Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Reflections of the Nation’s Former Marriage Czar - Dr. Wade Horn

Stronger Marriage Webinar Recording, 

Utah Marriage Commission 







2.   Child Welfare System Myths vs. Facts
 
Brett Drake | American Enterprise Institute 





3. Thick Community & Why We Need It

Soren and Ever Johnson, Trinity House Community







4. The Emerging Marriage Renaissance

Carl Caton, NARME Plenary 2025











6. Maintaining Relationship Safety While Promoting Relationship Health: Family Service Referrals Among Veterans Screened for Intimate Partner Violence
Dev Crasta , Grace B. McKee, Nicole M. Caulfield, Hajra Usman, Nicole Trabold, Cory A. Crane, Jennifer S. Funderburk, Katherine M. Iverson, Scott D. McDonald
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-53389-001.html





7. From Family Dynamics to Adolescent Social Functioning: A Longitudinal Study of Parental Depression and Emotional Insecurity

Reyhaneh S. Razavi, Rebecca Y. M. Cheung, Patrick T. Davies, E. Mark Cummings

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7295938/v1




8. People are having fewer babies: Is it really the end of the world?







9. Understanding America Study

The Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR), the University of Southern California.







10. DoDEA and CNIC Partner to Expand Non-Medical Counseling Support in Overseas Schools

Jasmine McLeod, HQ Chief, Student Support Services, DoDEA HQ






11. In Pursuit: Marriage, Motherhood, and Women’s Well-Being

By Brad Wilcox | Wendy Wang | Jean Twenge | Jenet Erickson







12. Divorce rates are down, marriage rates are up, contrary to popular belief

By Alexander Batman, BYU-Idaho Radio





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Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate

Will Croxton






2. Tonight!

Reflections of the Nation’s Former Marriage Czar - Dr. Wade Horn
Date: August 21, 2025
Time: 6:00 MDT





3.  No boom in ‘no fault’ divorce 

Harry Benson







5. What the latest studies say about marriage and dating trends in the U.S. today

Ayesha Rascoe






6.  Enhancing Confidence and Teaching Efficacy in Youth Relationship Education Practice Through Service-Learning 

Lindsey Almond,  Silvia Vilches, Francesca Adler-Baeder, 
Department of Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University

https://www.familyscienceassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FSR-V29-1-Almond.pdf




7. A Marriage Skills Intervention to Improve the Marital Competencies of Couples in Multicultural Resource-Limited Communities in South Africa

Maretha Visser &Marilyn C. Saunders





9. A Skill to Help Soothe Teens’ Back-to-School Anxiety

 Tyralynn Frazier, Blake Colaianne |

Jonathon Van Maren

https://wng.org/opinions/repopulating-the-playground-1755560343




12. Parents in positive relationships with their partner have children with stronger friendships

Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)




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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Marriage rates and outcomes: What’s education got to do with it?

John V. Winters, professor of economics, Iowa State University.






2.  A longitudinal mediation analysis of relationship catastrophizing, perceived partner support, and sexual well-being in couples seeking medically assisted reproduction

 Grace AWang1 , Katherine Pe´loquin2 , Meghan A Rossi1 , Quinn M MacDonald1 , Audrey Brassard3 , Sophie Bergeron2 , Renda Bouzayen4 and Natalie O Rosen1,4

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13591053251351686



3.  Who Remains Single? Educational Gradients in Long-Term Singlehood Across Ethnic Groups

 Kasimir Dederichs1 | Evelina Akimova1,2,3,4,5 | Nan Dirk de Graaf1





4. Meeting partners online is related to lower relationship satisfaction and love: Data from 50 countries

Marta Kowal a, Piotr Sorokowski b, Adam Bode c, Michal Misiak b, W.P. Malecki d, Agnieszka Sorokowska b, S. Craig Roberts a e

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585325000711



5. Religious/spiritual struggles and sanctification of relational sexuality: ties to sexual satisfaction among Jewish Israeli in marital or committed relationships






6.  Saying no to marriage: A topic modeling approach to Korean social big data on “bi-hon” 

Jeenkyoung Lee 1 | Jaerim Lee 2,3 | Jee Hoon Lee 2






7. What young adults need to know about AI

American Psychological Association

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-young-adults-need-know-ai-american-psychological-association-dsyge/




8. Do Couples With Similar Personalities Have Happier Relationships?

Jill Suttie 






9. Home Visiting Recruitment and Uptake Evidence Review







10. When Love Becomes a Ledger: How Keeping Score Can Hurt Your Relationship

Haeyoung Gideon Park and Emily A. Impett





11. The Consumer Culture Of Marriage

Bill Doherty, PhD, The Doherty Relationship Institute, LLC

https://thedohertyapproach.com/the-consumer-culture-of-marriage/






12. Print beats digital for preschoolers learning to read, study finds

by Madeline Strauss, Michigan State University





13.  Marriage Health in America study

Focus on the Family

https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SOTF-MarriageHealth-2025.pdf




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Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Quick Lessons, 15 minutes on popular topics  

USU EXTENSION  




2. Most Young Adults Have Not Achieved Key Adulthood Milestones by 2024  

Paul Hemez and Jonathan Vespa  





3. More teenagers are saying they use AI for friendship. Here’s why researchers are concerned  






4. Statistics and Facts About Dating in 2025  

Emily Phares  





5. From Adversity to Resilience: A Framework for Hope  

When: Wednesday, August 13 @ 1:00pm Pacific Time/4:00pm Eastern Time  
Speaker: Jessica Herzog-Hall; Director, ACEs Indiana Coalition  






6. How Prenatal and Early Childhood Programs Can Engage Fathers from Day One  

By Erik Vecere  





7. Growing diverse and immigrant populations drove the nation’s post-pandemic demographic rebound, new census data show  

William H. Frey  






8. Interventions in High-Conflict Divorces/Separations from Children’s Perspective: A Scoping Review 

Susanna Rautioa , Anna Nikupeterib , and Merja Laitinenb






9. Enhanced Afterplay Can Save Relationships from Erosion: A Comprehensive Research Synthesis and Framework for Future Inquiry 

Khan Tahsin Abrar





10.  Risk factors of military spouse suicide: An exploratory analysis 

Grace E. Seamon- Lahiff, Marcie Goeke-Morey





11. Investigating bidirectional relationships between parenting stress and child maltreatment from early childhood to adolescence: A random intercept cross-lagged panel model

Dan Wang a, Ami Mariko Hood Frost a, Zheng Wang b






12. Mindfulness techniques help birthing parents manage stress of parenthood

Mary Campbell





13. Where Are the Pro-Family Senators?

By Brad Wilcox | Maria Baer








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Bill
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Bill Coffin  
301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com  

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Taylor Swift, Adele, and Our Marriage-Haunted Culture

Tom Hoopes




2. Mindfulness and daily sexual function: a dyadic diary study 

Emily Jarvis, MSc, Jackie S Huberman, PhD, Natalie O Rosen, PhD




3. Australia’s divorce rate is lowest in 50 years and marriages are lasting longer, according to ABS data






4.  What Marriage Ministry Sometimes Gets Wrong 

Ron & Nan Deal, with Terry & Sharon Hargrave






5. See the Best in Your Teen
Ken Ginsburg

https://parentandteen.com/author/ginsburg/




6. Marriage Makes a Comeback—and Not a Moment Too Soon

Seth Eisenberg





7. Coming to Terms with Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: A Scoping Review

Lisa Norén,Martin Bergström &Lisa Wallander

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26408066.2025.2469670?src=recsys#d1e150




8. The New FCS Family Resource Center will aim to serve CSULB students with dependents  

By Jonathan Murrietta





10. Number of newborns hit 14-year high, as marriage, birth numbers rise 11 months in a row

KOREA NOW






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Bill
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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Decade of the Child

Diana Fishbein, PhD, and Christina Bethell, PhD 

https://www.npscoalition.org/projects/decade-of-the-child





2. Which Program Elements Are Associated with Better Outcomes for Fathers?

OPRE/ACF

https://acf.gov/opre/report/which-program-elements-are-associated-better-outcomes-fathers




3. Cognitive functioning and depressive symptoms in the aging population: The buffering role of marital status

M. Ciziceno , G. Maggio 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953625007567






4. [PDF] Interparental conflict and relationship expectations: exploring potential mediators

AL Garcia, W Goodfriend, D Barnett, T Hack - Interpersona: An International Journal, 2025
… experienced high interparental conflict, with the hope that relationship education
could minimize the adverse effects often associated with … the status of their parents’
romantic relationship, nearly half reported their parents as married (49.6%), followed …






5. Celebrate marriage jubilee!

https://cacatholic.org/marriage/



6. Kids are asking AI companions to solve their problems, according to a new study. Here’s why that’s a problem
Analysis by Kara Alaimo



https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/16/health/teens-ai-companion-wellness




7. New marriage mentorship program pairs couples to walk ‘Side by Side’





8. Bread and Honey

Sometimes, marriage is about learning how to braid the bitter with the sweet.
by Diana Saverin







9. 5 times 'Everybody Loves Raymond' nailed American family life

Vinita Jain





11. Ohio's new budget includes $20M to promote the role of fathers in families



12. Social Security payments have become an increasingly relevant income support for children

Simran Kalkat, Tara Watson, and Jonathon Zars
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/social-security-payments-have-become-an-increasingly-relevant-income-support-for-children/




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Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. You can view the new grant opportunities at the following links: 





2. Is Ring by Spring Still a Thing, or Was It Just a Fling?

by Brandon Kevin Burr *, Emma Christensen, Brian Camp, Clint Broadbent, Rachel Arocho, Rachel Ann Augustus, Bobby Kern, Daniel Huble, and Josi Woodhouse


https://www.mdpi.com/3042-6693/1/1/2




3. Fertility Rate Near Historic Low in the United States

Elizabeth Wildsmith

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/fertility-rate-united-states



4. Family Hubs expansion creates opportunity to improve support for families

OnePlusOne

https://www.oneplusone.org.uk/news/family-hubs-expansion-creates-opportunity-to-improve-support-for-families




5. Using American Community Survey Data for Grant Writing





6. I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend

by Victoria Song


Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/517937/attendees-leave-family-conference-with-wealth-resources





8. How to disagree better





9. Understanding relationship development: Towards a more rigorous approach

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1091332


OR

New study uses cutting-edge modeling to rethink how romantic relationships evolve

By Elizabeth Hess

https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-new-study-uses-cutting-edge-modeling-to-rethink-how-romantic-relationships-evolve/



10. Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders





11. Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families




12. Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Program Evaluation Toolkit





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Bill



Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Understanding Hoarding

Mindspring Mental Health Alliance

https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/oKy698UB6cLdyFDyxISf5wHCbPYbCWWbXvGol3-eyaLInzeP-J3NcFUsHJczE_Ac.Ydqo3oWug1KJK0a-




2. Saturday, July 12, at 2 pm ET Families and Politics -Online


OR

At this event in Minnesota, Braver Angels co-founder Bill Doherty walked through some of the do’s and don’ts of talking about politics with kids.

Read: Talking Sense: MPR News: How to talk to kids about politics without divisive rhetoric





3. Married People Are Much Happier

By Kasandra Brabaw






4. MarriageREADY: Build a Stronger Relationship Before You Say “I Do”


Daniel Lilley for Jubilee Centre





6. Bridget Phillipson urges more young people to have children amid ‘worrying’ birth rates

Millie Cooke, Political Correspondent, Kate Devlin

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bridget-phillipson-more-children-birth-rate-labour-b2779510.html

OR

Decline in marriage and children continues in Switzerland

20/06/2025 By Le News

https://lenews.ch/2025/06/20/decline-in-marriage-and-children-continues-in-switzerland/




7. Divorce, Family Arrangements, and Children's Adult Outcomes

Andrew C. Johnston, Maggie R. Jones & Nolan G. Pope

https://www.nber.org/papers/w33776



8. Breakthrough in relationship research: This is the secret that guarantees a happy marriage

NEWS AGENCIES/MAARIV





9. What Does It Actually Mean to Forgive?

By Robert Enright

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




10.  Effectiveness of relationship education among high school youth: the role of context 

Esra Şahin, Joshua J. Turner, J. Scott Crapo, Kay Bradford, and Brian Higginbotham

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02673843.2025.2496446

OR

'Situtationships' Are the New Teen Romance—Here's What Parents Need to Know

By Lydia Wang





































Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Passenger Parenting: When Dad Is Just Along for the Ride

Daniel Dashnaw

OR

Speaking of Psychology: ‘Dad brain’: How becoming a parent changes the brain, with Darby Saxbe, PhD



2. Prenatal stress and children’s behavior: What expectant parents should know

Irene Tung






3. A Majority of Hispanic Children in Households With Low Incomes Live in Two-Parent Families

https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resources/a-majority-of-hispanic-children-in-households-with-low-incomes-live-in-two-parent-families/




4. 

🎙️ Episode #155

Why Prioritizing Your Spouse Makes You a Better Parent

LISTEN NOW
 Episode #155

Why Prioritizing Your Spouse Makes You a Better Parent











5. Childhood Predictors of Dispositional Forgivingness in Adulthood: A Cross-National Analysis with 22 Countries


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11482-025-10451-z

Also see https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/forgiveness





6. Adopted Resolutions – 93rd Annual Meeting (Tampa, 2025)

Children, Health, and Human Services





7. Important Update on ACF Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grants https://www.narme.org/policy-information



8. Research examining parents’ well-being, communication in families with autistic children

By Chuck Green | CYFS

https://news.unl.edu/article/research-examining-parents-well-being-communication-in-families-with-autistic-children




9. Decline in marriage and children continues in Switzerland

https://lenews.ch/2025/06/20/decline-in-marriage-and-children-continues-in-switzerland/



10. Making time for marriage: Tips for military couples
  • By Derika Upshaw, Fort Hood Public Affairs



OR

81 Years of Marriage, Separated Briefly by World War II








11. Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds

Ellen Barry

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/health/youth-suicide-risk-phones.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE8.GovH.PO3swfPPVVUv&smid=url-share




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Bill



Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Associate Director | Notre Dame Strengthening Families Research Initiative





2. Prenatal stress and children’s behavior: What expectant parents should know

By Irene Tung






3. Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Behavioral Health Disorders: Report Dissemination Workshop


June 27, 10-5

https://www.nationalacademies.org/en/event/45186_06-2025_blueprint-for-a-national-prevention-infrastructure-for-behavioral-health-disorders-report-dissemination-workshop




4. The Free Father Friendly Check-Up™ for Organizations and Agencies

NFI


OR

New Scholarly Fatherhood Report Offers Important New Insights

by Glenn T. Stanton




5. How Can I Get My Kids to Do Chores?

by Christina Frank








7. From “Likes” to Love: The Influence of Social Media on Forming Relationships






8.  Development of the Couple Financial Conflict Scale: A Pilot Study

 Megan R. Ford, University of Georgia, Joseph W. Goetz, University of Georgia, Kristy L. Archuleta, University of Georgia










9.  EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF PREMARITAL COUNSELING ON LONG-TERM MARITAL SATISFACTION: A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND RELATIONAL OUTCOMES 

Faith Boggs1 , Dr. Kelly Arney2




OR

Perspective: Parents, encourage your engaged children to invest in premarital education


Alan Hawkins


https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2025/06/14/perspective-parents-encourage-your-engaged-children-to-invest-in-premarital-education/



10. 

Ten Things You Need to Know About Hospice

When: Wednesday, June 26, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Pacific time)

Where: ONLINE

Cost: No charge

Registration: Click here







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Bill