Candidates for IFS Friday Five # 485 (10th year anniversary)

1. The psychology of commitment and marriage
Harry Benson

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/the-psychology-of-marriage/



2. The Modern American Family
BY CAROLINA ARAGÃO, KIM PARKER, SHANNON GREENWOOD, CHRIS BARONAVSKI AND JOHN CARLO MANDAPAT

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/09/14/the-modern-american-family/



3. Measuring the Nation’s Social and Economic Well-Being

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2023/comm/well-being.html



4. Policies and Programs to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty 
(I wonder if they'll mention marriage)

https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/policies-and-programs-to-reduce-intergenerational-poverty



5. Intimate Partner Violence Among Military Spouses: A Qualitative Study of Power and Control in Context (Preview)

Smith, Allison L.   University of Kansas

https://www.proquest.com/openview/a61ff1bcb74b6e24bfde00939db6009a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y




6. Marital First Responder Workshop

October 14, 2023, 9am to 4 pm Central Time, Online via Zoom and In Person

https://maritalfirstresponders.org/mfr-workshop-registration/



7. Prenatal Version of the Coparenting Relationship Scale Among Finnish Couples Expecting Their Firstborn

  • Emmi Lindroos, 
  • Eija Räikkönen, 
  • Kaisa Malinen & 
  • Anna K. Rönkä 

  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-023-02659-0




    • 8. Opinion  Liberals don’t like talking up marriage. Here’s how they can start.

    By Alyssa Rosenberg

    https://wapo.st/3EOhNUS



    9. Marriage is about more than math

    Conn Carroll, Commentary Editor

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/marriage-is-about-more-than-math



    10. Fewer and less expensive weddings hurting China's massive marriage industry

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-19/declining-marriages-hurting-wedding-industry-birth-rate/102873800



    11. The Knot Worldwide Launches Inaugural Future of Marriage Report, Revealing More Than 70% of Gen Zers are Looking Forward to Their Wedding Day

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/knot-worldwide-launches-inaugural-future-130000916.html



    Thanks!
    Bill
    We are headed to Prague and then on a weeklong cruise on the Danube...back Oct 2



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    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. The two-parent privilege: A conversation on the case for marriage

    Featuring author Melissa Kearney and Jim Tankersley

    Thursday, September 21, 2023

    11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT


    https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-two-parent-privilege-a-conversation-on-the-case-for-marriage/



    2. 5 Million More Children Experienced Poverty in 2022 Than in 2021, Following Expiration of COVID-era Economic Relief

    https://www.childtrends.org/blog/5-million-more-children-experienced-poverty-in-2022-than-in-2021-following-expiration-of-covid-era-economic-relief



    3. What’s the Best Strategy for Supporting an Upset Partner?

    BY JILL SUTTIE





    4. 

    Study confirms it: Opposites don't actually attract


    University of Colorado at Boulder





    5. Conservatives in Denmark propose action against divorces





    6. Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement

    With Kevin Corinth | Angela Rachidi | Matt Weidinger | Scott Winship | Richard Burkhauser | Bruce D. Meyer




    7. 5 Ways the Sibling Dynamic Reappears in Adult Relationships






    8. Across U.S. religious groups, more see decline of marriage as negative than positive

    BY GREGORY A. SMITH





    9. Marriage could mean losing life-saving benefits for people with disabilities. So they’re protesting.

    Sara Luterman, Caregiving reporter





    10. The Impact of Marriage

    ELAINE SCHWARTZ

    Candidates for Friday Five

    1. 6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Relationship's Ability to Flourish

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne, PhD, ABPP for PT

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202309/6-ways-to-jump-start-your-relationships-ability-to-flourish



    2. First-time fathers seem to experience a steeper decline in relationship satisfaction in the first two years post-partum than second-time fathers
     
    in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Judith T. Mack and Lena Brunke from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, and colleagues.

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230830151756.htm




    3. Say Yes to the Mess

    https://slate.com/tag/say-yes-to-the-mess



    4. Experiences Of Peer Educators Teaching Relationship Ed. to College Students

    Sep 13, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT |

     The Dibble Institute

    https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2737613962020257621



    5. Let’s Talk Relationships: When we’re alone, together: Unpacking how loneliness, now considered a public health crisis, winds up in our relationships

    AMY NEWSHORE, for the Recorder

    https://www.recorder.com/amy-newshore-sept-2-52132639



    6. The best reasons to marry military

    By Sarah Sicard

    https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/09/06/the-best-reasons-to-marry-military/



    7. 

    Marriage and Work Among Prime-Age Men


     Blandin, Adam and Jones, John B. and Yang, Fang






    8. The Real Crisis Affecting the American Family






    9. Teaching social-emotional learning is under attack






    10. What Men Are For

    Richard V. Reeves





    Thanks
    Bill

    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. Jean Twenge on How Smartphones Destroyed Gen Z | TIME


    https://time.com/6307832/jean-twenge-interview-person-of-the-week/





    2. Father Engagement in Child Welfare: Lessons for Fatherhood Programs

    ACF/OPRE

    https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/father-engagement-child-welfare-lessons-fatherhood-programs



    3. Typologies of duocentric networks among low-income newlywed couples

    DP Kennedy, TN Bradbury, BR Karney - Network Science, 2023

    https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B93A58E64B0C66D3E11B1E0A11DDDB0C/S2050124223000164a.pdf/typologies-of-duocentric-networks-among-low-income-newlywed-couples.pdf



    4. How to Reengage Parents in Their Children’s Schooling

    By Frederick M. Hess, AEI

    https://www.aei.org/op-eds/how-to-reengage-parents-in-their-childrens-schooling/



    5. A $218,168 SSHRC research grant will support Canada's first national study of adolescent sibling conflict

    https://www.kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/media-and-communications/newsroom/a-218-168-sshrc-research-grant-will-support-canadas-first-national-study-of-adolescent-sibling-conflict/



    6. Families with a team mindset strengthened their bonds during COVID-19 pandemic

    SHARITA FORREST  | RESEARCH EDITOR

    https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/242228906




    7. South Koreans losing interest in marriage, spell trouble for ageing nation: Report

    Seoul, South KoreaEdited By: Moohita Kaur Garg
    https://www.wionews.com/world/south-koreans-losing-interest-in-marriage-report-finds-630642



    8. The Secular Advance on Marriage

     Stepan Piligian

    https://armenianweekly.com/2023/08/29/the-secular-advance-on-marriage/



    9. Fifty-five years later, wartime newlyweds document ‘The Hardest Year’ of marriage

    BY KRISTIN BOUCHARD ·

    https://news.uwgb.edu/phlash/announcements/08/29/fifty-five-years-later-wartime-newlyweds-document-the-hardest-year-of-marriage/



    10. Is the bride 25 or younger? Couples get cash reward to promote earlier marriage in China

    Cheng Cheng



    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-cash-reward-marriage-bride-25-rcna102280



    OR https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1297179.shtml



    11. Good quality of marriage reduces psychopathy of both partners, study finds

    by Vladimir Hedrih

    https://www.psypost.org/2023/08/good-quality-of-marriage-reduces-psychopathy-of-both-partners-study-finds-168370



    Thanks
    Bill

    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. WHO UNWINDS?

    Aaron Cooper, Ph.D,  The Family Institute at Northwestern University

    https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/who-unwinds-0




    2. Head of the Class

    by Richard Reeves

    https://www.profgalloway.com/head-of-the-class/



    3. Taking Back Control Over Technology

    Joey Odom

    https://thinqmedia.com/videos/taking-back-control-over-technology




    4. Live births fell to lowest level for two decades last year

    Aine Fox

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/office-for-national-statistics-wales-romania-england-pakistan-b2394634.html



    5. There is no Republican plot to end no-fault divorce — but there should be

    By Beverly Willett

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/there-is-no-republican-plot-to-end-no-fault-divorce-but-there-should-be




    6. How to make tough choices in relationships

    https://borneobulletin.com.bn/how-to-make-tough-choices-in-relationships/



    7. What a flat U.S. birthrate could mean for the future

    By Lois M. Collins

    https://www.deseret.com/2023/8/23/23841936/us-birth-rate-flat-fertility-rate-decline-cdc-mothers-children



    8. Does Infidelity Peak in the Seventh Year of Marriage?

    Justin J. Lehmiller Ph.D. for PT

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-myths-of-sex/202308/does-infidelity-peak-in-the-seventh-year-of-marriage



    9. The Dire State of Our Unions

    By  Steven Mintz

    https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/08/23/dire-state-our-marriage-america



    10. Millennial and Gen Z couples say they aren’t getting married, because it’s too expensive right now

    BY CHLOE TAYLOR

    https://fortune.com/2023/08/18/wedding-cost-usa-gen-z-millennial-couples-too-expensive-get-married-current-economy-inflation-finances-parents/



    11. Family Strengthening Research 2022

    OPRE/ACF

    https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/family-strengthening-research-2022


    Thanks
    Bill


    Candidates for IFS Friday Five #480 (~48 times a yr x 10 years... anniversary coming up next month)

    1. Making the invisible epidemic visible

    Rachel Graber, Jens Ludwig, Sendhil Mullainathan, Ziad Obermeyer, Aytekin Oto, Brian Williams

    https://www.brookings.edu/articles/making-the-invisible-epidemic-visible/



    2. Experiences Of Peer Educators Teaching Relationship Education to College Students

    Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

    https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2737613962020257621



    3.  How to Help Friends and Family with Marriage Struggles

    Podcast Guest: Dr. Bill Doherty

    https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/podcast/episodes/045_Friends_Family_Marriage_Struggles




    4. Workshops help put focus on relationships
    Journal-Courier
    https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/relationship-building-focus-workshops-18295451.php



    5. How to handle conflicts that arise due to differences in parenting roles?

    Posted by Richard Lai

    https://www.gamenguides.com/how-to-handle-conflicts-that-arise-due-to-differences-in-parenting-roles#google_vignette




    6. New Research: Marriage Still Provides Major Happiness Premium

    https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/new-research-marriage-still-provides-major-happiness-premium/



    7. The Impact of Marriage on How Much Men Work

    John Bailey Jones

    https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/2023/speaking_2023_08_16_marriage_male_labor




    8. The Two-Parent Privilege: A Book Event with Melissa Kearney

    With Michael R. Strain | Melissa Kearney,  Tuesday, September 26, 2023, | 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM 

    https://www.aei.org/events/the-two-parent-privilege-a-book-event-with-melissa-kearney/




    9. Leading Causes Of Divorce: 43% Report Lack Of Family Support

    Christy Bieber, J.D.

    https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/divorce/common-causes-divorce/#less_than_5_of_divorcees_say_their_marriage_couldnt_be_saved_section



    10. Forever takes work — how public programs can bolster marriage and families

    By Alan Hawkins, Contributor

    https://www.deseret.com/2023/8/12/23758511/utah-public-policy-supports-marriage-healthy-relationships



    11. A Psychologist Tells Us Which ‘Love Type’ Is The Key To A Lasting Marriage

    Mark Travers

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2023/08/11/a-psychologist-tells-us-which-love-type-is-the-key-to-a-lasting-marriage/?sh=cf3543d704b0

    Thanks.
    Bill


    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. Parenting While Depressed: The Influence of Interpersonal Supports and Community Resources for Mothers

    Sarah Dow-Fleisner https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2414-5856 sarah.dow-fleisner@ubc.ca, Christopher Baum, […], and Summer Sherburne Hawkins

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0192513X231181369

    https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/mothers-experiencing-depression-nurturing-thriving-families/164933/

    OR 

    State-level macro-economic factors moderate the association of low income with brain structure and mental health in U.S. children
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37778-1



    2. Call for Authors Summer 2024 Issue: Romantic Relationships

    Proposal Deadline: August 15, 2023; Final articles due October 15, 2023

    https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report#summer2024



    3. Freeing American Families: Fertility and Family Policy
     
    https://www.cato.org/events/freeing-american-families-fertility-family-policy?



    4. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes Are Declining Despite Continued Improvements in Well-being Indicators

    https://www.childtrends.org/publications/child-and-adolescent-mental-health-outcomes-are-declining-despite-continued-improvements-in-well-being-indicators



    5. Couples Are Happier When They Share Finances For One Simple Reason

    by Kristi Pahr

    https://www.fatherly.com/news/3-reasons-couples-are-happier-when-they-share-finances



    6. Getting silly with your kids is vital. Here’s how to get play into your day.

    Advice by Bob Brody

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/08/08/parenting-humor-children-benefits/



    7. Partnered people have more ‘value on the mating market’—here’s why, according to a commitment researcher

    Aditi Shrikant

    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/04/why-partnered-people-can-be-more-attractive-than-single-people-.html



    8. The case for the ‘Utah Family Miracle’

    By The Deseret News Editorial Board

    https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2023/8/4/23817228/utah-family-miracle-economy-legislation-gov-cox-brad-wilcox-marriage



    9. ‘Single and childless’ adults are less happy than married couples: scholars

    MATT LAMB - ASSOCIATE EDITOR

    https://www.thecollegefix.com/single-and-childless-adults-are-less-happy-than-married-couples-scholars/



    10. Marriage Education Programs

    The Department of Social Services


    https://www.dss.gov.au/families-and-children-programs-services/marriage-education-programs




    Thanks
    Bill
    OBX, NC


    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1.  Aging Veterans: America’s Veteran Population in Later Life

    Jonathan Vespa for CB

    https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2023/acs/acs-54.html



    2. Desire for social status affects marital and reproductive attitudes: A life history mismatch perspective

    lAmy J. Lim a, Norman P. Li b, Zoi Manesi b, Steven L. Neuberg c, Mark van Vugt d, Andrea L. Meltzer e, Kenneth Tan b

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622723000382



    3. https://discernmentcounseling.com/how-discernment-counseling-is-not-coaching/ 

    OR

    Marital First Responder Workshop

    https://maritalfirstresponders.org/mfr-workshop-registration/



    4. Strengthening Facilitation Skills: A Training Curriculum for Programs Working with Youth

    Wednesday, August 9, 2023, @ 1:00 pm PT/4:00 pm ET

    https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3703415079569486167



    5. Across cultures, men say 'I love you' first


    By Emily Reynolds


    https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/across-cultures-men-say-i-love-you-first



    6. New 2020 census data shows an aging America and wide racial gaps between generations

    William H. Frey

    https://www.brookings.edu/articles/new-2020-census-data-shows-an-aging-america-and-wide-racial-gaps-between-generations/



    7. Inspiring a Growth Mindset for Kids

    How Parents Can Lead by Example

    By: Courtney Juvland

    https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/bhf/blog/growth-mindset-for-kids


    Thanks...back to the beach!
    Bill
    OBX
     





















































    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1.  Sources of family breakdown in the UK

     Harry Benson, Marriage Foundation

    https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MF-research-note-Source-of-family-breakdown.pdf




    2. A CAMPING TRIP WITH YOUNG KIDS, AS IMAGINED BY ME BEFORE HAVING KIDS

    by JULIE VICK

    https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-camping-trip-with-young-kids-as-imagined-by-me-before-having-kids?




    3. An Antidote to the Anxiety About Imperfection: Parenting Advice from Mister Rogers

    MARIA POPOVA

    https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/06/22/mister-rogers-parenting/?




    4. 

    Slides/Handout from talk at NARME 2023 on premarital cohabitation


    Dr. Scott Stanley

    http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2023/07/slideshandout-from-talk-at-narme-2023.html





    5. The Church in a Time of Gender War

    Why marriage can do what ideology cannot.

    SAMUEL D. JAMES

    https://www.digitalliturgies.net/p/the-church-in-a-time-of-gender-war





    6. Level Up Your Father Game

    ACF

    https://www.fatherhood.gov/sites/default/files/resource_files/ACF%20Strategic%20Planning_Being%20a%20Great%20Dad%20Fact%20Sheet_20230626_508.pdf




    7. National Center for Family and Marriage Research at BGSU reports that never-married adults comprise the lowest percentage of U.S. homeowners

    Laren Kowalczyk for National Center for Family and Marriage Research 

    https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2023/07/national-center-for-family-and-marriage-research-at-bgsu-reports-never-married-adults-comprise-lowest-percentage-of-us-homeowners.html



    8. The Courtship and Marriage of Sts. Anne and Joachim

    Patrick O’Hearn

    https://www.ncregister.com/features/the-courtship-and-marriage-of-sts-anne-and-joachim

    OR

    Experts speculate on why marriage is declining — and what to do about it

     Daniel Payne

    https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254892/experts-speculate-on-why-marriage-is-declining-and-what-to-do-about-it




    9. Four Types of Marriage: Which One Is Yours?

    Thomas Henricks Ph.D. for PT

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pathways-of-experience/202307/four-types-of-marriage-which-one-is-yours




    10. The key to a happy marriage might be joint bank accounts, researchers say

    PREET BANERJEE

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-the-key-to-a-happy-marriage-might-be-joint-bank-accounts-researchers/



    Thanks
    Bill


    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. Religion and Fertility in Canada

    LYMAN STONE for Cardus

    https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/reports/religion-and-fertility-in-canada/



    2. The 2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide

     
    • Children’s Bureau (CB), ACF

    •

    https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/resources/resource-guide/



    3. The life skills teens should know before leaving home

    Advice by Kelly Glass for WAPO

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/07/18/teen-life-skills/



    4. HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON

    Aaron Cooper, Ph.D. for The Family Institute at Northwestern University


    5. Predicting Participation in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs 

    July 13, 2023

    https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/predicting-participation-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood-programs




    6. Why are people not getting married anymore?

    Idil Karsit

    https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/07/19/why-are-people-not-getting-married-anymore.html

    OR

    I Do Not: Gen Z, Millennials Shifting Expectations About Marriage In 2023





    7. Study finds regular 'phubbing' could be damaging marriages

    by Bob Yirka, Phys.org




    8. The Working Families Tax Cut Act increases marriage penalties for single parents

    JOSHUA MCCABE

    https://www.niskanencenter.org/the-working-families-tax-cut-act-increases-marriage-penalties-for-single-parents/



    9. First Things First: Why marriage still matters
    Part 2 (part 1 ran in last week's Fri 5)

    by Lauren Hall / First Things First

    https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/jul/15/why-marriage-still-matters-tfp/




    10. Census Data Shows Marriage And Divorce Rates Declined From 2011 To 2021; Iowa Ranks 27th And 32nd Respectively

    by Nathan Konz

    https://www.1380kcim.com/2023/07/15/census-data-shows-marriage-and-divorce-rates-declined-from-2011-to-2021-iowa-ranks-27th-and-32nd-respectively/



    11. Psychology experts: The No. 1 tool we teach to save ‘any relationship’ from disaster
    Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Dr. Jessica Griffin
    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/how-to-avoid-a-relationship-disaster-according-to-psychology-experts-who-studied-couples-for-50-years.html?

    Thanks
    Bill