Coffin Corner

1. What I’ll tell my daughter about the joys and challenges of getting married

2. The Power of Shared Happiness

3. The Fortress of Truth 2025 look back compilation for C4M 1 of 2

4. Power, Sexism, and Aggression in Intimate Relationships

5. How Do We Help Youth Flourish, Not Just Achieve?

6. Child Maltreatment in the United States Declined From 2020-2023

https://wbl.worldbank.org/en/methodology/methodology_workshop/marriage

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Bill

1. How Estranged Parents and Adult Children Can Heal

2. Profound Ideas on the Nature of Commitment

3. 

7 broadcasts this year, focusing on building that foundation of

purpose

4. Toward a new theory of couple functioning: a short overview of “Love and Rejection Messages Theory” (LRM^T)

5. Joint Savoring in Romantic Relationships: Correlates and Protective Effects

• Noah B. Larsen, 
• Allen W. Barton & 
• Brian G. Ogolsky 

Contemporary Family Therapy, 2025

6. [PDF] Romantic Recession

7. Stress May Be Killing Your Love Life

8. Romantic Stress May Be A Hidden Risk Factor For Heart Disease

9. How to Balance Emotional Labor and Mental Load in a Marriage: Holiday Edition

10. Neil Diamond's wife Katie discusses their marriage: 'We're best friends.'

(Pat and I saw him do Hot August Night live at the Greek Theatre in LA in Aug 1972 and again 40 years later)

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Bill

1. Is Love Zero-Sum? How Kids and Adults Think About Social Resources

2. Lost Boys: Boyhood

3. Literacy, reason, and childhood matter—and we’re losing all three

4. Notre Dame launches research initiative focused on strengthening American families

5. The Thompson

6. Free Marriage Resources

7. UCF Relationship Education Program to Support First Responder Couples, Parents

Danielle Hendrix

8. Faculty Awards 2025 | Francesca Adler-Baeder

9. After 83 Years of Marriage This Black Couple Holds The Record, But We May Never See a Stat Like That Again

10. HR must listen to parents' specific needs

11. How to talk about adoption: Embracing multiple perspectives to support a child’s emotional well-being

By Sonia Ranieri, Laura Ferrari, Rosa Rosnati, Michela Zambelli, Semira Tagliabue, and David Brodzinsky

12. Our Favorite Books to Read Out Loud With Children

Sofia Cuddeback

(Full Disclosure: I sleep with a Retired Reading Specialist)

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Bill

1. Request for Articles - Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study: 25th Anniversary

2. Johns Hopkins University is recruiting first-time expectant dads and moms to the text4FATHER research study—a supportive, text-based program for new parents.

3. Lingering Benefits of Sex: Exploring the “Afterglow”

livia W. Breedin, Andrea L. Meltzer, and James K. McNulty

[PDF] Can shifting beliefs about planned sex lead to engaging in more frequent sex and higher desire and satisfaction? An experimental study of parents with young …

4. 

Reunion After Deployment: Describing Findings From a Study of Military Couples Funded by the U.s. Department of Defense 

5. Explaining the negative association between overparenting and parent-child relationship satisfaction: communication and attachment perspectives

6. [PDF] Pilot Testing of GROW Together: An Interactive Curriculum for Immigrant and Refugee Youth

7. Why Is It Important to Read to Your Child?

by Hannah Sheldon-Dean

8. Church weddings slump to record low as young couples shun marriage

Gabriella Swerling, Social and Religious Affairs Editor. Ollie Corfe, Senior Data Journalist

9. 

10. Secretary Kennedy Swears in Alex J. Adams as Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families

11. 10 Things I Learned From Writing a Book on Motherhood

by Nadya Williams

12. Amid historic lows, marriage and family offer ‘hope and a future’ to next generation

13. A Solution to the Housing Affordability Problem: Marriage

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Bill

1. Governor Abbott Names Chair, Appoints Three To Texas Commission On Marriage And Family

TX

2. National Marriage Week seeking partners

The 2026 theme is "Together With Purpose."

3. The baby bust is here. How will the world economy cope?

The Economist

4. Why Does Age-Related Pressure Feel So Different Across Cultures?

5. [PDF] Turning Down, Tuning In: How Mindfulness Shapes Sexual Rejection, Relationship Satisfaction, and Sexual Satisfaction

6. Cost of Raising a Child in Each U.S. State – 2025 Study

7, [PDF] THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND SATISFACTION IN COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS

HUMAN, TECHNOLOGIES AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION, 2025 https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2025.11

8. Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists

9. Men and Women Can't Be "Just Friends"

10. How Trump Can Save the Future

11. Utah official links families, social capital to best state ranking

12. Why are Americans growing indifferent to marriage?

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Bill

1. Engaging and Serving Young Fathers

2. Family benefits in America: 2024 report card

3. Stress in America™ 2025

4. Strong families make a strong democracy

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2025/11/03/america-must-invest-in-families-democracy/

5. [PDF] Introduction to Special Issue: Exemplary, Strong Black Marriages & Families

6. Living with a loved one’s mental health issue: Recognizing the Lived Experiences of Military Spouses

7. Marriage and Divorce in 2025: Five Trends Shaping Today’s Families

8. Why Helping Dads Reduce This Source of Children’s Trauma is So Crucial

9. The Thumper Marriage

Michele Weiner-Davis, LCSW, for PT

10. Fewer Young Marriages Make for Fewer Young Homebuyers

Thanks

Bill

1. Love Notes and Life Lessons: Building Resilience among Youth Where It’s Needed Most

November 12 @ 1:00 pm Pacific/4:00 pm Eastern

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3. Ireland sees record number of babies born to mothers aged 45 and older

4. Saying “Thank You” Inspires Your Partner to Help More

Emily R. O’Brien and Amanda L. Forest

5. The Neuroscience behind the ‘Parenting Paradox’ of Happiness

7. Can We Get Through the Demographic Crunch? The Implications of the 2025 OECD Employment Report

8. Adolescent to parent violence: GPs need more support

9. New MDRC-Authored Publications Added to National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse

10. The tech revolution leaves families behind

11. Our Broken Fertility Culture

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Bill

1. Can the Family Be Saved? A Royal Perspective on Renewal and Resilience

2. Marriage trends and challenges

 https://grokipedia.com/page/Marriage_trends_and_challenges

3. Family identity: how families see themselves and are seen by others

“What the Family Studies” podcast highlights the Vanier Institute

Nathan Battams (Knowledge Mobilization Specialist) and Laurel Sakaluk (Director of Programs) recently appeared on the “What the Family Studies?” podcast to discuss their work, family trends in Canada, and the Vanier Institute of the Family’s new resource Families Count: Family Identity.

Listen to episode

4. Sunrise, Sunset

5. Measures of Relationship Power Dynamics in Romantic Relationships

6. 

7. Stronger Marriage Webinar: Dr. Jason Whiting -  Nov 6, 2025 06:00 PM MST

Why We Connect and Why We Clash: Five Science-Based Keys to Healthy Relationships

8. Who Is at Risk of Losing Snap Benefits Due to the Shutdown?

9. Cultural context and family support across 29 nations: evidence from the ISSP 2017 social networks and social resources module

10. Child welfare system involvement may improve diagnosis of developmental delays

11. Despite Costly Programs and an Intensified Family Values Campaign, Russian Women Aren’t Having More Children

12. The Institutions of Tomorrow

Anne Snyder

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Bill