Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. ChatGPT ‘upgrade’ giving more harmful answers than previously, tests find

Robert Booth, UK technology editor





2. Boys Need Stories, Too
|
By Elizabeth Grace Matthew







3. DC government can do a lot to make families stronger

Delano Squires, opinion contributor


Harry Benson

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/fewer-than-half-of-uk-adults-are-married/




5. The American Dream Lecture Series: Anastasia Berg on Children and the Goodness of Human Life (replay)

With Timothy P. Carney | Christopher J. Scalia

https://www.aei.org/events/the-american-dream-lecture-series-anastasia-berg-on-children-and-the-goodness-of-human-life/




6. Dyadic Relationship and Coparenting Quality During the Transition to Parenthood for Couples With Childhood Maltreatment History
Laura N Martin 1,✉, Keith D Renshaw 1, Timothy W Curby 1, Mark E Feinberg 2

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12516108/




7. Five Tips for Nurturing Your Children’s Values

By Eugene C. Roehlkepartain






8. Senate passes Cutrona’s ‘success sequence’ legislation





9. Getting divorced? Chances are you'll marry again, Pew says

By Cara Tabachnick

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/divorced-marry-again-pew-says/




10. Strengthening military and veteran couple relationships: A rapid view of the effectiveness of relationship education for military couples (Abstract)

Jody Hughes, Luke B. Gahan, Jessica Smart, Lakshmi Neelakantan

Key points

  • Military and veteran couples face unique relationship challenges due to factors like relocations, deployments, and transitions out of service.
  • Couple Relationship Education (CRE) programmes can improve relationship satisfaction, communication, and stability for military and veteran couples.
  • Studies show small to moderate positive effects from CRE, especially for couples with higher initial risk or distress.
  • Flexible CRE delivery formats, such as online or hybrid models, are valued and effective for military couples.
  • More research and local adaptation of CRE programmes are needed outside the USA to ensure relevance and effectiveness.

























































Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Green Flags and Red Flags: What Women and Men Really Want in a Relationship

The Marriage Foundation




2. Love on the Move: How Couples Handle the Stress of Relocation

Hanieh Naeimi and Emily A. Impett

https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/naeimi-impett-love-on-the-move-how-couples-handle-the-stress-of-relocation




3. More young adults are living with their parents than previous generations did

Rohan Shah, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi; Institute for Humane Studies





4. 2026 NARME Summit Call for Proposals

The National Alliance for Relationship and Marriage Education (NARME)





5. Effectiveness of digital interventions on relationship satisfaction among couples: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lívia Kernová, Júlia Halamová & Denis Deriglazov

https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-025-03444-y




6. Wisdom Conversations VIII: The Family — Strengthening and Healing the Fabric of Our Nation

https://www.cornerstone.edu/wisdom-conversations-viii-the-family-strengthening-and-healing-the-fabric-of-our-nation/




7. “Be careful, it's dangerous out there”: Threat beliefs, anxiety, and mindfulness in overprotective parenting






9. Dyadic Coping and Communication as Predictors of 10-Year Relationship Satisfaction Subgroup Trajectories in Stable Romantic Couples

by Michelle Roth 1,*,Fridtjof W. Nussbeck 2,Selina A. Landolt 1,Mirjam Senn 1,Thomas N. Bradbury 3,Katharina Weitkamp 1 andGuy Bodenmann 1



OR

Reliability and Validation of U.S. Army-Oriented Brief Work-to-Family and Family-to-Work Conflict Scales: An Email Sample of 262 Army Career Officers

by Walter R. Schumm 1,*,Glen Bloomstrom 2,†,Vance P. Theodore 3,† andRoudi Nazarinia Roy 
















11. The Middle of the 20th Century was a Weird Time for Marriage

Jeremy Horpedahl




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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. HMRF Project Map

Office of Family Assistance/Administration for Children & Families






2. Can the Right and Left Agree on What Families Need?





3. "Get Better Together"





4. CoupleTalk is LIVE on Zoom in Fall 2025!

https://coupletalk.com/coupletalk-live/




5. The importance of reading aloud to young children

Elaine Reese

https://childandfamilyblog.com/importance-of-reading-to-young-children/






6. Love Goals

By Chris and Michelle

https://thecouplespost.org/2025/09/29/set-love-goals-together-and-grow/




7. Love is a Battlefield: Understanding Conflict in Romantic Relationships


https://decidetocommit.com/love-is-a-battlefield-understanding-conflict-in-romantic-relationships/




8. Mean Age of Mother at First Birth, 2023

BGSU,  National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR)






9. Utah sees significant shifts in marriage, fertility trends





10. Marriage linked to better health, happiness | 

University of Michigan News





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A few Candidates for IFS Friday Five

https://thecatholicassociation.org/radio/ep-334-brad-wilcox-on-new-gen-z-poll-emily-zanotti-talks-cooking-and-kevin/

[PDF] Moving Beyond Moynihan: A New Blueprint to Revive Marriage and Rebuild the Black Family
D Squires
… , education, culture, and industry must be at the forefront of any effort to revive
marriage and breathe new life into the black family. Young people in far too many
neighborhoods today have no reason to believe that marriage … with a …

[PDF] Building Evidence to Strengthen Families: Charting a Research Agenda
M Kearney, A Barson - 2025
… has allocated over $1.2 billion through a Healthy Marriage and Relationship
Education initiative to community organizations providing relationship education
services for lower-income couples and individuals. Relationship education is a type


Engaging Fathers in Home-Based Parenting Education: Home Visitor Attitudes and Strategies

by Heidi E. Stolz * and Melissa Rector LaGraff

https://www.mdpi.com/3042-6693/1/1/3?utm_source=chatgpt.com



The State of American Men 2025
https://www.equimundo.org/resources/state-of-american-men-2025/


ACF Vision, Mission, Values, Priorities, & Guiding Principles
Andrew Gradison, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families


South Korea’s baby bust threatens its demographic future



I'll be back in mid-October... after we https://bikeswitzerland.com/lite-tour/

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. What Does an Emotionally Regulated Adult Look Like?








2. Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

By Robert P. George

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/family-as-the-foundation-of-republican-democracy/




3. When AI Feels Human: The Promise and Peril of Digital Empathy

With John Bailey






4. 'Was it all smoke and mirrors?': How adult children are affected by grey divorce







5. Finding Solace in Grief: Holding Close, Letting Go, and Healing Together

Lexi DeHart


OR

The Slow Burn of Resentment: Understanding Its Roots in Romantic Relationships

By Sara Rozalowski






6. [PDF] Religious Contributions to the Family

WC Duncan, D Edmunds - 2025
… If we control for basic socioeconomic background and a woman’s educational
career trajectory, the typical marriage of a woman with a religious upbringing is
about 10% less likely to end in divorce within the first 15 years of marriage than the …





7. Present But Absent: The Truth About Modern Fatherhood

The Dr. Chris Harper Show








8. One-Third of Teens Experience Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours

 Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)

One-third of teens experience suicidal thoughts and behaviours







9. Rebuilding the domestic church: Why housing affordability is a pro-family cause

Jason Adkins

https://www.osvnews.com/rebuilding-the-domestic-church-why-housing-affordability-is-a-pro-family-cause/




10. 'Mankeeping' Is Exhausting Women. How Do We Teach Our Sons to Do Better?

 Dana Dickey

https://www.purewow.com/family/mankeeping-proof-teen-boys





11. The rise of online dating and heterogamous marriages

Yujung Hwang, Fangzhu Yang,  Áureo de Paula

Another IFS https://ifs.org.uk/publications/rise-online-dating-and-heterogamous-marriages



12. Late marriage the new norm in South Korea






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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. The 2024 ACS 1-year estimates are now available

U.S. Census






2. Polling Gen Z: The Great Divide on What Defines a Successful Life

Emily Zanotti, NCR

https://www.ncregister.com/news/nbc-newsdesk-poll-gen-z-happiness?




3. Lifetime trends in happiness change as misery peaks among the young – new research

Alex Bryson, David Blanchflower, Xiaowei Xu 





4. Portfolio of Research in Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency – FY 2024

https://acf.gov/opre/report/portfolio-research-welfare-and-family-self-sufficiency-fy-2024

OR

Beyond the Early Years: The Long-Term Effects of Home Visiting on Mothers, Families, and Children. Results from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE)

https://acf.gov/opre/report/beyond-early-years-long-term-effects-home-visiting-mothers-families-and-children




5. Financial Stress and Coparenting Among Lower-Income Couples: A Dyadic Exploration

by Heidi E. Stolz *, Rebecca G. Renegar, Shailey Curtis, and Jessica L. McCaig

https://www.mdpi.com/3042-6693/1/1/7




6. Before They Can Read

 Robert Pondiscio, AEI

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/before-they-can-read/




7. Ideal family size: How many children do U.S. adults want?

 Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/family/2025/09/09/ideal-family-size-how-many-children-do-us-adults-want-gallup-poll/




8. Kids? Marriage? Young adults are delaying these key milestones

Sara Chernikoff, Jennifer Borresen




9. Fatherhood is more important than golf

Victor Penney

https://theinterim.com/columnist/victor-penney/fatherhood-is-more-important-than-golf/



10. Next Session of Online Initiative to Develop Fatherhood Skills Begins September 30

https://www.loudoun.gov/fatherhood





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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Impacts of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program: Pilot study with married couples in China






2. Engaged Fathers, Flourishing Children

interview with Steven J. Davis, Brad Wilcox, Ian Rowe

https://www.hoover.org/research/engaged-fathers-flourishing-children




3. Reimagining Fall learning: Playful, purposeful, engaging


Sweta Shah, Brookings

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/reimagining-fall-learning-playful-purposeful-engaging/




4. 'We couldn't apply for a BTO': The pains and joys of marrying young in Singapore


https://www.channelnewsasia.com/today/ground-up/young-couples-early-marriages-singapore-youths-tying-knot-family-5319031




5. California bishops, marriage ministry partner to strengthen family life

 , OSV News







6. The group behind Project 2025 wants a ‘Manhattan Project’ for more babies

, WAPO

https://wapo.st/3I3gZAB





7. Ask Wirecutter: Why Can’t My Partner See How Right I Am?








8. America's young people are delaying adulthood milestones

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/23/young-adults-delay-marriage-kids-jobs-census






9. The Country Where Men Raise Babies—and Love Every Minute of It






10. Research Highlights Mental Health Risks For New Fathers

AIFS





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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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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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