Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability in the United States: Dating, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce

Kasey Eickmeyer, Paul Hemez, Wendy D. Manning, Susan L. Brown, and Karen Benjamin Guzzo

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/trends-in-relationship-formation-and-stability-in-the-united-states-dating-cohabitation-marriage-and-divorce/

2. What we do and don't know about kindness

Claudia Hammond

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210921-what-we-do-and-dont-know-about-kindness

3. Mental health of children and parents —a strong connection

https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/features/mental-health-children-and-parents.html

4.

Impact Findings from an Evaluation of a Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Curriculum for High School Students

Explore this report from the Strengthening Relationship Education and Marriage Services (STREAMS) evaluation, which shares impact findings from delivering the Relationships Smarts PLUS(RQ+) Version 3.0 curriculum in two high schools in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. The impact study compared groups of students who were offered two different versions of the curriculum—the full 12-lesson, 18 hour version and a shortened 8-lesson, 12 hour version developed for this study—against a control group of students who were not offered any HMRE programming.

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5. Navigating family disputes takes willingness to listen

By Dan Holtz Leader-Telegram staff

https://www.leadertelegram.com/navigating-family-disputes-takes-willingness-to-listen/article_236a7287-4dc5-57d3-81c5-fdf1bf18f4d1.html

6. What are "daddy issues" and how they can be harmful in today's society

By Claire Hoppe, claire.hoppe@iowastatedaily.com

https://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/what-are-daddy-issues-and-how-they-can-be-harmful-in-todays-society/article_ded7d8ae-1fe6-11ec-9169-2fef366b486c.html

7. Reconciliation Bill is an Assault on Marriage and Families

VANCE GINN, PH.D.

https://thecannononline.com/commentaries/?experts=vance-ginn-ph-d

8. Married Couples Often Suffer Same Medical Problems, Study Finds

Michael Martin

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/married-couples-often-suffer-same-160115149.html?

9. Soldiers strengthen marriages on island Strong Bonds trips

Monica K. Guthrie
Special to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Public Affairs

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/406052/soldiers-strengthen-marriages-island-strong-bonds-trips

10. The Problem of Marital Loneliness

By Agnes Callard

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-problem-of-marital-loneliness

11. The Qualities Of Strong Families

https://communio.org/blog/2021/09/29/the-qualities-of-strong-families/

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Family meals are more frequent, last longer during pandemic

Chris Melore

https://www.studyfinds.org/family-dinners-pandemic/

2. Family love is the foundation of civilization

Kimberly Ells

https://mercatornet.com/family-love-is-the-foundation-of-civilization/74623/

3. Mapping America’s diversity with the 2020 census

William H. Frey

https://www.brookings.edu/research/mapping-americas-diversity-with-the-2020-census/

4. Explaining US income inequality by household demographics, 2020 update

Mark J. Perry

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/explaining-us-income-inequality-by-household-demographics-2020-update/?

5. Research digesting why children, vegetables don’t always mix

by Chuck Green | CYFS

https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/research-digesting-why-children-vegetables-don-t-always-mix/

6. Deputy Directors, Research

Australian Institute of Family Studies

https://jobs.theconversation.com/jobs/84402711-deputy-directors-research-at-australian-institute-of-family-studies

7. Caron shares 30 years of data in third edition of ‘The Sex Lives of College Students’

https://umaine.edu/edhd/2021/09/20/caron-shares-30-years-of-data-in-third-edition-of-the-sex-lives-of-college-students/

8. Hi, my name is...

You say your name thousands of times. What does it say about you?

By Fendi Wang

https://www.deseret.com/2021/9/19/22664001/hi-my-name-is-popular-baby-names-utah-sherri-suzanne-utah-birthrate

9. The week's best parenting advice

HAROLD MAASS

https://theweek.com/briefing/parenting-advice/1004876/the-weeks-best-parenting-advice-september-15-2021

10. Educational decline among males puts institution of marriage at risk

Mona Charen

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/9/16/22678081/mona-charen-female-male-college-students

11. What Experts On Kids’ Social And Emotional Health Are Overlooking

Natalie Wexler

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2021/09/15/what-experts-on-kids-social-and-emotional-health-are-overlooking/?sh=1a47459a34f8

12. Six Ways to Deal With Parental Burnout

KENDRA WILDE

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_ways_to_deal_with_parental_burnout

13. Pat and I will be biking in Canada next week...

How Bicycling Along a Dusty Moroccan Country Road Helped Save My Marriage

LOUISA ROGERS

SEP.19.2021

https://www.travelawaits.com/2697446/bicycling-along-moroccan-road-helped-save-my-marriage/

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five #390 (over the last 8 years)

1.

Understanding How Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs Can Approach Intimate Partner Violence with Spanish-Speaking Hispanic Participants

This new brief from the Responding to Intimate Violence in Relationship Programs (RIViR) project summarizes findings from a case study designed to gather initial information on approaches to intimate partner violence education, screening, and referrals among healthy marriage and relationship education programs serving Spanish-speaking Hispanic participants.

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2.

‘We’ve got to get this right’: Army looks to improve base assignments for special needs families

ROSE L. THAYER,

• STARS AND STRIPES

3. 5 Reasons You Need a Getaway Without Kids

https://thecouplespost.org/2021/09/12/5-reasons-you-need-a-getaway-without-kids/

4. Why “Fatherhood” is more than a movie

Daniel Clayton, opinions contributor

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/opinion/why-fatherhood-is-more-than-a-movie/article_088c51f8-1410-11ec-af95-5354c888b5cb.html

5. Science-Backed Tips for Maximizing Play Time With Kids

Brenna Hassinger-Das, assistant professor of psychology at Pace University-NYC, and Jennifer Zosh, professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Brandywine

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/science-backed-tips-play-time-with-kids/

6. Four in 10 young people fear having children due to climate crisis

Fiona Harvey

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/14/four-in-10-young-people-fear-having-children-due-to-climate-crisis

7. Pastoral Framework for Marriage and Family Life Ministry

https://www.usccb.org/topics/marriage-and-family-life-ministries/pastoral-framework-marriage-and-family-life-ministry

Read the document here

8. https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-09-12?creator=Dilbert_Daily

9. Stop Waiting for Your Soul Mate

Love isn’t destiny. That’s what makes it so sweet.

By Arthur C. Brooks

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/09/soul-mates-love-destiny/620014/

10. Two-Thirds of Recent First-Time Fathers Took Time Off After Birth

ZACHARY SCHERER

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/09/two-thirds-recent-first-time-fathers-took-time-off-after-birth.html?

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Candidates for the IFS Friday Five

1. Call for Authors Spring 2022 Issue: A New “Normal”

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

2. Co-Regulation in Practice: Strategies for Practitioners Who Serve Youth Aged 14-24

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/co-regulation-practice-strategies-practitioners-who-serve-youth-aged-14-24

OR

Update: What We’re Learning About the Pandemic-Related Experiences of ACF Programs and the Children and Families they Serve

Nicole Deterding

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/blog/2021/08/covid19-update

3. Root of teen empathy begins with secure relationships at home, study finds

By Sarah Molano, CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/15/health/teen-empathy-secure-family-relationships-wellness/?

4. The Ultimate Key to Vision, and Relationship

John Cuddeback

https://life-craft.org/the-ultimate-key-to-vision-and-relationship/

5. Braver Angels Helps Couples See Past Politics to Strengthen Their Relationships

Amber Brooks

https://www.datingadvice.com/for-men/braver-angels-helps-couples-see-past-politics?

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Are you and a loved one struggling with your political differences? So many families have been divided by politics. Get help with your relationship from BA cofounder Dr. Bill Doherty.
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6. 30 Days of MD: Interdependence Enhances Our Marriage

https://musculardystrophynews.com/2021/09/05/30-days-of-md-interdependence-enhances-our-marriage/?cn-reloaded=1

7. Obit https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/ann-o-keefe

Her book https://www.amazon.com/Launching.../dp/1670059618/ref=sr_1_1

8. Why loneliness is increasing, and how to fight back

MORGAN SWEENEY

https://www.popsci.com/diy/how-to-deal-with-loneliness/

9. Films showing the reality of marriage

Caryn James

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210907-films-showing-the-reality-of-marriage

10. Does marriage protect mental health? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

Clara E. Jace, Christos A. Makridis

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ssqu.13063

11. Educated Women Increasingly Likely to Have 1st Baby Before Marriage

Jill Rosen

https://releases.jhu.edu/2021/09/07/educated-women-increasingly-likely-to-have-1st-baby-before-marriage/

12. Is marriage for white people? The US racial marriage divide

Dr Rauh, a University Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge

https://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/rauh-the-us-racial-marriage-divide

The full paper by Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Nezih Guner, Christopher Rauh “Is Marriage for White People? Incarceration, Unemployment, and the Racial Marriage Divide” is available at: https://www.inet.econ.cam.ac.uk/research-papers/jiwp-abstracts?wp=2105

13 The Marriage Icon

https://mcachicago.org/collection/items/ed-kienholz/1962-The-Marriage-Icon

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Candidates for Friday Five

1. Study aims to provide insights into the dynamics and trajectories of distressed couples

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210831/Study-aims-to-provide-insights-into-the-dynamics-and-trajectories-of-distressed-couples.aspx

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/famp.12691

OR https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-08-distressed-help-seeking-couples-rarely.html

2. Kindness toward others can boost our own physical and mental health. Commit to 21 days of kindness this September with Born This Way Foundation’s #BeKind21 campaign

Zara Abrams

https://www.apa.org/news/apa/kindness-mental-health

OR

A pedagogy of kindness: the cornerstone for student learning and wellness

Fiona Rawle, University of Toronto Mississauga

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/pedagogy-kindness-cornerstone-student-learning-and-wellness

3.

New Series of Practice Briefs for Implementing Co-Regulation Strategies in Youth-Serving HMRE Programs

Explore our new series of practice briefs designed specifically for youth-serving programs. This actionable, illustrated series provides step-by-step instructions for implementing six evidence-informed and theory-based co-regulation strategies.

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4. Free parenting and relationship support across London

https://tavistockrelationships.org/therapeutic-help/free-services

5. HMRE Evaluation Data Tool

https://mastresearchcenter.org/hmre-evaluation-data-tool/

6. Mind & Body: Marriage, City Living May Help When Heart Disease Strikes

Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-09-01/mind-body-marriage-city-living-may-help-when-heart-disease-strikes

7. Handling Back-to-School Anxiety in a Pandemic

Erin Digitale

https://healthier.stanfordchildrens.org/en/tips-for-kids-back-to-school-anxiety/

8. Building Upon the Resilience of Hispanic Families During COVID-19

https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resources/building-upon-the-resilience-of-hispanic-families/

9. What Is a Convalidation Ceremony?

By Cristina Montemayor

https://www.brides.com/convalidation-ceremony-5199772

10. We studied 100 years of Australian fatherhood. This is how dads changed

Kate Murphy Alistair Thomson

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2021/09/03/australian-fathers-100-years/

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Candidates for Friday Five

1. Center Coordinator, Center on Children and Families

https://careers-brookings.icims.com/jobs/2690/center-coordinator%2c-center-on-children-and-families-%28job-id%3a-2021-2690%29/job?

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Understanding How Court Practices and Court System Resources Relate to Judicial Decision-Making and Hearing Quality in Child Welfare Court Cases

A product of our Understanding Judicial Decision-Making and Hearing Quality in Child Welfare project, this brief describes research on court practices and court system resources that relate to judicial decision-making and hearing quality in child welfare court cases.

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Using Adult Learning Theory in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Workshops

Explore this paper, which examines how adult learning theory might inform healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood (HMRF) programming so it can be more successful in supporting family well-being. The paper describes key principles of adult learning theory and suggests strategies based on these principles that HMRF programs can try to support participants’ engagement and learning.

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Strategies from Adult Learning Theory That Program Developers and Facilitators Can Use in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Workshops

This brief highlights five strategies based on adult learning theory that Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) program developers and facilitators can use to support participants’ engagement and learning, exploring specific ways programs can implement these strategies, along with concrete tips and examples.

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3. How Dads Can Build a Network of Parenting Allies at Work

by Han-Son Lee and Hugh Wilson

https://hbr.org/2021/08/how-dads-can-build-a-network-of-parenting-allies-at-work

4. Couples’ Daily Lives Study seeking participants

https://news.psu.edu/story/666739/2021/08/20/health-and-medicine/couples%E2%80%99-daily-lives-study-seeking-participants

5. Pandemic prompts Sunday chicken roast revival as Aussie families rediscover sit-down meals

Laura Albulario

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/smart/pandemic-prompts-sunday-chicken-roast-revival-as-aussie-families-rediscover-sitdown-meals/news-story/da537d18c24fb5b96f82a251199d5bf4

6. Parents want work-life balance, but they don’t agree on what it looks like

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/20/22628760/parents-want-work-life-balance-but-they-dont-agree-on-what-it-looks-like-covid-19-child-care

7. Latest Figures Show China's Millennials Aren't The Marrying Kind

By Qiao Long and Chingman

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/marrying-08232021123246.html

OR

China changes law to allow married couples to have up to three children

Nicole Acevedo

and The Associated Press

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-changes-law-allow-married-couples-have-three-children-n1277374

8. Delay and Grandparenthood

Matt Bruenig

https://mattbruenig.com/2021/08/24/delay-and-grandparenthood/

9. The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for America’s elderly

By Anne Helen Petersen

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22639674/elder-care-family-costs-nursing-home-health-care

10. We will be attending our nieces' wedding on Sat. See https://time.com/6092329/covid-19-wedding-kids/

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Candidates for Friday Five

1.Providing Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs Virtually: Lessons from a Case Study of the ELEVATE Program in Florida

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/providing-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-programs-virtually-lessons-case

2. History and Implementation of the Federally Funded Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) Grants

Mindy Herman-Stahl, Mindy E. Scott, Kendy Cox, and Sharon Vaughn

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/history-and-implementation-of-the-federally-funded-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-hmre-grants/

3. ‘Let them be kids!’ Is ‘free-range’ parenting the key to healthier, happier children?

Emine Saner

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/aug/16/let-them-be-kids-is-free-range-parenting-the-key-to-healthier-happier-children?

4.

Couple Identity: The Mystery of Me, You, and Us

Sliding vs Deciding: Scott Stanley's Blog

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2021/08/couple-identity-mystery-of-me-you-and-us.html

5. Finding the 1 / Japanese forgoing marriage amid pandemic uncertainty

https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007571464

6. Starting a Marriage Built to Last

Julie Baumgardner

https://marriage.winshape.org/resource/starting-a-marriage-built-to-last/

7. HAPPY BLACK MARRIAGES RELY ON THESE FACTORS

POSTED BY ANNA VARELA - GEORGIA STATE

https://www.futurity.org/black-marriages-2613962-2/

8. Being stuck at home with the kids is hard. So is sending them back into the world.

By Caitlin Gibson

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/parent-separation-anxiety/2021/08/13/ce34bcae-efd7-11eb-bf80-e3877d9c5f06_story.html

9. Professional couples are on the rise, but it’s not increasing income inequality

Eric Hamilton

https://news.wisc.edu/professional-couples-are-on-the-rise-but-its-not-increasing-income-inequality/

10. A pediatrics group wants children screened for this at every doctor appointment

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/14/22616939/american-academy-pediatrics-says-children-need-screened-for-mental-behavioral-health-after-covid-19

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Candidates for Friday Five

1. CoupleTalk Live

https://www.coupletalk.com/ctlivesep2021/

2. What's Your Type?... Tips For Finding the Right Partner in the Real World

Marian O’Connor

https://tavistockrelationships.org/blog/346-whats-your-type

3. Brazil-based research empowering vulnerable families, communities amid COVID-19

by Chuck Green | CYFS

https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/brazil-based-research-empowering-vulnerable-families-communities-amid-covid/

4. More Money for Families

Linda Boyer, Acting Commissioner, OCSE

https://acf.hhs.gov/blog/2021/08/more-money-families

5. A course for girls in preparation for marriage

Mildred V. Estes

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/digital/collection/p15799coll37/id/251542

6. Secrets To Working Together As Married Entrepreneurs

Neal Taparia

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nealtaparia/2021/08/10/secrets-to-working-together-as-married-entrepreneurs/?sh=2a4d37984022

7. Wedding bells have to ring loud and long to make up for large pandemic decline

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/9/22613456/wedding-bells-have-to-ring-loud-and-long-to-make-up-for-large-pandemic-decline-marriage-rate-divorce

8. 7 Social Security Spousal Benefit Rules Every Married Couple Should Know

Robin Hartill

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/7-social-security-spousal-benefit-rules-every-married-couple-should-know/ss-AAN686N

9. Unpaid caregivers: How America treats women caring for paralyzed partners

Amber Ferguson

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/caregiver-partner-paralyzed-marriage-pandemic/

10. Study: Wisconsin marriage penalties hurt families and businesses

By Gailon Totheroh

https://www.gmtoday.com/news/study-wisconsin-marriage-penalties-hurt-families-and-businesses/article_91c90da6-f6ad-11eb-bcaf-2b1e098fdc28.html

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1. The Push for Paid Family Leave Had Stalled in America. Then Men Bought In.

CHABELI CARRAZANA

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2021/08/push-paid-family-leave-had-stalled-america-then-men-bought/184270/

2.RECS 2022 Call for Proposals

http://recsconference.net/proposals.htm

3. Work-to-Family Conflict and Children’s Problems with School, Friends, and Health: Household Economic Conditions and Couple Relationship Quality as Contingencies

Lei Chai, Scott Schieman

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0192513X211026953

4. What ‘gentle parenting’ can teach us about care, relationships, and communication

JULIA HOTZ

https://www.popsci.com/health/gentle-parenting-evidence/

5. Financial Playbook for Married Couples -

https://www.moneygeek.com/financial-planning/finances-after-marriage/

6. EXTENDED DEADLINE: Apply for the 2021 MAST Center Graduate Internship Program

https://mastresearchcenter.org/call-for-applications-2021-mast-center-graduate-internship-program/

7. Launch of cross-sector group to help strengthen marriages and family relationships

Grace Yeoh

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/launch-cross-sector-group-help-strengthen-marriages-and-family-relationships-2090321

8. RELATIONSHIP WITH DAD MAY EASE SOME TEEN TROUBLES

POSTED BY KATIE BOHN-PENN STATE

https://www.futurity.org/relationship-with-father-adolescence-2607792-2/

9. Biden’s Expanded EITC Adds Significant Marriage Penalties

C. Eugene Steuerle

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/bidens-expanded-eitc-adds-significant-marriage-penalties

10. The Art Of Asking Higher-Quality Questions

Tony Gambill

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonygambill/2021/08/04/the-art-of-asking-higher-quality-questions/?sh=731cf67b5592

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Candidates for Friday Five

1. Using Text Messages to Learn about Participants’ Experiences

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/using-text-messages-learn-about-participants-experiences

2. This time, DoD wants to hear from every active duty military spouse

Karen Jowers

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2021/07/28/this-time-dod-wants-to-hear-from-every-active-duty-military-spouse/?

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Field-Test New Protective Factors Survey to Help Military Families

A new survey which aims to measure protective factors among military families is seeking military and non-military participants for field-testing. The survey is an adaption of the Protective Factors Survey, 2nd edition (PFS-2), and is called the MPFS. While the tool is designed for military families, researchers need it tested by as many families as possible, including non-military families. The MPFS is anonymous and should take between 10-15 minutes to complete. Your participation will help researchers identify the best ways of supporting military families in the US and abroad. The survey was developed by Greentrike, in collaboration with FRIENDS National Center on Community-Based Child-Abuse Prevention and the University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research. Complete survey here.