Candidates for the IFS Friday Five

Some of you know this: I had a sextuple bypass the day after Easter and got home last Fri. 
Feeling a little better already! Month+ recovery. Had to cancel our Ignatian Pilgrimage in May.
Feeling blessed, grateful for family, and glad to be back.


1. Understanding How Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluations Have Measured Child Well-Being

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/measuring-child-well-being-evaluations-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood

and/or
Using Learning Cycles to Strengthen Fatherhood Programs: An Introduction to the Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs (SIRF) Study

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/using-learning-cycles-strengthen-fatherhood-programs-introduction-strengthening


What Strategies Can Programs Use to Help More Dads Participate in Fatherhood Services?

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/what-strategies-can-programs-use-help-more-dads-participate-fatherhood-services





2. That ‘homeless person’ could be someone’s son. Mine, for instance.

By Shannon Jones

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/21/searching-for-my-homeless-son/





3. Demonstrating the impact of a volunteer family support program: Insights from an RCT

Jayne Meyer Tucker, Rebekah Grace, Angela Styman and Joanna Schwarzman

https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/webinars/demonstrating-impact-volunteer-family-support-program-insights-rct



4. What We Lose When We Conflate Child “Abuse” and “Neglect”

by , Molly Parker

The Southern Illinoisan

https://www.propublica.org/article/what-we-lose-when-we-conflate-child-abuse-and-neglect?



5. Why Kids Make the Best Philosophers

By Scott Hershovitz

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/04/kids-philosophy-questions/629650/




6. Study investigates link between African American couples’ relationship quality and depressive symptoms
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220426/Study-investigates-link-between-African-American-couplese28099-relationship-quality-and-depressive-symptoms.aspx




7. First-of-its-kind study compares domestic violence programs, finds promising results

Amie Zarling, a clinical psychologist and associate professor of human development and family studies at Iowa State.

https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2022/04/25/domestic-violence-act



8. Surface Force Helps Pregnant Sailors Thrive Through Artemis Program

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Stevin Atkins





9. Has Marriage Been Ruined for Women?

Tonya Lester LCSW


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/staying-sane-inside-insanity/202204/has-marriage-been-ruined-women

OR

Do You Have a Parent-Child Marriage?


Avrum Weiss, Ph.D.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fear-intimacy/202204/do-you-have-parent-child-marriage



10. https://www.marriage.com/

March 2022 Traffic Stats

https://www.semrush.com/website/marriage.com/



Thanks
 Bill