11. US births are down again, after the COVID baby bust and rebound
Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine
1. Love in the aisles
From rings and flowers to food
and honeymoons, Costco has
your wedding plans covered.
ed.
by Wendy Helfenbaum
2. How to babyproof your relationship
You installed your socket covers. Now you have to protect your partnership.
3. Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Convening Findings
Lauren Akers, Jennifer Tippins, Susan Hauan, and Miranda Lynch-Smith
OR
4. Kissing Is At Least 1,000 Years Older Than We Thought
Kissing may seem natural, but it remains unclear whether it’s a universal human act or a cultural one.
BY SOPHIE LUND RASMUSSEN, TROELS PANK ARBØLL |5. Persistent Poverty in Counties and Census Tracts
Craig Benson, Alemayehu Bishaw, Brian Glassman
6. As a Therapist, I Know What’s Breaking Couples Up
How relationships come to an end and the scourge of the smartphone
7. Low sexual satisfaction linked to memory decline later in life, study finds
8. Enduring Marriage: The Reason Behind Wedding Season
9. Does a longer sexual resume affect marriage rates?
Nicholas H Wolfinger 1, Samuel L Perry
10. Helping mental health and marriage
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Bill
1. Intact marriage and weekly worship make children thrive
By Peter Newman
2. How an engagement bike changed one couple’s life
3. Married couples who merge finances may be happier, stay together longer
4. Webinar: Why Are Many Kids Anxious and How Can Parents Help?
The Child Mind Institute and Fort Health, a mental health provider for ages 4–19, are hosting a special webinar on proven strategies that parents can use to support anxious kids. Join us on May 31st at 5:30 pm ET.
5. Collapse in marriage and lack of ‘resident fatherhood’ lead decline in Christianity – study
6. Six Ways to Deal With Someone Who Wronged You
Here's what we have learned from 25 years of research about forgiveness—and its alternatives.
BY EVERETT L. WORTHINGTON JR. |
7. Adopting a Motivation-Driven Approach to Case Management in HMRE Services
OPRE/ACF
8. Five years in with millions unclaimed, is Family First helping kids and families yet?
OR
Callum Godde
10. Are Gen Z's Attitudes Towards Marriage Changing?
BY LEA GARCIA-SALAZAR
11. Income inequality widens marriage rates among men
12.
Adventures in Marriage: strengthening marriages and families of 1 SOW Airmen
Airman 1st Class Hussein Enaya
Thanks. Going biking...
1. Mother’s Day Reflections on the Diverse Experiences of Motherhood
2. Road Maps for Change: Adult-Serving HMRE Grant Recipients’ Rapid Cycle Learning in the SIMR Project
OPRE/ACF
3. Opportunities for Marriage, Partnership Shape Women’s Family Incomes
Ariel Binder, Caroline Walker, Jonathan Eggleston and Marta Murray-Close
4. The Parent Trap: Reducing social inequality by supporting parents and their children
Co-hosted by The MIT Press
5. How to Help Your Teen Be a Good Person
BY EDEN PONTZ
BY EDEN PONTZ
6. Speaking the truth about motherhood and marriage
by Wendy Wixom
7. The benefits of marriage and religious practice for children and society
Friday, May 12th 2023 @ 1:00PM EDT

8. 2023 NARME Plenary Speakers
9. Carolyn Hax: 20 years into marriage, can unhappiness just be a phase?
Advice by Carolyn Hax
10. Treat Students Like Future Parents, Not Just Future Employees
By Mary Frances Myler
11. ‘Relationships are old school’: Marriage 101 hits 23 years of teaching students about healthy relationships
12.
Tips For Married Businessmen Seeking Better Communication With Their Spouse
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Bill
1. How does digital media shape young children’s word learning?
By Sarah C. Kucker
2.
How young people
are learning about
relationships,
sex and sexuality
Conducted by Cardiff University and University College London, as well as a Young People's Advisory Group
OR
3. Highlights from the Strengthening Relationship Education and Marriage Services (STREAMS) Evaluation
OPRE/ACF/HHS
4. today...
5. You Can Now Claim a .Dad Domain for Your Website. Cue the Dad Jokes
6. A Limited‐Government Answer to Pregnancy and Childbirth?
By Vanessa Brown Calder
7. Cohabiting parents differ from married ones in three big ways
Richard V. Reeves and Eleanor Krause
8. In Conversation with Matt Desmond: How We Can End Poverty in America
9. Why Are So Many Westerners Heading to Korea for Love?
Eryn Gordon
11. National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support Grant Opportunity
Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB
OR
Four Ways to Access the National Training and Development Curriculum for Foster and Adoptive Parents
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Bill
1. Tips for Creating a Motivating and Supportive Environment for Staff Success in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Services
OPRE/ACF
OR
OR
2. The Social Breakdown: The Poverty of Family, Community, and Religious Life in America
Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET
3. Fatherhood and Marriage: Does Strengthening Fatherhood Depend on Renewing Marriage in America?
With W. Bradford Wilcox | Ian Rowe,
Richard Reeves
4.
What’s the Plan?
Cohabitation, Engagement, and Divorce
by Scott M. Stanley & Galena K. Rhoades
OR
Emma Atkinson
JACOB MASLOW
Hayley DeSilva
5. Divorce Rates: Exploring the Influential Factors and Trends
JACOB MASLOW
6. How premarital sex could impact your marriage
7. The Next Issue in Family-Focused Public Policy
8. State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States
Sarah Catherine Williams
Rachel Rosenberg
Valerie Martinez
Rachel Rosenberg
Valerie Martinez
9. National Fatherhood Initiative, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health partner for new program
Hayley DeSilva
10. Toolkit: Elevating Family Input in TANF and Child Support Programs: Resources for Program Staff, Leaders, and Families
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Bill
1. Marital transitions during earlier adulthood and subsequent health and well-being in mid- to late-life among female nurses: An outcome-wide analysis
2. How moms and dads view each other as co-parents affects kids
Jeff Grabmeier, Ohio State News
3. Fatherhood and Marriage: Does Strengthening Fatherhood Depend on Renewing Marriage in America?
click here shortly before 5:00 pm on Tuesday, April 25th for the live stream.
4. The Evidence on Family Affordability
By Angela Rachidi
5. Architects of Father Policies and Programs Discuss How it is Done
Tuesday, May 16 · 12 - 1:30 pm EDT
6. Speaking of Psychology: What you know about aging is probably wrong, with Manfred Diehl, PhD
7. Rejecting ring by spring
Claire Lyons
OR
QUINN DELAMATER
8. 3 PRINCIPLES FOR RAISING TEENS WITHOUT RUINING YOUR MARRIAGE
9. Dinner and a Marriage (tonight!)
10. Using Data to Guide Improvement in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Services
OPRE/ACF
OR
1. National Siblings Day
OR
On Thursday, April 13, a downloadable file containing July 1, 2022, estimates of the resident U.S. population by single year of age and sex will be released on the Population and Housing Unit Estimates webpage.
2. TANF & Child Welfare Collaboration: Preventative Strategies Focused on Family Well-being-A Review of the Evidence and Implications for Practice
3.
Universal Benefits of School Programs that Bolster the Behavioral Health and Educational Success of Our Youth Wednesday • April 19th • 2:00-3:30 ET
Registration link: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7PtAJvAZQRGJyAeZYUnUQQ
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The National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives (NPSC), the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, and the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC) at Penn State University are hosting a congressional briefing on the benefits to children of school-based programs designed to foster social, behavioral, and emotional development. |
4. The tyranny of science over mothers.
By Jessica Clements and Kari Nixon in the MIT Press Reader
By Jessica Clements and Kari Nixon in the MIT Press Reader
5. No fault. No divorce boom
6. The average family spends just 6 hours together — each week
Report by 72Point writer Alice Hughes contributed to this report
7. Positive Experiences in Close Relationships Are Associated With Better Physical Health
8.
Stable Homes, Built on
Love: Implementation
Strategy and Consultation
Presented to Parliament
by the Secretary of State for Education
by Command of His Majesty
OR
9. Black Maternal Health Outcomes Matter: Keeping Hope Alive!
On Monday, April 17, 2023, from 10:00 am -11:00 am ET
On Monday, April 17, 2023, from 10:00 am -11:00 am ET
10. Why this Utah office targets family-friendly policies
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Bill
1. Centering Positive Youth Development to Enhance Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programming
Asari Offiong, Desiree W. Murray, Mindy E. Scott, Lindsay Anderson, Deja Logan
2. Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady Drifted Apart
3. We Wanted the Best for Our Children But Made a Mistake
Lenore Skenazy
Lenore Skenazy
4. State-sponsored matchmaking app launched in China
5. For Long-Term Health and Happiness, Marriage Still Matters
6. Wisconsin residents to see welfare reform question on April 4 ballot
7. Incentives and Marriage
By: Kevin Corcoran
8. Black Marriage Day 2023: History, theme and 3 ways to celebrate occasion
By Aarzoo Kalyan
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Bill