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

‌

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


Candidates for Friday Five

1. 

Some Links about Asymmetrical Commitment



Dr. Scott Stanley

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2019/01/some-links-about-asymmetrical-commitment.html




2. Time cannot heal all wounds: Wealth trajectories of divorcees and the married

Nicole Kapelle

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12824




3. THE COMMUNITY MARRIAGE INITIATIVES FUND

https://www.marriageinitiatives.org/



4. ELEVATE: Taking Your Relationship to the Next Level

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/humansciences/elevate



5. ARGUE WITH KINDNESS

Aaron Cooper, Ph.D.

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/argue-kindness




6. Primary caregiver fathers and mothers are equally competent

By Child & Family Blog Editor

https://childandfamilyblog.com/primary-caregiver-fathers-and-mothers-are-equally-competent/




7. Strong Staffing and Partnering Approaches in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/strong-staffing-and-partnering-approaches-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood

OR

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



8. Policies and Programs Affecting Fathers: A State-by-State Report Introduction

Jessica Pearson & Rachel Wildfeuer

https://www.frpn.org/asset/policies-and-programs-affecting-fathers-state-state-report-introduction



9. Perspective: The surprisingly simple ways to incentivize marriage

Brad Wilcox and Erik Randolph




10. New program coaches farm couples


Phyllis Coulter


https://www.agupdate.com/illinoisfarmertoday/news/state-and-regional/new-program-coaches-farm-couples/article_ed899c82-839d-11ec-a3cc-6b08082f5cb0.html



11. Why a ‘Midlife Crisis’ Can Be Good for You

Kim Painter

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2022/midlife-crisis-benefits.html



12. Did the pandemic bring your kids closer? How quarantine shaped sibling relationships

LAURA NEWBERRY

https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2022-01-31/8-to-3-sibling-relationships-8-to-3



13. Biden’s Anti-Marriage “American Families Plan” Fails to Build Back Better

Jamie Hall

 and 

Robert Rector

https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/bidens-anti-marriage-american-families-plan-fails-build-back-better

Thanks 
Bill

https://www.goredforwomen.org/


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. 4 REASONS YOU’RE MISUNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER

https://www.prepare-enrich.com/blog/4-reasons-youre-misunderstanding-each-other/



2. Trends in Non-Marriage Among Men, 2005-2019
  1. Bowling Green State University 
  2.  National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR) 
  3.  Dissemination 
  4.  Data 
  5.  Family Profiles 
  6.  Trends in Non-Marriage Among Men, 2005-2019
    7. Family Profile No. 01, 2022 Author: Adrianne R. Brown and Karen B. Guzzo

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/brown-trends-nonmarriage-men-2005-2019-fp-22-01.html

3. Are you a parent or caregiver who wants help apologizing to your child?

The Family Institute at Northwestern University

https://northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0NwhWd8AUptGbHw



4. National Marriage Week Tool Kit

https://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/tool-kit



5. USU Extension Co-Sponsors Utah Marriage Celebration

https://etvnews.com/usu-extension-co-sponsors-utah-marriage-celebration-2/



6.  What We’ve Learned About Marriage as DMD Parents

by Betty Vertin 

ttps://musculardystrophynews.com/2022/01/21/what-weve-learned-about-marriage-dmd-parents



7. https://baysidechurchca.typeform.com/to/vsObMUdk



8. ‘Rebalancing: Children first — a consensus report on childhood in the United States’

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM ET



https://www.aei.org/events/rebalancing-children-first-a-consensus-report-on-childhood-in-the-united-states/



9. Pilot survey provides data on the unique needs of new fathers

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220124/Pilot-survey-provides-data-on-the-unique-needs-of-new-fathers.aspx



10. Neuroscience of New Fatherhood: Empathy, Bonding, Childcare

Grant Hilary Brenner MD,




Thanks
Bill

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. HAVING KIDS AT HOME MAY EASE ADULTS’ COVID DEPRESSION

POSTED BY JARED WADLEY-MICHIGAN

https://www.futurity.org/covid-19-depression-anxiety-parents-2681552/



2. Parents Matter: How to Champion Sex Education

https://40707469-737358743283990620.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/4/0/7/0/40707469/parents_matter_2021_ascend.pdf




3. When talking about birth rates and babies, why are we omitting marriage?

Timothy P. Carney | Washington Examiner

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/when-talking-about-birthrates-and-babies-why-are-we-omitting-marriage/

OR https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/when-talking-about-birthrates-and-babies-why-are-we-omitting-marriage




4. ‘Encanto’ Is About Forgiveness, Not Romance, But It’s Still A Love Story

AMBER LAPP

https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/18/encanto-is-about-forgiveness-not-romance-but-its-still-a-love-story/



5. Dads Can Experience Mental Health Issues After Childbirth, Too

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/dads-can-experience-mental-health-issues-after-childbirth-too



6. Perspective: Is marriage dead, or just the wedding section?

By Naomi Schaefer Riley

https://www.deseret.com/2022/1/19/22890219/perspective-is-marriage-dead-or-just-the-wedding-section-new-york-times-vows



7. George Washington the Husband


https://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/wash/aa_wash_martha_1.html

OR

Abigail Smith Married John Adams
October 25, 1764

https://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_adams_1.html



8. The Reluctance Of Males To Become Men: Failure to Launch

by John Clark

https://blog.magiscenter.com/blog/the-reluctance-of-males-to-become-men-failure-to-launch




9. True Femininity: An Interview with Alice von Hildebrand

KIMBERLY COOK

https://www.crisismagazine.com/2022/true-femininity-an-interview-with-alice-von-hildebrand




10. Golden thoughts on chastity and procreation, including heredity, prenatal influences, etc., etc.: Sensible hints and wholesome advice for maiden and young man, wife and husband, mother and father, 2nd ed

Gibson, J. W., Gibson, M. J. W., & Truitt, W. J. (Collaborator)

TOC https://psycnet.apa.org/PsycBOOKS/toc/13778



11. The ‘success sequence’ can help schools bridge our divides

Frederick M. Hess | Education Week

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-success-sequence-can-help-schools-bridge-our-divides/


Thanks
Bill