Candidates for IFS Friday Fifty

1. BALLOON ARCHES

BY MEREDITH MCDONOUGH

https://thelampmagazine.com/2022/03/30/balloon-arches/



2. 

Latina teenagers in United States spend more time with parents and siblings than do other teenagers


Elizabeth Ackert and Jocelyn Wikle

https://childandfamilyblog.com/latina-teenagers-spend-more-time-with-their-families



3. NCFR Call for Papers — The Science of Families: Nurturing Hope, Happiness, & Health

Special Section of Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science

https://www.ncfr.org/news/ncfr-call-papers-science-families-nurturing-hope-happiness-health




4. How Is Your Marriage?

Kevin A. Thompson

https://www.changetheodds.com/post/how-is-your-marriage



5. The life-long psychological effects your first love has on you

Jaimee Bell

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/psychological-first-love/



6. Black children and adolescents can achieve greater heights with research-informed policies and practices

Mavis Sanders, Joy Thompson, Kristen Harper

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/black-children-and-adolescents-can-achieve-greater-heights-with-research-informed-policies-and-practices



7. Engaging Community Members in Evaluations of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/engaging-community-members-evaluations-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood



8. A Call to Connection

Casper ter Kuile with Angie Thurston, Sue Phillips, and Derrick Scott IIl

https://einhorncollaborative.org/call-to-connection/



9. Marriage in the US today
  • By ROSCOE SCARBOROUGH

https://thebrunswicknews.com/opinion/editorial_columns/marriage-in-the-us-today/article_50f768fb-c380-5f80-b898-5bfe45b233fb.html



10. Addressing the national mental health crisis: Opportunities and challenges

Webcast Wednesday, Apr 06, 2022, 2:30 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

https://www.brookings.edu/events/addressing-the-national-mental-health-crisis-opportunities-and-challenges/



Thanks!
Bill

Candidates for IFS Friday Five #414 (Elite 8 edition)

1. Socioeconomic Factors and Differences in Forming and Maintaining Marriages and Cohabitations

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



https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/socioeconomic-factors-and-differences-in-forming-and-maintaining-marriages-and-cohabitations/



2. Talking to Kids You Love - 3 - Empathic Listening

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/talking-kids-you-love/empathic-listening



3. 

Exploring Community Member Engagement in the Evaluation of HMRF Programs

This report from the Fatherhood, Relationships, and Marriage – Illuminating the Next Generation of Research (FRAMING Research) project provides practical guidance to Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) researchers on how to engage community members in designing and conducting evaluations of HMRF programs. It includes common frameworks for engaging community members in research, strategies that HMRF researchers can use to apply these frameworks, challenges that could affect researchers’ ability to implement these engagement strategies, and some possible solutions to those challenges.

Read the Report >












OR

Making Evaluations Rigorous and Relevant: The Role of Active Engagement in Developing Learning Agendas for the Division of Family Strengthening

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/making-evaluations-rigorous-and-relevant-role-active-engagement-development-learning



4. Episode 4: Married to a partner struggling with their mental health

https://www.mylovethinks.com/married-mental-health/?ck_subscriber_id=124903277

OR

New Findings May Offer Insight for Interventions to Strengthen Long Term Marriage Stability for People with Traumatic Brain Injury


5. Marriage backlog forcing couples to defer or relocate weddings

Joanne Hunt

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/weddings/marriage-backlog-forcing-couples-to-defer-or-relocate-weddings-1.4828653



6. This is What Children Need Most to Thrive

Posted by Christopher A. Brown

https://www.fatherhood.org/championing-fatherhood/this-is-what-children-need-most-to-thrive



7. Income assistance, marriage, and child poverty: An assessment of the Family Security Act


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264999322000736?dgcid=rss_sd_all




8. Is your marriage driving you to eat?

by: Karen Owoc

https://www.kron4.com/news/is-your-marriage-driving-you-to-eat/


Thanks
Bill

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Call for Papers: The Discipline of Family Science

Special Issue in Marriage & Family Review

https://www.ncfr.org/news/call-papers-discipline-family-science



2. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Update)

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-does-the-richest-country-in-the-world-have-so-many-poor-kids-replay/



3. Artificial intelligence reveals these 2 key factors predict if your marriage is doomed

John Anderer




4. Canada saw the lowest number of divorces in 2020 since 1973: report

By Gabby Calugay-Casuga

https://globalnews.ca/news/8671237/canada-divorce-rates-covid-pandemic/



5. https://nire.org/workshop-registration/



6. Why Fatherhood Turns Men Into Better People

Ben Schwencke

https://goodmenproject.com/parenting/why-fatherhood-turns-men-into-better-people/

OR

Coparenting and Healthy Relationship and Marriage Education for Dads (CHaRMED): Results from a Qualitative Study of Staff and Participant Experiences in Nine Fatherhood Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/coparenting-and-healthy-relationship-and-marriage-education-dads-charmed-results



7. California among states with the lowest marriage rates

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/california-among-states-with-the-lowest-marriage-rates/



8. Falling In Love Again With Your Spouse: Dr. Alicia M. Walker On 5 Things You Need To Rekindle Love In A Marriage That Has Gone Cold

An Interview With Brett Lovett

https://medium.com/authority-magazine/falling-in-love-again-with-your-spouse-dr-alicia-m-walker-on-5-things-you-need-to-rekindle-love-i-beee72ee0360



9. State Minimum Wage Increases Delay Marriage and Reduce Divorce Among Low-Wage Households

Benjamin R. Karney,Jeffrey B. Wenger,Melanie A. Zaber,Thomas N. Bradbury

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12832



10. Marriage could lead to a longer life according to the stats

Tommy Lumby, Ashley Summerfield

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/marriage-could-lead-longer-life-6783400


https://twitter.com/Mil_FANet/status/1504499568309936131/photo/1

Thanks
Bill

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Why the act of marriage makes a difference

Harry Benson

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/why-the-act-of-marriage-makes-a-difference/




2. Fatherhood initiative to boost mentorship programs heads to Gov. DeSantis’ desk

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/505737-fatherhood-initiative-to-boost-mentorship-programs-heads-to-gov-desantis-desk/



3. Can you study your way to a healthy marriage?

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2022/3/6/22961930/can-you-study-your-way-to-a-healthy-marriage-joint-economic-committee-mike-lee-utah



4. Within-Couple Associations Between Communication and Relationship Satisfaction Over Time

Matthew D. Johnson, Justin A. Lavner, Marcus Mund, .

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01461672211016920



5. Date Nights & Annoying Quirks

Johanna Hicks, Texas AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Agent

https://www.ksstradio.com/2022/03/date-nights-annoying-quirks/



6. Minority military families face challenges; Blue Star recommends action steps

By Paul Lara

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/minority-military-families-face-challenges-blue-star-recommends-action-steps/article_ec8fc00a-9d05-11ec-bfbe-4793f8d2d1c4.html



7. Nearly 4,000 couples have been married during Russian invasion, Ukraine government says

 Scott Stump



https://www.today.com/news/news/nearly-4000-couples-married-russian-invasion-ukraine-government-says-rcna19131




8. Developing Strategies to Address Implementation Challenges Facing Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grantees

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/developing-strategies-address-implementation-challenges-facing-healthy-marriage-and



9. New grant funds outreach in three areas of marriage ministry

by Joe Bollig

http://theleaven.org/new-grant-funds-outreach-in-three-areas-of-marriage-ministry/




10. War, Crisis, Tragedy: How to talk with kids when the news is scary

Anya Kamenetz and Cory Turner

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/59143/war-crisis-tragedy-how-to-talk-with-kids-when-the-news-is-scary



11. Call for Proposals: 2022 FLE Summit

Evolving Best Practices in Family Life Education
https://www.ncfr.org/fle-2022/call-for-proposals



12. How toddler-mother attachment impacts adolescent brain and behavior

Marianne Stein

https://aces.illinois.edu/news/how-toddler-mother-attachment-impacts-adolescent-brain-and-behavior



Thanks!
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Supporting Fathers’ Relationships in Fatherhood Programs

brief from Child Trends and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/lessons-learned-covid-19-pandemic-supporting-fathers-relationships-fatherhood-programs

OR

Introducing the National African American Child and Family Research Center


OR

Text Message Reminders and Their Impact on Attendance at Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Workshops


2. Largely unseen and unsupported, huge numbers of student fathers are quitting college

LILAH BURKE

https://hechingerreport.org/largely-unseen-and-unsupported-huge-numbers-of-student-fathers-are-quitting-college/



3.  The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession ■ 
 
https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.36.1.151



4. Siblings of Children With Disabilities May Have Greater Cognitive Empathy

Society for Research in Child Development

https://neurosciencenews.com/cognitive-empathy-siblings-20099/



5. Households With Children That Struggled to Cover Household Expenses Were at Least Twice as Likely to Rely on CTC


KATHERINE G. GIEFER



https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/02/harder-to-pay-bills-now-that-child-tax-credit-payments-have-ended.html?



6. Study reveals positive benefits of marriage for men

Jennifer Lee

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/study.reveals.positive.benefits.of.marriage.for.men/138194.htm



7. On Paid Leave, Listening to Parents | Opinions

 by Jeff Salle

https://www.cengnews.com/news/on-paid-leave-listening-to-parents-opinions-292156.html



8. Can a video game be as good for my marriage as family therapy? Not this one

Dominik Diamond

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/mar/03/it-takes-two-can-a-video-game-be-as-good-for-my-marriage-as-family-therapy



9. Why C.S. Lewis Married the Same Woman Twice

https://www.narniaweb.com/2022/03/why-c-s-lewis-married-the-same-woman-twice/



10.  11 couples inducted in Wisconsin Marriage Hall of Fame

https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/11-couples-inducted-in-wisconsin-marriage-hall-of-fame/article_10928dcc-fa80-55d2-ad0a-1f4a395c31d2.html

or https://www.nbc15.com/2022/02/28/11-couples-named-first-members-wisconsin-marriage-hall-fame/

or https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/wisconsin-family-council-eleven-couples-inducted-into-wisconsins-marriage-hall-of-fame/


Thanks!
Bill
https://standrewapostle.org/lent-with-ignatius/


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Skill-based programs for Catholic Marriage Initiatives

https://billcoffin.org/skill-based-programs-for-catholic-marriage-initiatives

OR

THE CATHOLIC MARRIAGE INITIATIVES FUND



2. 

Explore an Evidence and Gaps Map on the Effectiveness of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Youth

This brief from the Fatherhood, Relationships, and Marriage – Illuminating the Next Generation of Research (FRAMING Research) project summarizes the impact literature on healthy marriage and relationship education (HMRE) programs for youth. The brief describes HMRE programs for youth, highlights what is known about the effectiveness of these programs from studies of HMRE programs for youth that measured program effects relative to a comparison group, and shares implications for future research on HMRE programs for youth. It uses an interactive evidence and gaps map to depict what each study found for each outcome, which allows the reader to quickly infer what is and is not known about the evidence for a given outcome.

Read the Brief >














3. 

4. China population: marriages fall in latest blow to Beijing’s push for couples to have more children

Luna Sun

https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3167431/china-population-marriages-fall-latest-blow-beijings




5. Earmarked paternity leave increases parental wellbeing

Pontus Korsgren, Max Van Lent

https://voxeu.org/article/earmarked-paternity-leave-increases-parental-wellbeing



6. Check out this marriage advice from 1933

https://lulz.com/marriage-advice-from-eras-past/



Thanks.
Bill
Coronado, CA (we'll be biking to Point Loma on Thursday)






















































Skill-based programs for Catholic Marriage Initiatives

1. PREP, eprep, and CPREP/A Lasting Promise (ALP)

https://prepinc.com/  and https://www.facebook.com/prep.relationship.education
https://prepinc.com/collections/christian-material (ALP program and/or ALP Book Study)

2. Relationship Enhancement (RE) Mastering the Mysteries of Love (MML)/ Becoming Love

http://www.skillswork.org/
and/or online program at https://www.coupletalk.com/ (see Christian version)

3. Adventures in Marriage (AIM) and SAIM

https://www.livethelifesoflo.org/marriage/marriage-events-adventures-in-marriage
https://marriagebuildingusa.org/portfolio/sacramental-adventures-in-marriage/

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Only Love Can Break Your Heart?

By Liz Tracey

https://daily.jstor.org/only-love-can-break-your-heart/



2. An Applied Research Agenda on Black Children and Families to Advance Practices and Policies That Promote Their Well-being

Authors:Mavis Sanders,Chrishana M. Lloyd,Sara Shaw

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/an-applied-research-agenda-on-black-children-and-families-to-advance-practices-and-policies-that-promote-their-well-being



3. Engaging Fathers - Putting Lessons Into Practice, Part 2


https://www.childwelfare.gov/more-tools-resources/podcast/episode-72/

OR

Child Maltreatment Report 2020

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/report/child-maltreatment-2020



4. TOO NEGATIVE?

Aaron CooperPh.D.



https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/too-negative



5. 

Explore an Evidence and Gaps Map on the Effectiveness of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Youth

This brief from the Fatherhood, Relationships, and Marriage – Illuminating the Next Generation of Research (FRAMING Research) project summarizes the impact literature on healthy marriage and relationship education (HMRE) programs for youth. The brief describes HMRE programs for youth, highlights what is known about the effectiveness of these programs from studies of HMRE programs for youth that measured program effects relative to a comparison group, and shares implications for future research on HMRE programs for youth. It uses an interactive evidence and gaps map to depict what each study found for each outcome, which allows the reader to quickly infer what is and is not known about the evidence for a given outcome.

Read the Brief >














6. Non-Marriage Among College-Educated Adults, 2005-2019

Adrianne R. Brown and Wendy D. Manning

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/brown-manning-nonmarriage-college-educated-adults-2005-2019-fp-22-02.html



7. How much do weddings really cost?

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/how-much-do-weddings-really-cost/



8. HPU POLL: NORTH CAROLINIANS SAY THEIR RELATIONSHIPS BECAME STRONGER DURING PANDEMIC

https://www.highpoint.edu/blog/2022/02/hpu-poll-north-carolinians-say-their-relationships-became-stronger-during-pandemic/



9. Are religion and marriage connected?

By Kenzie Holbrook

https://universe.byu.edu/2022/02/16/700169/



10. Americans less likely to have sex, partner up and get married than ever

By Harry Enten, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/health/valentines-day-love-marriage-relationships-wellness/index.html



11. Kissing in the Middle Ages

Christine Axen

https://www.medievalists.net/2022/02/kissing-middle-ages/


Thanks.
We'll be biking in CA next week so Fri 5 input might be lighter than normal
Bill

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Grant-Writing Training Webinar related to this CMI Fund Grant Opportunity

Friday, Feb 11: 1 to 2pm CT

https://www.marriageinitiatives.org/



2. Why people aren't as picky in love as they think

Bryan Lufkin

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220124-why-people-arent-as-picky-in-love-as-they-think



3. Call for Articles
Spring 2022: Relationship Education

https://www.ncfr.org/cfle-network#call



4. The Common Dating Strategy That’s Totally Wrong

 Arthur C. Brooks

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/02/dating-romance-sameness-complementary/622031/



5. 

Celebrate 2022 National Marriage Week,

and 

World Marriage Day

by sharing with couples in your community

a free online enrichment program.


The Virtues

PRUDENCE - the Habit of Making Wise Choices
JUSTICE - the Source of Harmony and Peace in our home
COURAGE - the Strength to Live our Vocation
TEMPERANCE

 - 

the virtue of self-control and moderation


For your convenience share this link:



6. Judith Sargent Murray’s On the Equality of the Sexes (1790)

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/equality-of-the-sexes



7. Knights Do That: Relationship Advice from an Expert

Sejal Barden, associate professor of counselor education and executive director of UCF’s Marriage and Family Research Institute

https://www.ucf.edu/news/knights-do-that-relationship-advice-from-an-expert/



8. HOW ANXIETY IMPACTS ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS

Breanna Terry

https://decidetocommit.com/how-anxiety-impacts-romantic-relationships/



9. Webinar Replay: Supporting Families: Community Forum on Findings from the 2015 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grants

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/training-technical-assistance/webinar-supporting-families-community-forum-findings-2015



10. Expectant fathers influence child development prenatally and services need to respond accordingly

Child & Family Blog Editor

https://childandfamilyblog.com/expectant-fathers-child-development-prenatally/



11. 'Family Foundations' parenting program helps families weather the pandemic

Sara P. Brennen

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/family-foundations-parenting-program-helps-families-weather-pandemic/



12. Better together: New program fosters ‘Strong Couples’ on the farm

PHYLLIS COULTER Illinois Farmer Today

https://pantagraph.com/lifestyles/family/better-together-new-program-fosters-strong-couples-on-the-farm/article_d3ac9ef1-c847-5032-8cac-73c5985ee0dc.html



13. States Where Marriage and Divorce Are Declining

by Nick VinZant 

https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/marriage-and-divorce-rates



Hope you are feeling better!
Bill