Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Marriage Celebration 2023

Virtual Event: Friday, February 10, 2023, | 6-9:30 p.m. MT

https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage




2. ONE IN SIX YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY HARASSED, SURVEY FINDS

Joe Lepper

https://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/article/one-in-six-young-children-have-been-sexually-harassed-survey-finds

OR

The lockdown effect on births within marriage a year later

Harry Benson

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/the-lockdown-effect-on-births-within-marriage-a-year-later/



3. Want to live a happy life? Focus on your relationships

Kevin Dickinson

https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/want-to-live-a-happy-life-focus-on-your-relationships/




4. Marriage and Work among Prime-Age Men

Adam Blandin, John Jones, and Fang Yang

https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/fipfedrwp/95483.htm



5. 

Negative marital communications leave literal, figurative wounds


The Ohio State University

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230118092024.htm

OR https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306453022003304



6. Does a Woman’s Biological Clock Have a Price?

Corinne Low

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/corinne-low/




7. Marriage Week International https://www.marriage-weekinternational.com/

or  National Marriage Week USA  https://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/



8. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/divorce-rates-by-country

or https://divorce.com/blog/divorce-statistics/



9. What aspects lead to long-term success in marriage?

Brittany Stahnke Joy

https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2023/01/24/what-aspects-lead-to-long-term-success-in-marriage/



10. From the Office of the Journal of Marriage & Family Review (MFR)

New paper submission type


https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01494929.2023.2165607?src=


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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs May Best Support Outcomes by Addressing Hispanic Families’ Diverse Stressors

Elizabeth Wildsmith, Yiyu Chen

https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resources/healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-programs-may-best-support-outcomes-by-addressing-hispanic-families-diverse-stressors/



2. Impact of Direct Cash Benefits to Low-Income Families Can Be Far-Reaching

BY AMANDA ABRAMS

https://imprintnews.org/family/impact-direct-cash-benefits-low-income-families-child/237760



3. Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education for High School Students: The Longer-Term Impacts of Relationship Smarts PLUS in Georgia

OPRE/ACF/HHS

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-high-school-students-longer-term-impacts




4. The case for a Commission on Boys and Men: Will Washington state lead the way?

Richard V. Reeves

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2023/01/13/the-case-for-a-commission-on-boys-and-men-will-washington-state-lead-the-way/



5. Should I Try to Work It Out?: A Guidebook for Individuals and Couples Who Have Been Thinking about Divorce

Alan Hawkins , Tamara Fackrell , Steven Harris

https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/divorce-prevention




6. Discernment Counseling

https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/podcast/episodes/020discernment_counseling



7. Researchers: The legalization of marijuana comes at a hidden cost to our young people

By Diana Fishbein, Linda Richter and Zili Sloboda

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-marijuana-legalization-adolescent-teen-use-risks-20230117-v6rxqplxqrd33ousopcm6a4bku-story.html



8. Some Good News on the Family Front

Kay S. Hymowitz

https://www.city-journal.org/some-good-news-on-the-family-front



9. Married men are healthier than everyone else. Here’s why they get the best end of the deal.

BY LIBBY RICHARDS, MELISSA FRANKS, ROSIE SHROUT AND THE CONVERSATION

https://fortune.com/2023/01/13/why-are-married-men-healthier-on-average-women-gender-research/



10. What Emotional Neglect Looks Like in a Marriage

Jonice Webb Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/childhood-emotional-neglect/202212/what-does-emotional-neglect-look-in-marriage



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https://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. How do Teens’ Romantic Relationship Skills, Knowledge, and Attitudes Change with Age?

OPRE Research

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/how-do-teens-romantic-relationship-skills-knowledge-attitudes-change-age



2. Winter 2023 Issue: Parenting Education

NCFR

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report#winter2023

OR

Zippy's Video of the Week: The Key to Happiness




3. How too much math homework help from parents can backfire

By Jiawen Wu and Eva M. Pomerantz

https://childandfamilyblog.com/how-too-much-math-homework-help-from-parents-can-backfire/



4. 2023 NARME Summit Presenter Application

https://www.narme.org/summit2023

https://www.narme.org/presenters





5. Their Mothers Were Teenagers. They Didn’t Want That for Themselves.

Jason DeParle, NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/us/teen-pregnancies-child-poverty.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqYhlSlUYAibIRp87oxCAwODVzbM6j3n1LSWODD1CzuAZRpCH5UrXebslZ8c2237TYu59B4IVZa44yP5DbQsqQhO0o5CAldNULXVl94niBiY9hp7EGO1m-m6vZDHlJaJxmOHj50zXaTS8DKHPwDZ2clYe1Jhhdlug23wDz76UUbImn4kjgopyQ8xyVjwCZyKVv_L3CR0YONmOah7U6QZeSPgOEHiI3obas-RcBV0UXVHWT3p_43I-6MdfPb4UOKX4KB0gf6nukB7w5iddKEPym9T1HnBktQM&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare




6. Relationship conversations: New skills training to support relationships

OnePlusOne

https://www.oneplusone.org.uk/news/relationship-conversations-new-skills-training-to-support-relationships



7. Help Me Grow: Strengthening Families and Supporting Caregiver Goals

 Cailin O’Connor and Charlyn Harper Browne,  Center for the Study of Social Policy  

https://cssp.org/resource/help-me-grow-stregthening-families-supporting-caregiver-goals/




8. USU Extension co-sponsors Utah Marriage Celebration

Written by Julene Reese USU Extension


https://www.usu.edu/today/story/?story=usu-extension-co-sponsors-2023-utah-marriage-celebration




9. First Things First: How to start talking with your spouse again

Lauren Hall

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/jan/07/how-to-start-talking-with-your-spouse-again/




10. 10 Practices to Keep Your Marriage Strong

Suzanne Degges-White Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifetime-connections/202301/10-practices-to-keep-your-marriage-strong



11. Webinar on the Witherspoon Institute’s New Book, Marriage and the Public Good

The free webinar will be at 12:00 pm ET on Wednesday, January 18. Register here.

https://winst.org/webinar-marriage-public-good/



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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. 

WEBINAR: Love Notes: A Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program that Actually Prevents Teen Pregnancy

January 11, 2022 1:00pm Pacific

In this webinar, Dr. Anita Barbee will discuss the results from the original random control trial in Louisville testing the efficacy of Love Notes. She will focus on how Love Notes actually reduces the chance of pregnancy for youth by 46% over those in the control group 12 months after instruction. (These results were recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Family Relations.)

REGISTER



2. The Skills You Need for Happier Relationships With Family

BY FLORA JIN

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




3. Social Media: Tips for Child Welfare Workers

Child Welfare Information Gateway

https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/smtips-worker/

OR

Social Media: Tips for Foster Parents and Caregivers






4. The Population 65 Years and Older: 2021

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/population-65-and-older-2021.html




5. NHSA Brief - Fatherhood Edition December

https://files.constantcontact.com/8f95e188001/d5204781-bd9c-4f61-bbda-d12e2585e5ce.pdf


OR

Fatherhood Advocacy Toolkit: Navigating Support Through the Perinatal Period






6. Authoritative parenting: Balancing discipline with warmth and support

By George W. Holden

https://childandfamilyblog.com/authoritative-parenting-balancing-discipline-with-warmth-and-support/



7. How ‘love languages’ has been helping couples for 30 years



https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/01/love-languages-has-been-helping-couples-for-30-years-social-media-has-boosted-it




8. Loneliness is a public health emergency we can’t afford to ignore

BY LANCE ROBERTSON

https://fortune.com/2022/12/29/loneliness-public-health-emergency-risk-cost-effect-lance-robertson/




9. Premarital Education

Paul Engstrom

https://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/premarital-education/article_1b2af87c-dfe8-5765-b9c2-22062a90fbbf.html

OR

Pre-marriage education provided to 1.5M Turkish citizens since 2013

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/pre-marriage-education-provided-to-15m-turkish-citizens-since-2013/news



10. 3 Keys to Managing Stress in Your Marriage

Kevin Bennett Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/modern-minds/202301/3-keys-to-managing-stress-in-your-marriage



11. The family consequences of job insecurity: Fertility and marriage

Conchita D'Ambrosio,  Anthony Lepinteur,  Andrew Clark

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/family-consequences-job-insecurity-fertility-and-marriage




12. Impacts of healthy marriage and relationship education for expectant and new mothers

Ankita Patnaik, Robert G. Wood, Kathryn Gonzalez

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.12818


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Candidates for Friday Five # 449

1. Marriage & Manliness in Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina”

Scott Yenor


https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2022/12/marriage-manliness-tolstoy-anna-karenina-scott-yenor.html




2. How Family Background Influences Student Achievement

Can schools narrow the gap?

By Anna J. Egalite

https://www.educationnext.org/how-family-background-influences-student-achievement/




3. Participate in a Couples Study

The Family Institute at Northwestern University


https://northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cuAba1p3rQV0WjQ





4. Making Family Hubs accessible for parents with disabilities

https://familyhubsnetwork.com/hubs-for-parents-with-disabilities/



5. How to Be Patient in a Relationship (60+ Ways to Improve)

https://upjourney.com/how-to-be-patient-in-a-relationship



6. Military Families Are Facing Their Own Housing Crisis

Kimberly Gladden-Eversley, CNET







8. 3 Big Blind Spots We Have About Love

Tyler Jamison Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/assembly-required/202212/3-big-blind-spots-we-have-about-love




9. Nixon’s Plan to Fight Poverty and Promote Marriage

Emma Waters

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/nixons-plan-to-fight-poverty-and-promote-marriage/




10. Countering Marriage Myths

https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/podcast/episodes/015CounteringMarriageMyths



11. International Marriage Friendship Club: The Last Gathering

By David Yamaguchi

https://napost.com/2022/warbride_1209/




12. When the classroom is in the basement: More Black families in Pittsburgh embrace the choice of home education

Lajja Mistry

https://www.publicsource.org/homeschooling-pittsburgh-black-families-pandemic-education/



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Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2022

U.S. Census Bureau

https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2022/demo/families/cps-2022.html

OR

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/guidance/subjects.html




2. Strategies Programs Use to Help More Dads Participate in Fatherhood Services

Children's Bureau Express




3.  Impact of a relationship-based intervention, Love Notes, on teen pregnancy prevention 

Anita P. Barbee 1 | Michael R. Cunningham2 | Becky F. Antle 1 | Cheri N. Langley1

https://www.dibbleinstitute.org/wp-new/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Barbee-Cunningham-Antle-Langley-Nov-2022-Family-Relations.pdf



4. Self-awareness can improve relationships. Here are tips to build it.


Advice by Katherine Kam

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/11/26/self-awareness-emotional-intelligence/




5. Study finds fatherhood rewires dads’ brains to boost empathy

 Fatherhood Channel

https://fatherhoodchannel.com/2022/12/01/study-finds-fatherhood-rewires-dads-brains-to-boost-empathy/




6. American Renewal / Chapters

https://www.americanrenewalbook.com/chapters/




7. Study finds that experiences of daily stress decrease as people age

Mary Campbell, PSU

https://www.psu.edu/news/health-and-human-development/story/study-finds-experiences-daily-stress-decrease-people-age/



8. Australia’s Largest Men’s Health Study Shows What’s Working, and Where Gaps Lie in Men’s Uptake of Mental Health Services

 Clement Wong, Karlee O’Donnell, Jennifer Prattley, Brendan Quinn, Rebecca Jenkinson, Rukhsana Tajin, Bosco Rowland

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/australias-largest-mens-health-study-shows-whats-working-and-where-gaps-lie-in-mens-uptake-of-mental-health-services/



9. Strengthening the Implementation and Evaluation of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Youth: Considerations from Four Recent Impact Studies

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/strengthening-implementation-evaluation-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education

OR

Local Evaluation Highlights from the 2015 Cohort of Responsible Fatherhood Grantees

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/local-evaluation-highlights-2015-cohort-responsible-fatherhood-grantees



10.  Characteristics of Single Adults in the U.S., 2022 

Author: Gabrielle Juteau P

https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/NCFMR/documents/FP/juteau-characteristics-single-adults-US-2022-fp-22-30.pdf



11. https://www.ashleyfurniture.com/p/stupell_industries_marriage_sleepover_friend_funny_family_black_and_white_word_design10_x_24_canvas_wall_art/A600031367.html?



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Candidates for Friday Five

1. A comparative perspective on policies to support single-parent families

https://www.brookings.edu/events/a-comparative-perspective-on-policies-to-support-single-parent-families/



2. 'Watching People Grow Into Their Best Selves': Advancing Family Coaching & Education

Family Science Impact: Q&A with NCFR Member Lisa Krause, M.A., CFLE

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/winter-2022/advancing-family-coaching-education




3. 4 ways to design a disability-friendly future

 Meghan Hussey

https://www.ted.com/talks/meghan_hussey_4_ways_to_design_a_disability_friendly_future



4. How the Pandemic Affected U.S. Birth Rates—and What Comes Next

MELISSA S. KEARNEY AND PHILLIP LEVINE

https://time.com/6237576/covid-19-pandemic-us-birth-rates/




5. Spouse or Significant Other Wellbeing Course: Supporting Public Safety Personnel Families

The Vanier Institute of the Family



https://vanierinstitute.ca/spouse-or-significant-other-wellbeing-course-supporting-public-safety-personnel-families/





6. Video Recordings of RECS 2022, November 2022 http://recsconference.net/2022videos.html

Exploring Evaluations of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programming


OR

Impact Findings From the Strengthening Relationship Education and Marriage Services (STREAMS) Evaluation





7. Informing parents in your community about child development: please take part in our survey!

https://childandfamilyblog.com/informing-parents/



8. Having positive conversations about relationship difficulties: a new guide for local areas

Simran Motiani, Early Intervention Foundation
https://www.eif.org.uk/blog/having-positive-conversations-about-relationship-difficulties-our-new-guide-for-local-areas




9. How to practice ‘gentle parenting’ — without losing discipline

By Mary Beth Gahan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022/11/29/gentle-parenting-child-development/




10. How to Take the Stress Out of Family Gatherings

 Rachel Ehmke

https://childmind.org/article/how-to-take-the-stress-out-of-family-gatherings/




11. Marriage Is a Team Sport


Arthur C. Brooks

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/11/how-collaboration-can-improve-marriage-relationships/672048/



12. Marriage and the Public Good: a book pointing the way forward to renewing a culture of marriage

Robert Siedlecki

https://ifamnews.com/en/marriage-and-the-public-good-pointing-the-way-forward-to-renewing-a-culture-of-marriage



13. African American fathers figure prominently in preventing sons’ depression, aggression

https://today.uic.edu/african-american-fathers-figure-prominently-in-preventing-sons-depression-aggression/


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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. How to help young kids: Give their parents cash

JACKIE MADER

https://hechingerreport.org/how-to-help-young-kids-give-their-parents-cash/

OR

How to Make Guaranteed Income Work: Ten Lessons from Newark, New Jersey

Hawwa Muhammad

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-make-guaranteed-income-work-ten-lessons-from-newark-new-jersey/




2.  Many Doctors Think My Daughter Shouldn't Be Alive. They're Wrong | Opinion

JASON LAW, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, HUMAN COALITION

https://www.newsweek.com/many-doctors-think-my-daughter-shouldnt-alive-theyre-wrong-opinion-1756371



3. Lessons From a Historic Decline in Child Poverty

Dana Thomson, Renee Ryberg

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/lessons-from-a-historic-decline-in-child-poverty



4. Tomorrow I’ll Be Kind Inspires Little Readers to Make the World a Better Place

by Jennifer Garry
 
https://www.readbrightly.com/tomorrow-ill-be-kind/

OR

An Attitude of Gratitude: 17 Books That Show Kids What It Means to Be Thankful

by Dena McMurdie

https://www.readbrightly.com/books-that-show-kids-what-it-means-to-be-thankful/




5. Some good, bad and ugly in new federal “child welfare” data

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog


https://www.nccprblog.org/2022/11/some-good-bad-and-ugly-in-new-federal.html




6. Are millennials saving marriage?

Frank Young

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/are-millennials-saving-marriage/



7. Some – but only some – of the rise in divorce looks real

Harry Benson


https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/some-but-only-some-of-the-rise-in-divorce-looks-real/



8. First impressions are everything when it comes to dating, study shows

John Anderer





9. America’s Way Forward on Marriage
 



https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2022/11/85536/

OR

The Witherspoon Institute publishes the second edition of Marriage and the Public Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2022 By JOHN DAVID CORWIN

https://winst.org/the-witherspoon-institute-publishes-second-edition-of-marriage-and-the-public-good/



10. Episode 109: Deseret News national politics editor on what the American Family Survey reveals about family, marriage

By Sarah Jane Weaver

https://www.thechurchnews.com/podcast/2022/11/8/23447083/what-the-american-family-survey-reveals-about-family-marriage-episode-109



11. How to Predict and Prevent Divorce Before Marriage

Wendy L. Patrick, J.D., Ph.D.





12. MOVING IN TOGETHER DOESN’T MATCH THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE, BUT WHY?

JULIA CARPENTER




We stayed near here two months ago, 3 days before we caught covid in Fatima. 
https://nautil.us/how-it-feels-to-surf-the-worlds-biggest-wave-245476/

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Kierkegaard on Why We All Misunderstand the True Meaning of Love: An Animated Explanation

https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/kierkegaard-on-why-we-all-misunderstand-the-true-meaning-of-love-an-animated-explanation.html



2. NY: Montefiore Receives $3 Million Grant to Engage Fathers and Improve Child Welfare Outcomes Among Families at Risk of Substance Misuse (Press release)

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/montefiore-receives-3-million-grant-to-engage-fathers-and-improve-child-welfare-outcomes-among-families-at-risk-of-substance-misuse-301664407.html



3. ICUDDR Webinar Announcement 
Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF)

https://mailchi.mp/2a905c63e6cd/icuddr-fall-2019-newsletter-11548634?e=1af38d9002



4. The 5 Most Common Reasons People Get Divorced (& 5 Unusually Specific Ones)

By Karen Finn 



https://www.yourtango.com/heartbreak/common-reasons-divorce





5. The COVID-19 pandemic and how it affects the future of families

Elvenia Gray-Sandiford

https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/community/the-covid-19-pandemic-and-how-it-affects-the-future-of-families/




6. Happy Marriage Helps Recovery After Heart Attack

Written by Marlene Busko

https://www.webmd.com/heart/news/20221102/happy-marriage-helps-recovery-after-heart-attack

or https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/01/happy-marriage-good-heart-study-reveals/


OR

Marriage in trouble? Yale study finds it could make heart attack recovery slower

American Heart Association




7. Theology course explores marriage and love

 Katie Muchnick

https://ndsmcobserver.com/2022/11/course-explores-experience-theology-of-marriage/



8. “A Man's Lot”: Marriage, Military Service, and the First World War

Cody Davis

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajph.12862




9. Couples who 'slide' into marriage more likely to divorce

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/45798

OR

Couples who marry because of family pressure 50 per cent more likely to divorce

 SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS EDITOR

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/30/couples-who-marry-family-pressure-50-per-cent-likely-divorce/


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