10) Congress Makes Key Vote for Marriage Education
PR-USA.net
When President Obama signs HR 4783 that passed the House yesterday by a vote of ... for Healthy Marriage Education and Responsible Fatherhood programs. ...

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9) Pause! In the Name of Love
Huffington Post
After all, two-thirds of all family divorces involve low-conflict marriages, and there's real research out there that with time and marriage education some ...

And Decades After Divorce, Caregiving and Grieving Challenge Grown Children of Divorce
Huffington Post (blog)
A new report from the Centre for Social Justice in the UK has reignited apprehension felt by many: In an era of high rates of divorce and family break-up, ...

And The Biggest Divorce "Don't" of All
Huffington Post
Marriage education courses are different that traditional therapy. Classes aren't group therapy. You don't have to air your dirty laundry publicly. ...

And How long does it take to recover emotionally from divorce?
Huffington Post (blog)
Most people expect that going through a divorce will be hard and that they aren't going to feel happy. However, most people expect that as they adapt to ...

8) Before fatherhood, teach them what that means
Indianapolis Star
I applaud men like Michael Griffin, who just graduated from the Families and Fathers Center education program on how to be a better father ("Involved dads, ...

And Fatherhood Involvement � Surgery PSA
channelAPA.com
by channel APA Here's a PSA from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Ad Council featuring an Asian Dad and his daughter doing surgery ...

7) Midwest Marines: My thoughts on marriage and the junior Marine
By Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas
My thoughts on marriage and the junior Marine. Young Marines should not be married, either before they enlist or during their initial enlistment. The simple fact is, the Marine Corps is just not conducive to healthy marriages in junior ...

6) http://www.markmerrill.com/2010/12/02/6-a%e2%80%99s-of-good-parenting/ and http://familyscholars.org/

And Three's a crowd. How a baby changes a relationship. « Marriage.com.au
By Michael Hanley
Ask Mars and Venus ・ Carring For Marriage ・ Couple Checkup ・ Creation of a Couple ・ Excellent marriage site conected with the Catholic Church in USA ・ Honeymooners Forever ・ Humaneed Counselling Service ・ Lifeworks ・ Marriage Education ...

5) And Who needs marriage? Kids do - BostonHerald.com
In a culture that glorifies unwed parents like “Brangelina,” Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin, is it any wonder that Time magazine has declared the ...

And WETZSTEIN: Marriage out? Here's other side
Washington Times
By Cheryl Wetzstein A recent report from the Pew Research Center generated coast-to-coast headlines about how marriage is on the rocks. ...

And  The MMJ Starting Five… « Marriage Matters Jackson
By Marriage Matters Jackson-Shelby
Events ・ Jackson Marriage Statistics ・ Marriage Conflicts ・ marriage tips ・ Marriage Events

4) http://www.heritage.org/issues/family-and-marriage/marriage-and-social-outcomes and http://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/events/

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They attended a marriage education course， but the communication skills they learned took a lot of practice and discussion. After a while they felt hat ...

3) Marriage hard, but worth effort
Washington Times
Marriage is hard. That's what I told the guy sitting next to me on the plane Tuesday when he explained that he and his bride of less than a year have split ...

And Marriage in the Millennial Generation
Finally, preliminary research shows that marriage education workshops can make a real difference in helping married couples stay together and in encouraging ...

2)Strengthening Marriage Resource Guide For Couples | PDF Finder ...
The Marriage Education Resource Guide, Teach Out of the Box . ... Facilitating Marriage Education as Individuals and Couples ...

1) Dec 15 Index of Belonging and Rejection Release and News Conference

Most American teenagers' parents have rejected each other, through divorce, separation, or choosing not to marry, and rates of parental ....

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…We, Government Leaders, invite colleagues and citizens from every political party to engage in renewed efforts to pursue laws and public policies that promote the well-being of marriages and families…(Excerpt from http://www.hamptonu.edu/ncaamp/proclamation/)

A Guide to Low-Cost Curricula and Resources: Marriage and Relationship, Fatherhood and Parenting,
and Financial Education available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/pdf/curricula_resources_guide_121509.pdf

 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage 

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/doc/ACF_Curriculum_Assessment_Guide.doc

http://learning.hhs.gov/elearning/cop.asp

Why Marriage Matters, 26 Conclusions from the Social Sciences

#1 Marriage increases the likelihood that fathers and mothers have good relationships with their children.

#26 A child who is not living with his or her own two married parents is at greater risk for child abuse.

http://center.americanvalues.org/?p=7

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HM Links & Clips (11/19/10) #144 - Coffin Corner
OMI provides marriage education to address reasons for divorce and ... For more information on the Twogether in Texas marriage education program, ...

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10) What skills have you learned from the healthy marriage program ...
Francisco Robledo and Viviana Gil share how for the first time in their 20 year marriage they finally learned to really listen and communicate with ea.....

9) Give Thanks! Time's View of Marriage Is Obsolete

Human Events - Nancy Pearcey - ‎7 hours ago‎

Just in time for families to gather for Thanksgiving, Time magazine tells us that marriage is becoming “obsolete. ...

And Study: Marriage Could Become Obsolete 
CBS 3 News (Philly)

And Get Living Alerts
Huffington Post
A Google search for "Marriage is obsolete" renders over one million hits, thanks to a new study out from the Pew Research Center and Time which found that 4 ...
See all stories on this topic »

8) What is Intentional Marriage? « Marriage.com.au
By Michael Hanley
My emphasis here is on rituals, but a lot else goes into being intentional about marriage: attending marriage education experiences, building a community of support for one's marriage, setting boundaries with children. ...

7) Divorced From Reality
The traditional marriage lobby doesn't make the right arguments.

And Ina Garten's Google Recipes Missing Ingredient « Fatherhood ...
By Fatherhood Channel
Fatherhood Channel — Marriage, Parenting and Family Relationships · Home · Ina Garten's Google Recipes Missing Ingredient. November 23, 2010. Ina Garten Google Recipes. Missing ingredient in Ina Garten's Thanksgiving recipes ...

And http://www.changingfatherhood.com/

And A Beginner's Guide to Twitter for Dads | Tips on Using Twitter for ...
By PJ Mullen
And while it can be a great place to share content you've created, you don't need a blog to make good use of it. All it really takes is an interest in finding other like-minded dads to talk about anything from fatherhood to sports to ...

6) The Reality of Teen Pregnancy: $156 Million Price Tag (in SC)

http://www2.counton2.com/news/2010/nov/23/reality-teen-pregnancy-156-million-price-tag-ar-1126150/

And http://familyscholars.org/2008/04/15/the-taxpayer-costs-of-divorce-and-unwed-childbearing/

5) To help you create a family health history, go to https://familyhistory.hhs.gov, for "My Family Health Portrait," a tool on the Surgeon General's family health history website.  You can then share the document with your family and with your doctor.

4) Mixing marriage and the Marine Corps
DVIDS
The Marine Corps and marriage are life-changing commitments, but they can coexist, and at Cherry Point the Marine Corps provides several resources to help ...

3) Patience: Key to a Lasting Marriage « For Your Marriage
By sgarcia
In addition to being patient with each other, couples need to be patient with the marriage itself. Healthy marriages grow and change. Social scientists point out that a couple can go through seven or more stages of marriage throughout a ...

And http://foryourmarriage.org/is-love-a-flimsy-foundation-for-marriage/

2) The 'O' Word
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/books/review/Blount-t.html?src=me

And http://www.plainlanguage.gov/index.cfm and http://apps.usa.gov/va-mobile-2/ and HHS Exec Director of Innovation

And Open Government Keynote: U.S. Deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin discusses the Administration's role in open government.

1)http://umterps.cstvauctions.com/gallery.cfm  and http://appliedsportpsych.org/resource-center/parents

And one-stop Thanksgiving page

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And a comment on The Parent of All Virtues from Michael Constantine

November 23, 2010 9:45am

I wrote these words in my thanksgiving message this year: "Live your life so that people will say,"Thank God he lived!" not, "Thank God he's gone!" It is wonderful when we can be the reason other people thank God. We can thank Him for making us a blessing. I know an 87 year old man who cares for his 65 year old wife who has Parkinson's. Fifty times a day she calls out to him, and fifty times he answers without complaint. Thank God for his life, and thank God he is my father-in-law.

Bill Coffin

Special Assistant for Marriage Education

ACF/HHS

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC  20447

(202)260-1550(o);

Bill.Coffin@acf.hhs.gov

…We, Government Leaders, invite colleagues and citizens from every political party to engage in renewed

efforts to pursue laws and public policies that promote the well-being of marriages and families…(Excerpt from http://www.hamptonu.edu/ncaamp/proclamation/)

For previous editions of HM Links & Clips see http://billcoffin.org

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10) Children of Divorce Face Twice the Risk of Stroke as Adults: Study
BusinessWeek
22 (HealthDay News) -- Children of divorce appear to have more than double the lifetime risk for experiencing a stroke compared with those whose parents' ...
See all stories on this topic » and http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020_reg/default.aspx

9) 25-year study reveals secrets to a healthy, happy marriage
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
... third or fourth year, and then between years 25 and 35 many couples run into trouble. So maintaining a healthy, happy marriage is a never-ending project.

8) Smart Marriages®: The Facebook Wave /Powerful Self Webinar ...
By Diane
Very nice to have two Marriage Educators so far out on the cutting-edge and providing solutions – while they're educating about Facebook, they are also able to provide information about the whole Marriage Education field and the radical ...

7) Raising the Bar for Single Parents
Huffington Post (blog)
An additional component of this campaign is called Changing Fatherhood. It's focused on redefining the role of fathers and placing families at the forefront ...

And A troubling marriage trend
Deseret News
A compilation of studies by fatherhood.org found that a child in a home without a father is five times more likely to live in poverty than one with both ...

And New Sherwood Films "Courageous" completes editing
WALB-TV
The message in "Courageous" is about the importance of Christian fatherhood, told through the story of four law enforcement officers in Albany. ...

And http://www.fathersincorporated.com/

6) http://4parents.gov/psa/outreachcenter/ and http://better-marriages.blogspot.com/

5) Turkey & Marriage « NWA Healthy Marriages Blog
By NWA Healthy Marriages
Being that we celebrate marriage here at NWA Healthy Marriages, our distinct flavor will be on you and your spouse. Take some time to be thankful and appreciate your spouse. Let them know how thankful you are! ...

4) http://www.prepinc.com/main/scotts_corner.asp and http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2010/11/cohabidating.html

3) The following is a non-fiction essay written by Emily Garlington, the daughter of U.S. Navy Cmdr. Andrew Garlington.  She describes her experience as a little girl while her father was deployed. President Obama declared November Military Family Month, a month-long celebration of military families and a commemoration of their extraordinary service and sacrifice.  http://navylive.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/11/23/180-days/

2) National Family Week http://alliance1.org/ce/nfw

1) https://www.yourideasforgood.com/about and http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/interactives/_sports/top25_basketball/voters/men.html?SITE=AP

I’m thankful for my readers and all those who just skim.

Bill Coffin

Special Assistant for Marriage Education

ACF/HHS

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC  20447

(202)260-1550(o);

Bill.Coffin@acf.hhs.gov

…We, Government Leaders, invite colleagues and citizens from every political party to engage in renewed

efforts to pursue laws and public policies that promote the well-being of marriages and families…(Excerpt from http://www.hamptonu.edu/ncaamp/proclamation/)

A Guide to Low-Cost Curricula and Resources: Marriage and Relationship, Fatherhood and Parenting,
and Financial Education available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/pdf/curricula_resources_guide_121509.pdf

 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage 

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/doc/ACF_Curriculum_Assessment_Guide.doc

http://learning.hhs.gov/elearning/cop.asp

Why Marriage Matters, 26 Conclusions from the Social Sciences

#1 Marriage increases the likelihood that fathers and mothers have good relationships with their children.

#26 A child who is not living with his or her own two married parents is at greater risk for child abuse.

http://center.americanvalues.org/?p=7

For previous editions of HM Links & Clips see http://billcoffin.org

Welcome to our New 2011 Board
Chair: Dan Sessions
Vice Chair: Chris Snow

Treasurer: Barry Blevins
Secretary: Cathy Byars

Karen Nelson
Kelli Reed
Nicole Williams
Joe Remillard
Salli Guerrardo

Vickie Burns

John Thomas

John Jauregui

Welcome New Volunteers!

Stephanie Kilpatrick

Daniel Watts

Both are helping us with data for our classes.  Thank you Stephanie and Dan! 

We Need More Volunteer Teachers

Do you know someone that would enjoy teaching teens about Healthy Relationships?  We are working on adding new high schools second semester and need more passionate people that will share their talents.  We will train.  Please contact us if you might be interested

Dear Bill,

This month, I tried to find articles to help with the stresses that the holidays can bring.  I would love to hear from you if there is an article that really strikes you. 

We also want to Congratulate our Daters.  We caught 3 this month  Dating Ron & Edith Chance .their Spouses.  Michael & Karen Smith
Michael & Karen Smith at the Depot

Enjoy the reading and join us!! Mark & Donna Hardin

Set Priorities This Holiday Season 

 North Carolina's Cooperative Extension

The autumn and winter holiday season has a huge buildup that puts demands on our time, our family relationships and our pocketbook. During this time, we eat different foods, our home decor changes and our schedules are disrupted. It is no wonder that many of us feel stressed. By adopting just a few time management and priority setting techniques, you can simplify your holidays.  Click to read more!

10) Marriage Does Matter
YourTango
Without that support system, and without those values, society suffers. Ultimately, there can't be a healthy society without healthy marriages."
See all stories on this topic » And http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/the-marrying-kind/ and Marriage in Obsolescence

And http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/18/changes-in-family-trends-raise-qualms/

and http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1802/decline-marriage-rise-new-families

and http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/11/19/is-marriage-becoming-obsolete/

And Actually, the Poll Presents a Somewhat Optimistic View "If you look very deeply into that poll, it does not come to the conclusion that marriage is obsolete," remarked Focus on the Family's Gary Schneeberger to Stephanie Samuel at The Christian Post. Here are the poll's statistics, reinterpreted: "More than half of singles expressed a desire to be married. Over a third of all respondents, married and unmarried, felt it would be easier to have a fulfilling love life inside of marriage, compared to seven percent who felt it would easier to have fulfilling love life outside of marriage. Twenty-nine percent believed, over the five percent who opposed, that it is easier to find happiness within marriage. Moreover, over two-thirds of people believed that it was best for society to have children inside of marriage. Another sixty-nine percent felt it was bad for society for single women to become mothers."

And Who Needs Marriage? Men, Apparently
TIME
There may be some truth to that, but once the marriage is underway, the shoe seems to migrate pretty quickly to the other foot. Buried in the statistics of ...

9) Question of the Day
Washington Times
Nearly half could not recommend even one healthy, exemplary marriage. Little wonder today's youth are trying to find an alternative to bad marriages, ...

And The Centrality of Marriage in a Cynical Age
Huffington Post (blog)
So forty percent of Americans in a Pew Research and Time magazine poll think that marriage is caput. And who can blame them? Marriage in our time is such a ...

8) I Am ME: Chuck and Ellen Purcell, Northern Virginia « Fatherhood ...
By Fatherhood Channel
Marriage Education is touching the lives of couples, families and children across the country. “I Am ME” profiles individuals and couples teaching relationship and marriage education classes in their local communities. ...

And http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/nov/21/family-origin-factors-into-spouse-communication/

7) Marriage education, financial and asset development

This meeting summary documents the key points that arose during the Roundtable discussion about ways in which marriage education, financial education, and asset-building programs ...http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/08/MEFLAD-Roundtable/report.pdf

And How to Use the Money HabitudesTM Cards in Marriage Education ...

How to Use the Money Habitudes TM Cards in Marriage Education Programs Introduction The Money Habitudes TM (2003) cards can be used in a variety of marriage education programs to assist ...;

6) Marriage, Family and Young Adults
marriage education programs. – easy and fun for volunteers and couples. ➢ Those hurt by marriage also need our care and support. ...

And Marriage Education - San Antonio Wedding Guide
Learn effective and positive communication skills; Experience strategies to effectively resolve conflict; Understand the key elements of a healthy marriage ...

And Workshops - Harris County Premarital Workshop
Premarital and Marriage Education for Couples. Please note this is an ongoing workshop that meets every Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ...

5) Black marriage rate on the decline
The federal government began the Healthy Marriage Initiative in 2002 to strengthen wedded unions and the decrease the likelihood of hardship experienced by ...

And Oakland leads self-help answer to blacks' crisis
San Francisco Chronicle
Engaged fatherhood should be promoted as a social value and supported with employment opportunity. While the poor education and poverty of black children ...

And A Healthy Marriage
their marriage relationship. Thank you so much for your support! A Healthy Marriage Now© is a program of the L.O.T Initiative Inc. and provides training and ...

And 72% of black babies born to unwed moms | Celebrity Sentry
By admin
... African American Marriages and Parenting. there is a Marry your Baby Daddy Day, founded by a black woman who was left at the altar, and a Black Marriage Day, which aims "to make healthy marriages the norm rather than the exception." ...

And http://www.raisinghimalone.com/ and The goal of the “Changing Fatherhood” website (www.changingfatherhood.com) is to redefine the images and conversations around fathers and men of color.  The website will serve as a tool to engage various aspects of fatherhood and manhood.  Web components will address married, single, divorced, military, incarcerated (coming home), and long-distance dads, as well as the vital role of grandfathers. On Saturday, November 27th, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., RHA will host the official website launch of “Changing Fatherhood” at Bus Boys & Poets located at 14th & V Streets NW, Washington, DC

4) Government recognizes marriage because of its benefits to society

Posted: November 21, 2010

Marriage is older than the Constitution, older than America, older even than the church.

And Piloting a Community Approach to Healthy Marriage Initiatives in ...
Summer 2008 Piloting a Community Approach to Healthy Marriage Initiatives in Three Sites: Chicago, Illinois, Boston, Massachusetts, and Jacksonville, ...

And Production designed to transform marriages - The Indianapolis ...
To present the play, HOPE Productions is teaming up with the Indiana Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition (IHMFC), an organization that promotes the value ...

And 5 Questions for Seal on 'Commitment' and Family - Essence.com
Fatherhood and marriage make you look at life in a different way. When you're married, you realize that every note you sing, there is another reason for singing it. You're doing it because you know you have a responsibility for your ...

3) Military Divorce Rate Leveling Off: Pentagon Report
Huffington Post
The military divorce rate increased from 2.6 percent in 2001 (the start of Operation Enduring Freedom) to 3.6 in 2009--a figure that has held steady ...

And Troop Divorce Rates Level in 2010
Military.com
Newly released Pentagon statistics show that the overall military divorce rate leveled off in 2010 after a consistent increase over the previous five years. ...

And Military Divorce Rate Levels Off, But Not for Female Troops or ...
By Jamie Reno
According to the Pentagon report, despite the overall number leveling off, the divorce rate in subgroups like Marines, and Airmen, and female servicemembers, increased slightly, as in years past, while remaining constant for sailors and ...

And http://www.dcoe.health.mil/Events/MonthlyWebinars.aspx

2) What is the real divorce rate in the US?
Huffington Post (blog)
They are different ways of measuring the 2008 divorce rate in the US. Perhaps no single measure of family life is so often incorrectly reported and ...

And http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/divorce.htm and http://familyscholars.org/2010/11/19/your-chances-of-divorce-may-be-much-lower-than-you-think/

And MU Extension: Celebrating the first holiday after divorce
Blue Springs Examiner
By Nina Chen Holidays after divorce can be difficult, stressful and challenging for parents and children to face. Holidays may bring some old memories that ...

And http://familyscholars.org/2010/11/22/ask-funeral-fran-how-do-i-cope-when-death-leaves-an-empty-seat-at-the-thanksgiving-table/

1) Congrats to Penny and Wally

One Plus One wins Gold Award at E-Learning Awards (another pearl via Weekly Update of UK Marriage News - No 10.44)

One Plus One is celebrating the success of its new e-learning programme Relationship Support: an early intervention after it scooped the Gold Award for ‘Excellence in the production of learning content – not for profit sector’ at last week’s prestigious E-Learning Awards.

And Goddard honored by National Council on Family Relations
... contributing member towards the National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Model and the National Extension Parenting Educator's Framework. ...

Bill Coffin

Special Assistant for Marriage Education

ACF/HHS

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC  20447

(202)260-1550(o);

Bill.Coffin@acf.hhs.gov

…We, Government Leaders, invite colleagues and citizens from every political party to engage in renewed

efforts to pursue laws and public policies that promote the well-being of marriages and families…(Excerpt from http://www.hamptonu.edu/ncaamp/proclamation/)

For previous editions of HM Links & Clips see http://billcoffin.org