Are Siblings More Important Than Parents?

BEN HEALY

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/the-science-of-sibling-rivalry/570811/

thanks for separating the wheat from the chaff

Bill

https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-10-11T22:48:06Z

1. What We Know about Military Family Readiness: Evidence from 2007-2017

Hawkins, Stacy A; Condon, Annie; Hawkins, Jacob N; Liu, Kristine; Melendrez Ramirez, Yxsel; Nihill, Marisa M; Tolins, Jackson

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1050341.pdf

http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD1050341

2. The bride all dressed in white bows out [part 2]

ANATOLY LIBERMAN

https://blog.oup.com/2018/10/etymology-bride-origin-part-2/?

3. College Drinking:

Prevention Perspectives-Lessons Learned at Frostburg State University

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/College-Drinking-/All-New-Products/PEP18-FROSTBURG

4. Research affirms the power of 'we'

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181005111455.htm

5. Invest in Relationships

Relate and the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy)

https://www.relate.org.uk/investinrelationships

6. Happily: 8 Commitments of Couples Who Laugh, …(coming out next week)

Kevin A.Thompson

7. Family Reunions and Tips on Planning

Carol Sanders

https://uapbnews.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/family-reunions-and-tips-on-planning/

8. What Is the Actual Divorce Rate In America? It’s Complicated.

Virginia Pelley

https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/what-is-divorce-rate-america/

9. Marriage in decline in America?

https://video.foxnews.com/v/5847177746001/?#sp=show-clips

Scott Stanley, "Unequally Into Us" 2018 Family Process video abstract

Are Millennials Better at Marriage?

https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/10/10/are-millennials-better-at-marriage.aspx

10. Millennials and the Future of Marriage

Caleb Sutherlin

http://www.frcblog.com/2018/10/millennials-and-future-marriage/

11. The great partisan divide in the US is now deciding who Americans marry

Michael J. Coren

https://qz.com/1410962/political-partisanship-in-the-us-is-now-deciding-love-and-marriage/

Thanks.

Bill

https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-10-04T22:03:18Z

1. In light of Brett Kavanaugh, an indepth look at how and when character is formed in kids

Jennifer Graham

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900034708/in-light-of-brett-kavanaugh-an-indepth-look-at-how-and-when-character-is-formed-in-kids.html

2. WED OCT10

The forgotten Americans: An economic agenda for a divided nation

https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-forgotten-americans/?

3. https://www.opportunityatlas.org/

4. The Health of Parents and Their Children: A Two-Generation Inquiry

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/the-health-of-parents-and-their-children-a-two-generation-inquiry

5. The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) financial data tables, along with an interactive map and national and state pie charts.

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ofa/fy2017_tanf_and_moe_state_piechart.pdf

6. Hands-on fathers ‘less likely to break up with partners’

Mark Rice-Oxley

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/30/hands-on-fathers-less-likely-to-break-up-with-partners-paternity-leave-childcare

Every marriage has its rocky patches. And given good sense, survives

Harry Benson

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/every-marriage-has-its-rocky-patches-and-given-good-sense-survives/

7. Learning Is a Complex and Active Process That Occurs Throughout the Life Span, New Report Says

http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=24783

A Good Marriage May Help You Live Longer. Here’s Why

http://www.foreverstatecollege.com/2018/10/03/a-good-marriage-may-help-you-live-longer-heres-why/

http://time.com/5410260/marriage-helps-you-live-longer/?

9. How can we discuss sex ed without talking about marriage?

Andrea Mrozek

https://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/8930155-how-can-we-discuss-sex-ed-without-talking-about-marriage-/

10. FRPN Webinar: Findings from FRPN-Funded Projects I: Home Visiting, Child Welfare Cases & a Meta-Analysis

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-webinar-findings-frpn-funded-projects-i-home-visiting-child-welfare-cases-meta-analysis

Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-09-27T14:41:43Z

in other news today...

1. How black neighborhoods have changed 50 years after the civil rights movement

Marcus Casey and Bradley Hardy

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/09/25/50-years-after-the-kerner-commission-report-the-nation-is-still-grappling-with-many-of-the-same-issues/?

2. The Jordan Institute for Families has launched its inaugural newsletter.

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/NEW-Jordan-Institute-for-Families-Newsletter-.html?soid=1110472552145&aid=AJZ8v6JqZfI

www.JordanInstituteforFamilies.org

3. DIVORCE RATE FOR NEWLY MARRIED COUPLES HALVES IN 25 YEARS

Chelsea Ritschel

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/divorce-rate-marriage-uk-decline-decrease-relationships-a8550241.html

Over a quarter of relationships are ‘sexless’

https://www.relate.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/2018/9/17/over-quarter-relationships-are-sexless

New CEO for Relationships Foundation

http://www.relationshipsfoundation.org/new-ceo-for-relationships-foundation/

OR

Divorce rate falls to lowest level since 1973 - but how many couples have split since the year you got married?

Patrick Scott & Ashley Kirk

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/26/divorce-rates-fall-lowest-levels-since-1973-people-getting-married/

4. Pay and play: to enhance early childhood development, fathers should do both

Natasha J. Cabrera

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/early-childhood-development/play-early-childhood-development-fathers/

5. WHAT'S STOPPING YOU FROM RAISING KIND AND EMPATHIC CHILDREN?

The Family Institute

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/whats-stopping-you-raising-kind-and-empathic-children

Can a Video Game Boost Empathy?

By Marianne Spoon

Read More https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_a_video_game_boost_empathy_in_kids?

6. The Future for Cooperative Extension and What it Means for Military Families

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/08/24/the-future-for-cooperative-extension-and-what-it-means-for-military-families/

7. In a few years we’re probably not going to have enough doctors to treat our aging population

By Katherine Ellen Foley

https://qz.com/1398613/in-a-few-years-were-probably-not-going-to-have-enough-doctors-to-treat-our-aging-population/

8. Millennials, Gen X committed to marriage and driving down divorce rates

Carla Wade

https://www.ktnv.com/news/millennials-and-gen-x-committed-to-marriage-and-driving-down-divorce-rates

The Not-So-Great Reason Divorce Rates Are Declining

JOE PINSKER

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/09/millennials-divorce-baby-boomers/571282/

9. Is student debt keeping Americans away from marriage?

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180926110917.htm

10. University of Texas study: What you know about finances is determined by your relationships

Nicole Villalpando

http://parenting.blog.austin360.com/2018/09/25/university-of-texas-study-what-you-know-about-finances-is-determined-by-your-relationships/

Thanks

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-09-20T15:08:23Z

1. Did we win the War on Poverty?

Monday, September 24, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

http://www.aei.org/events/did-we-win-the-war-on-poverty/

Thursday, September 27, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Child welfare and poverty in America: How welfare policies have created an intergenerational cycle of poverty and dysfunction

http://www.aei.org/events/child-welfare-and-poverty-in-america/

2. What Makes a Good Life? 3 Lessons on Life, Love, and Decision Making from the Harvard Grant Study

https://www.6seconds.org/2018/09/18/what-makes-a-good-life-3-lessons-on-life-love-and-decision-making-from-the-harvard-grant-study/

3. #Research4Reform Content Collection

http://news.wiley.com/Research4Reform?

4. Communicating with older people can be difficult

Sam Asano

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20180916/communicating-with-older-people-can-be-difficult

5. The No. 1 Thing That’s Killing Your Happiness

David Schramm, Ph.D., CFLE

https://fox13now.com/2018/09/18/the-no-1-thing-thats-killing-your-happiness/

6. These Couples Are Putting Off Marriage Because Of Student Loan Debt

LUDMILA LEIVA

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/debt-couples-marriage-money

7. Married men earn far more than any other American group

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/married-men-earn-far-more-than-any-other-american-group/

8. Marriage, what is it good for?

https://www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/news/marriage-what-it-good

9. Researchers Explain How Arguing Can Improve Your Marriage

https://www.powerofpositivity.com/how-arguing-can-improve-your-marriage/

10. Trauma-Informed Approaches for Programs Serving Fathers in Re-Entry: A Review of the Literature and Environmental Scan

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/trauma-informed-approaches-for-programs-serving-fathers-in-re-entry-a-review-of-the-literature-and-environmental-scan

thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-09-13T00:11:39Z

Restoring Respect is the First Step to a Better Society

Richard V Reeves

https://aeon.co/essays/restoring-respect-is-the-first-step-towards-a-better-society?

2. How to make friends as an adult

Beth Teitell

https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2018/09/10/how-make-friends-adult/zBPGhmUsGq9uWGKHYzqe3K/story.html?

3. Providing Healthy Marriage Education to Clients with Lower Literacy Skills

Charlotte Shoup Olsen, Ph.D., Professor and Extension Specialist, School of Family Studies and Human Sciences, Kansas State University

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/sites/default/files/Resource%20Files/Providing%20HMRE%20to%20Lower%20Literacy.pdf?

My Family Album: Healthy Relationship Activity Book for Children

Cenizal, Robyn (2017). My Family Album. Fairfax, VA: National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families.

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/sites/default/files/Resource%20Files/Relc5H-2017-MyFamilyAlbum_forWeb_508c_0.pdf?utm_source=September+2018+Enews&utm_campaign=September+2018+e-news&utm_medium=email

4. Resources for Weathering Hurricanes and Other Disasters

https://www.ncfr.org/news/resources-weathering-hurricanes-and-other-disasters

Why do people stay put during hurricanes? Here’s what psychology says.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/12/why-do-people-stay-put-during-hurricanes-heres-what-psychology-says/?utm_term=.d45625a2770a

5. A bagless approach in early intervention? What is that?

Crystal Williams

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/09/12/a-bagless-approach-in-early-intervention-what-is-that/

Why We Need Hopeful News

JILL SUTTIE

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

7. Understanding change in violence-related attitudes for adolescents in relationship education

Rachel Savasuk-Luxtona, ∗, Francesca Adler-Baeder, Megan L. Haselschwerdtb

https://handouts-live.s3.amazonaws.com/5ab24bb7dfbb40e4be34730a9c5a4602?sessionId=5987701024749171991&participantId=700069

ALICE: A NEW LENS FOR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

https://www.unitedwayalice.org/in-the-us

9. HA!

A marriage matching function with flexible spillover and substitution patterns

Ismael Mourifié

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00199-018-1148-2

10. Wedding Photography Stats | Your Survival Guide To The Changing Marriage Market

Danielle & Shaun King

https://www.slrlounge.com/wedding-photography-stats-survival-guide/

11.

FSU research highlights the love-hate relationship between testosterone and marriage

BY: DAVE HELLER

https://news.fsu.edu/news/2018/09/11/fsu-research-highlights-the-love-hate-relationship-between-testosterone-and-marriage/

12. What do Millennials think of Marriage?

Vimeo

thanks

Be safe

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-09-06T01:20:32Z

1. Communication-Skills-Based Job Prep Program Boosts Confidence In Nailing The Interview

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/communication-skills-based-job-prep-program-boosts-confidence-in-nailing-the-interview-300705742.html

2. Opening Lines of Communication: Asking Financial Questions before Marriage

Carol Church & David Lee Sexton, Jr.

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/08/13/opening-lines-of-communication-asking-financial-questions-before-marriage/

3. Close ties with fathers help daughters overcome loneliness

The Ohio State University

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180828121422.htm

OR

Good Fathers Are Vital For Optimal Child Development – Report

https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/2018/08/good-fathers-are-vital-for-optimal-child-development-report/

OR

Playing with dad could make a big difference in school

Pallavi Singhal

https://www.smh.com.au/education/playing-with-dad-could-make-a-big-difference-in-school-20180831-p500zx.html

4. Alabama’s Parenting Assistance Line (PAL) helps parents and caregivers across Birmingham

Patience Itson

https://bhamnow.com/2018/09/04/alabamas-parenting-assistance-line-pal-helps-parents-and-caregivers-across-birmingham/

5. Is Conflict With Your Spouse Undermining Your Health?

Michael O. Schroeder, Staff Writer

https://health.usnews.com/wellness/family/articles/2018-09-04/is-conflict-with-your-spouse-undermining-your-health

6. Marriage protects against malnutrition in old age

https://www.fau.eu/2018/09/04/news/research/marriage-protects-against-malnutrition-in-old-age/

7. In Sickness and in Health: Marriage and Chronic Illness

Marisa Zeppieri

https://lupusnewstoday.com/2018/09/04/lupus-sickness-health-marriage-chronic-illness-tips/

8. Falling marriage rates of young adults

Chang Se-moon

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2018/09/652_254797.html

9. How Not to Be a Helicopter Parent

By Mark Bertin

Parents can help their children most by getting back to the basics and not trying to solve everything.

Read More https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_support_your_kid_at_school_without_being_a_helicopter_parent?

OR

How to Raise a Kid with a Conscience in the Digital Age

By Caroline Knorr

Nudge kids to be their best selves by encouraging them to consume positive, inspiring media and online content.

Read More https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_raise_a_kid_with_a_conscience_in_the_digital_age

10. Highlights and Resources from The Power of Family Mealtimes: Strategies to Promote Health and Wellbeing

ROBIN ALLEN

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/09/05/highlights-and-resources-from-the-power-of-family-mealtimes/

OR

The Distance Between Two Hearts: Veteran Parenting Training

Bari Sobelson, MS, LMFT

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/09/03/the-distance-between-two-hearts-veteran-parenting-training/

11. Cartoons: The Funny Thing About Marriage…

By: Post Editors

http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/08/30/humor/funny-marriage.html

Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-08-30T14:36:36Z

1. The Four Keys to Happiness at Work

EMILIANA R. SIMON-THOMAS

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

2. E M E R G I N G A D U L T S ’ R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH THEIR PARENTS

Jacob Goldsmith, Ph.D.

https://www.family-institute.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/csi-emerging-adults-relationships-with-parents.pdf

3. On-again, off-again relationships might be toxic for mental health

University of Missouri

https://munews.missouri.edu/research/2018/0823-on-again-off-again-relationships-might-be-toxic-for-mental-health/

4. HHS Blog Post: Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: Strengthening Family Bonds and Increasing Economic Independence

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/hhs-blog-post-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-strengthening-family-bonds-and

O R

Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: Strengthening Family Bonds and Increasing Economic Independence

https://www.hhs.gov/blog/2018/08/23/healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education.html

5. Episode 1, How to Disagree: A Beginner's Guide to Having Better Arguments - BBC Radio 4

Timandra Harkness

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bf56gk

6.Marriage: More than a Century of Change, 1900-2016

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/allred-marriage-century-change-fp-18-17.html

7. 2 officials want condoms distributed in all Montgomery Co. high schools

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/08/2-officials-want-condoms-distributed-in-all-montgomery-co-high-schools/

8 .

Top Ten Parenting Blogs in 2018

Maria Rabinovich

http://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/top-ten-parenting-blogs-in-2018

9. Exceptional intelligence and easygoingness may hurt your prospects: Threshold effects for rated mate characteristics

Gilles E. Gignac

Clare L. Starbuck

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjop.12342

10.

When We Don’t Apologize

Elizabeth A. Segal, Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/social-empathy/201808/when-we-don-t-apologize

1 1.

Study: Children of Divorce Less Likely to Earn Degree

By

Greg Toppo

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/08/29/study-children-divorce-less-likely-earn-degree

O R

https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2018/08/28/divorcegrad

1 2. UNH Researchers Find Chaos at Home Can Adversely Affect Adolescents

http://www.newswise.com/articles/unh-researchers-find-chaos-at-home-can-adversely-affect-adolescents

Thanks Alysse

Bill

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Candidates for Friday Five

2018-08-23T13:09:26Z

1. FDA allows marketing of first direct-to-consumer app for contraceptive use to prevent pregnancy

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/UCM616511.htm?

A new birth control app has been approved by the FDA

Heather Marcoux

https://www.mother.ly/news/natural-cycles-birth-control-app-approved-by-fda?

2. Communicating With Congress: Writing Letters

Jennifer Crosswhite

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/summer-2018/communicating-congress-writing-letters

U.S. Census Bureau Seeks Input on its Data Products

https://www.ncfr.org/news/us-census-bureau-seeks-input-its-data-products

How (and Why) Government Should Invest in Marriage

by Alan J. Hawkins and Hal Boyd
within Education, Marriage
Aug 20, 2018 08:02 pm http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/08/22304/

4. Getting married? DC area boasts some of nation’s most expensive marriage costs

Alejandro Alvarez

https://wtop.com/life-style/2018/08/getting-married-dc-area-boasts-some-nations-most-expensive-marriage-costs/

5. Education Week: Freaking out about marriage

Camille Baker

https://universe.byu.edu/2018/08/21/education-week-deciding-whom-to-marry/

6. Long-lasting marriage does not translate to happy marriage

Azuka Onwuka

https://punchng.com/long-lasting-marriage-does-not-translate-to-happy-marriage/

7. 10 tips for dealing with arguments in relationships

LINDA LEWIS GRIFFITH

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/living/family/linda-lewis-griffith/article216008195.html

8. For Better or Worse: The Marriage-Health Connection

Aaron Cheesman

http://www.sacmag.com/Sacramento-Magazine/August-2018/For-Better-or-Worse-The-Marriage-Health-Connection/

9. There is More Power in a Marriage Vow Than You Realize - PART 1

Brad Miller

https://tandemmarriage.com/post/?permalink=there-is-more-power-in-a-marriage-vow-than-you-realize---part-1

10. The 2018 AEI-Brookings Project on Paid Family Leave

Friday, September 7, 2018 | 1:30 pm - 4:45 pm

http://www.aei.org/events/the-2018-aei-brookings-project-on-paid-family-leave/

11. How Teens and Parents Navigate Screen Time and Device Distractions

JINGJING JIANG

http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/08/22/how-teens-and-parents-navigate-screen-time-and-device-distractions/

Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-08-16T15:29:49Z

1. Immigration and Families Resources

https://www.ncfr.org/resources/resource-collections/immigration-resources

2. Families of Character Conference 2018-Intent to Thrive-Raising Kind Kids

https://familiesofcharacter.ticketleap.com/focintenttothrive2018conference/details

Parenting, Child Wellbeing and Development

http://event.difi.org.qa/overview/

3. Episode 20: What If You Had Never Met?

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/partner_for_granted?

4. Civil Society Strategy: building a future that works for everyone

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-society-strategy-building-a-future-that-works-for-everyone

5. This is the best state to have a child in this year

Jane Burnett

https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/this-is-the-best-state-to-have-a-child-in-this-year

(i would have to say that the best state is the married state ~ BC)

6, Self-control develops gradually in adolescent brain

Miranda Buckheit

https://news.psu.edu/story/531255/2018/08/14/self-control-develops-gradually-adolescent-brain

THE PARENTING SWEET SPOT WITH COLLEGE-BOUND KIDS

Jacob Goldsmith

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/parenting-sweet-spot-college-bound-kids

8. State TANF Policies - A Graphical Overview of State TANF Policies as of July 2016

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/state-tanf-policies-a-graphical-overview-of-state-tanf-policies-as-of-july-2016?

9. Back to School with Hope & Fear

Joshua Freedman

https://www.6seconds.org/2018/08/14/back-to-school-optimism-hope/

10. How to Plan a Wedding That Predicts a Happy Marriage

Wendy L. Patrick, Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/201808/how-plan-wedding-predicts-happy-marriage

11. Commentary: Utah should help people understand the benefits of marriage

Stephen Duncan

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2018/08/11/commentary-utah-should/

12. More and more babies born outside of marriage in the EU

http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/10/more-and-more-babies-born-outside-of-marriage-in-the-eu

Thanks Alysse.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-08-09T17:15:14Z

1. RECS Closing Remarks and Plenary

Parents and Children Together: Findings from an Experimental Evaluation of Six Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs

http://recsconference.net/2018videos.htm

2. Video: Explains Marriage and Relationship Education
This video explains what Marriage and Relationship Education is, what a program can look like, the topics covered and how to find a course or a facilitator.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyuUl-JnIhM

3. How Sleep Affects Your Relationships, According to Science

CASSIE SHORTSLEEVE

http://time.com/5348694/how-sleep-affects-relationships/

4. The Joys of Grandparenting

By Diana Divecha

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

5. The Co-Parenting Relationship scale is a validated measure created by the FRPN that is available for free in both English and Spanish. This scale was developed specifically for low-income, nonresident fathers and looks at a variety of co-parenting domains, including alliance, gatekeeping and undermining. http://www.frpn.org/sites/default/files/The%20FRPN%20Coparenting%20Relationship%20Scale%20.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29143335

6. You can find more tips like these in our tip sheets for service providers, or informational handouts for families, also available in Spanish.

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/level-1-basic-engagement

Family Transitions & Children: Trends Over 25 Years for Cohabitation and Marriage

Dr. Scott Stanley

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2018/08/family-transitions-children-trends-over.html

8. Asking ten “critical” questions before embarking on a serious relationship can help couples thrive

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed191319

9. St. Michael Academy welcomes Richard Brake as new principal

https://www.petoskeynews.com/news/local/st-michael-academy-welcomes-richard-brake-as-new-principal/article_90ba967c-ccc2-594b-b562-f6a3cd745c54.html

10.What is Helicopter Parenting and Why is it Bad?

By Chloe Bennett

https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Helicopter-Parenting-and-Why-is-it-Bad.aspx

11.

Tips for a successful weekly marriage meeting

ByErin Stewart

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900027379/erin-stewart-tips-for-a-successful-weekly-marriage-meeting.html

12.

How To Have A Happy Marriage: 7 Powerful Secrets From Research

https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2018/08/how-to-have-a-happy-marriage/

thanks alysse

Bill

OBX

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-08-02T18:13:27Z

1. FOR THE LOVE OF RELATIONSHIPS – Helping boys, stabilizing marriages

Joneen Mackensie

https://villagerpublishing.com/for-the-love-of-relationships-helping-boys-stabilizing-marriages/

2. WATCH: Marriage Education

for Children?

https://www.newstalk.com/WATCH:-Marriage-Education-for-Children

3. Study: Prayer makes families connected, unified and bonded with less relational tension

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-prayer-families-bonded-tension.html

Mismatches in the Marriage Market

Joseph P. Price

https://wheatley.byu.edu/mismatches-in-the-marriage-market/

4. An Introduction to the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/introduction-standards-quality-family-strengthening-and-support

5. Strong Families Initiative

https://www.hud.gov/fathersday

6. Father Engagement and Father Involvement Toolkit

https://calswec.berkeley.edu/toolkits/father-engagement-and-father-involvement-toolkit

7. Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children

Jessica Tollestrup

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31025.pdf

Dads Rock! Engagement Toolkit

http://www.cantasd.org/wp-content/uploads/DadsRockEngagementTK_FIN.pdf

8. Parents for Healthy Schools

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/parentengagement/parentsforhealthyschools.htm

9. Parenting Knowledge among First-time Parents of Young Children

JESSICA DYM BARTLETT, LINA GUZMAN, MARIA A. RAMOS-OLAZAGASTI

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/parenting-knowledge-among-first-time-parents-of-young-children-a-research-to-practice-brief

10. Family Hubs

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-07-24/debates/6B416685-7F75-4E6E-A35B-CFD9E19DE491/FamilyHubs

11. The Facilitator Alliance in RE: “Who” Matters, Not Just “What”

McKell Jorgensen and Alan J. Hawkins

http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/the-facilitator-alliance-in-re-who-matters-not-just-what/

Thanks Alysse.

Bill (on the Outer Banks of NC)

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-07-28T00:24:11Z

1. 25-27 July 2018 | Australian Institute of Family Studies | Melbourne VIC

https://aifsconference2018.com.au/program/?

Children of divorcing parents want more information and more say in what happens, study finds

Angus Randall

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-20/kids-dont-wont-to-be-kept-in-the-dark-when-it-comes-to-divorce/10016852

2. Sensible, family-loving teens behind pregnancy rate drop

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44860598

Fathers develop children’s social skills to make friends

Ross D. Parke

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/social-emotional-learning/social-skills-friends-fathers/

4. DIFI, QNRF grant backs studies on issues faced by Arab families

https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/23/07/2018/DIFI,-%C2%AD%C2%AD%C2%ADQNRF-grant-backs-studies-on-issues-faced-by-Arab-families

5. Words of Wisdom on a Silver Anniversary

By MICHELLE MALKIN

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/wedding-anniversary-wisdom-how-to-make-marriage-last/

6. LET'S TALK: COUPLES THERAPY | PODCAST

Neil Venketramen, AMFT

•

Cheryl Rampage, Ph.D.

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/lets-talk-couples-therapy-podcast

Episode 18: Listen Like It’s Your First Date

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/listen_like_your_first_date

7. Divorce, American style, is a little more urgent for some

By LEANNE ITALIE

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/divorce-american-style-urgent-56808410

8. What to Do When Your Family Is Struggling

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

What Do Teens’ Emotions Feel Like?

JAMES MCCONCHIE

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

9. Navy Releases 2018 Personal and Professional Choices Survey Results

Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs

https://japan.stripes.com/news/navy-releases-2018-personal-and-professional-choices-survey-results

Single Sailors Think Navy Hinders Likelihood of Marriage, Survey Says

Brock Vergakis

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/07/26/single-sailors-think-navy-hinders-likelihood-marriage-survey-says.html

10.

MILITARY FAMILIES LEARNING NETWORK

EVENTS

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/mfln-events/

11. ACWF President Urges to Promote Family Work

Editor: Yang Peng

http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/news/leaders/1807/7004-1.htm

12. Joint Facebook accounts not for everyone

Morgan March

https://universe.byu.edu/2018/07/25/merged-facebook-accounts-promote-unity1/

Thanks Alysse.

Bill

Re: Candidates for Friday Five

2018-07-19T23:36:04Z

SINGLE BEDS WERE MADE FOR ONE

Social isolation starts in families—thankfully it can end there too.

Appears in Summer 2018 Issue: Social Isolation
by Andrea Mrozek

https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/single-beds-were-made-for-one/

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:09 PM, Bill Coffin <billcoffin68@gmail.com> wrote:

1. Kids' Share 2018: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2017 and Future Projections

Julia B. Isaacs
Cary Lou
Heather Hahn
Ashley Hong
Caleb Quakenbush
C. Eugene Steuerle

https://www.urban.org/research/publication/kids-share-2018-report-federal-expenditures-children-through-2017-and-future-projections

2. Air Force Couple Ties the Knot Aboard C-17

Air Force 1st Lt. Marquel Coaxum

https://www.uso.org/stories/2238-air-force-wedding

OR

Wedding Cruises Help Couples Sail Into Marriage

Anne Artley, Staff Writer

http://www.lbbizjournal.com/single-post/2018/07/16/Wedding-Cruises-Help-Couples-Sail-Into-Marriage

3. Encouraging Attendance and Engagement in Parenting Programs: Developing a Smartphone Application with Fathers, for Fathers

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/encouraging-attendance-engagement-parenting-programs-developing-smartphone-app-for-fathers?

4. Seven Lessons from Mister Rogers That Can Help Americans Be Neighbors Again SHEA TUTTLE

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

5. “Parent Education and Family Life Education: A Critical Link in Early Childhood Education Policy”

by Glen Palm, Ph.D., CFLE, and Betty Cooke, Ph.D., CFLE

https://www.ncfr.org/news/ncfr-releases-policy-brief-parent-education-and-family-life-education-critical-link-early

6. Parental leave promotes coparenting, a key to early child development

Philip Hwang is Professor of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/early-childhood-development/early-child-development-parental-leave-coparenting/

7. World Congress of Families in Chisinau, Moldova, September 13th to September 16th, 2018

http://worldcongress.md/en/registration/

8. 2018’s Most & Least Stressed Cities in America
Adam McCann, Financial Writer

https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-stressed-cities/22759/

OR

Where are you most likely to get married -- or divorced -- in Pennsylvania?

By Linda Hasco

https://www.pennlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/07/8210c054869968/-where-are-you-most-likely-to.html

9.

Ministry launches Harmony initiative

SALMA ALALEM

http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/92ddb35b-13d5-45ec-9ab9-8d534adaaed9.aspx

or https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/dubai/free-online-and-tele-counselling-services-launched-across-uae

10. Early puberty in white adolescent boys increases substance use risk

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q3/early-puberty-in-white-adolescent-boys-increases-substance-use-risk.html

11. A bad marriage can seriously damage your health, say scientists

Layal Liverpool

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/16/a-bad-marriage-is-as-unhealthy-as-smoking-or-drinking-say-scientists

12. In our opinion: Marriage rates are down. How should the country reverse that?

Deseret News editorial board

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900024598/in-our-opinion-marriage-rates-are-down-how-should-the-country-reverse-that.html

Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-07-19T20:10:11Z

1. Kids' Share 2018: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2017 and Future Projections

Julia B. Isaacs
Cary Lou
Heather Hahn
Ashley Hong
Caleb Quakenbush
C. Eugene Steuerle

https://www.urban.org/research/publication/kids-share-2018-report-federal-expenditures-children-through-2017-and-future-projections

2. Air Force Couple Ties the Knot Aboard C-17

Air Force 1st Lt. Marquel Coaxum

https://www.uso.org/stories/2238-air-force-wedding

Wedding Cruises Help Couples Sail Into Marriage

Anne Artley, Staff Writer

http://www.lbbizjournal.com/single-post/2018/07/16/Wedding-Cruises-Help-Couples-Sail-Into-Marriage

3. Encouraging Attendance and Engagement in Parenting Programs: Developing a Smartphone Application with Fathers, for Fathers

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/encouraging-attendance-engagement-parenting-programs-developing-smartphone-app-for-fathers?

4. Seven Lessons from Mister Rogers That Can Help Americans Be Neighbors Again SHEA TUTTLE

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

5. “Parent Education and Family Life Education: A Critical Link in Early Childhood Education Policy”

by Glen Palm, Ph.D., CFLE, and Betty Cooke, Ph.D., CFLE

https://www.ncfr.org/news/ncfr-releases-policy-brief-parent-education-and-family-life-education-critical-link-early

6. Parental leave promotes coparenting, a key to early child development

Philip Hwang is Professor of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/early-childhood-development/early-child-development-parental-leave-coparenting/

7. World Congress of Families in Chisinau, Moldova, September 13th to September 16th, 2018

http://worldcongress.md/en/registration/

8. 2018’s Most & Least Stressed Cities in America

Adam McCann, Financial Writer

https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-stressed-cities/22759/

Where are you most likely to get married -- or divorced -- in Pennsylvania?

By Linda Hasco

https://www.pennlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/07/8210c054869968/-where-are-you-most-likely-to.html

Ministry launches Harmony initiative

SALMA ALALEM http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/92ddb35b-13d5-45ec-9ab9-8d534adaaed9.aspx

or https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/dubai/free-online-and-tele-counselling-services-launched-across-uae

10. Early puberty in white adolescent boys increases substance use risk

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q3/early-puberty-in-white-adolescent-boys-increases-substance-use-risk.html

11. A bad marriage can seriously damage your health, say scientists

Layal Liverpool

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/16/a-bad-marriage-is-as-unhealthy-as-smoking-or-drinking-say-scientists

12. In our opinion: Marriage rates are down. How should the country reverse that?

Deseret News editorial board

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900024598/in-our-opinion-marriage-rates-are-down-how-should-the-country-reverse-that.html

Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

2018-07-12T22:02:38Z

1. Diagnosis in child mental health

Rhys Price-Robertson

https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/diagnosis-child-mental-health?

Don't dismiss tech solutions to mental health problems

Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/11/dont-dismiss-tech-solutions-to-mental-health-problems

2. Strong Relationships, Strong Families Curriculum Module II

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/sites/default/files/lms/SR-SF_Module2_FINAL_1.22.13_508c.pdf?

Psychologists have looked into why “phubbing” is so harmful to our social lives

Alex Fradera

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/07/04/psychologists-have-looked-into-why-phubbing-is-so-harmful-to-our-social-lives/

4. Associations Between Participant Ratings of PREP for Strong Bonds and Marital Outcomes 1 Year Postintervention

Elizabeth S. Allen, Kristina M. Post, Howard J. Markman, Galena K. Rhoades, and Scott M. Stanley

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5560496/

(My Disclosure: It was 28 years ago this week that I brought Navy folks (SWs and Chaplains)to UD for first mil PREP training)

5. Advancing ACF Priorities with National, State, County and Local Partners

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/advancing-acf-priorities-national-state-county-and-local-partners-0

Decisions Related to the Development of a Clearinghouse of Evidence-Based Practices in Accordance With the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/22/2018-13420/decisions-related-to-the-development-of-a-clearinghouse-of-evidence-based-practices-in-accordance