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1. Reducing the marriage tax penalty for low-income families
Angela Rachidi and Peyton Roth | AEIdeas
2. A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement
JOSHUA COLEMAN
3. Census Bureau Releases New Estimates on America’s Families and Living Arrangements
4. Toolkit for Supporting Young Families Through Human Services
5. Healthy relationship education training will be virtual in February in Iowa
6. Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Research and Evaluation
ACF Research and Evaluation Agenda
7. Spouses: Help researchers delve into long-term effects of military life
Karen Jowers
8. Conflict between divorced parents can lead to mental health problems in children
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
9. http://www.advancingparenting.org/ or https://www.coalitionforbehavioralhealth.org/training-modules
10. Getting Along With Your Spouse's Siblings and Their Spouses
by Barry J. Jacobs and Julia L. Mayer
OR
The Psychology Behind Sibling Rivalry
Jessica Grose
11. Explaining The Magic 5:1 Ratio Rule For Parents
DORA NUSs-WARREN
12. What 2020 has taught us about marriage
Mitchell Qualls
OR
Investigating the status of marital burnout and related factors in married women referred to health centers
Mahbobeh Nejatian, Ali Alami, Vahideh Momeniyan, Ali Delshad Noghabi & Alireza Jafari
BMC Women's Health
13. Promise Keepers Offers Free Online “Marriage Summit” Helping Guys Build Strong Marriages In Stressful Times
Richard Hunt
'Marriage: A Story of Love in 28 Parts' has long-time couples rolling
Annie Reneau
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12. 2021 Groves Conference On Marriage and Family
Deadline for proposals: Feb. 25, 2021
13. Commentary on the Culture of Prevention
Zili Sloboda & Susan B. David
14. The Pandemic And Family Life: An Interim Report
Karlyn Bowman
15. Charting a Course for Economic Mobility and Responsible Parenting - Cohort 2
Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families - OCSE
16. Does Marriage Still Matter? A Current Perspective
1. Get married for the sake of the children
2. CoupleTalk is LIVE in January!
3. Behavioral Health Prevention Training Modules for the Classroom
January 12, 2021, 2–3 PM Eastern
Registration: https://umaryland.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIscuivpjsoGNaTlpqOBV_gboVt6254BD3g
4. Romantic relationships remained surprisingly stable during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
5. Navigate the complex field of social and emotional learning
Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine
7. Hygiene, communication matter more than common interests in relationships, survey shows
8. How Introvert-Extrovert Couples Can Make it Work (without Losing Their Minds) During Covid Quarantine
L’Oreal Thompson Payton
9. Utah divorce decline mirrors national trend
Written by Charlie Schill
10. COVID-19 to worsen S. Korea’s falling birthrate, marriage rate
11. ACF Research and Evaluation Agenda
HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL ! Hope it's a safe and healthy one.
Bill
1. How to help kids build resilience amid COVID-19 chaos
Laura Santhanam
2. A positive relationship between parents can protect children from the negative effects of paternal depression
BY BETH ELLWOOD
OR
Compassionate parenting is likely to lead to more generous kids
3. Videos from Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS)
ACF/HHS
4. The power of validation in helping people stay positive
5. Learned Helplessness, Criminalization, and Victimization in Vulnerable Youth
6. Monthly Networking Calls for Children's Trust and Prevention Funds and their State Systems Partners
7.Japan Embraces AI Matchmaking
Ryan Duffy
8. Case study: ‘Me, You and Baby Too’
9. How Marriage Affects Health in Older Adults
David Ludden Ph.D.
OR
10.Ho, Ho… Help! Navigating the Holidays During the Pandemic
Wendy Helfenbaum
11. New curriculum guides communities on engaging with youth
12. Navy hires special education attorneys as part of pilot program for families
ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPES
13. The reality of Black men’s love lives and marriages is very different than what’s usually shown on TV – I spent years actually talking to them
Thanks and Merry Christmas to all.
Bill
1. Achieving Improved Child and Family Well-Being Through Prevention, A Call for System Adaptation
Dr. Dana Weiner Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Dr. Dana Weiner Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
2. Relationships & Rituals: How Young People Are Handling the 2020 Holidays
4.New American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for the First Time Provide Data on Three Time Periods That Don’t Overlap
NICOLE SCANNIELLO
OR
U.S. Marriage and Divorce Rates Declined in Last 10 Years
6. Why Some Families Laugh Together and Others Fight
8. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE ROYAL FOUNDATION RELEASE THE #5BIGINSIGHTS IN THE BIGGEST EVER STUDY ON THE EARLY YEARS
https://royalfoundation.com/the-duchess-of-cambridge-unveils-five-big-insights-research-early-years/
9. Pandemic divorces are tragic. The data tell a more complete story
By the Deseret News Editorial Board
10. The good, the bad and the lonely: how coronavirus changed Australian family life
11. New program for African American couples leads to stronger relationships, improved health
12. $119 million in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grants awarded by HHS’ Administration for Children and Families
Thanks!
Bill
1. Developments in Child and Family Policy in the EU in 2019
2. Pathways-to-Outcomes Snapshots: Tools for Building Evidence for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs
OPRE, ACF
3. For Hard Conversations, Families Fall Into Four Categories
By Kelsey Crowe and Juli Fraga
By Kelsey Crowe and Juli Fraga
4. Children’s play in the COVID-19 pandemic
Chiel van der Veen, Mireille Smits-Van Der Nat, Femke Van Der Wilt and Elizabeth Wynberg of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
OR
10 ways to support children’s emotional well-being during COVID-19
Child Trends
4. Relationship Quality at home has a positive impact on Work Engagement
by Mandi Smith
5. U.S. Census Bureau Statistics Paint a Detailed Portrait of the Changing American Family
DERICK MOORE
6. Local military families have access to a new support resource
By Angela Benitez
7. No sex no marriage: why Japan has so many sex-free marriages and why a rising number of people want to stay single
OR
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/i-do-gives-way-to-i-don-t-as-marriages-plummet-even-before-pandemic-20201128-p56iqg.html
Published by Nikki Ratay
FLORA MENG
Yale students take a shot at love with ‘Marriage Pact’ questionnaire
8. Saint Francis Launches Fatherhood Initiative After Grant
Published by Nikki Ratay
9. Half of the undergraduate student body completes Marriage Pact, almost 3,000 receive matches
FLORA MENG
OR
10. How Many Years of Life Will a Bad Relationship Cost You?
Mark Travers Ph.D.
11. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment
Request; Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and Additional Data Collection (New Collection)
A Notice by the Children and Families Administration on 11/30/2020
12. Giving thanks can keep marriages going
Aaron Hale
Thanks
Bill
1. Family Conflict Is Normal; It’s the Repair That Matters
DIANA DIVECHA
2. Strengthening Families Legislation Introduced
Strengthening Families for Success Act of 2020
3.A Way Forward for Working Parents
Daisy Dowling
4. Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients, Fiscal Year 2019
5. Emotional adaptation to relationship dissolution in parents and non-parents: A new conceptual model and measure
Abigail Millings, Shannon L. Hirst, Fuschia Sirois, Catherine Houlston
6. November 30–December 3, 2020: National Research Conference on Early Childhood (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
7. December 3, 2020: 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-year Pre-Release Webinar
8. Managing Work-Family Caregiving Conflict for The Workplace of the Future
P Dombrowski-Wilson
9. Political Divide: How To Stay Civil With Family Members This Holiday Season
10. The Science of Families: Nurturing Hope, Happiness, & Health
11. Marriage-to-Divorce Ratio in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2019
Bowling Green State University National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR)
Bowling Green State University National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR)
Leslie Reynolds
12. What’s the number 1 way to change your marriage? Today the Rosbergs share lessons learned from divorced people and what they say they would have done differently.
13. Five Programs, Five Implementation Experiences: Resources for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grantees
Have a great Thanksgiving
Bill
1. ‘The Origins of You’: A book event with Jay Belsky and Terrie E. Moffitt
Ian Rowe and Naomi Schaefer Riley | AEI web event on Friday, November 13
OR
Banter: Episode 415
2. Ann O'Keefe Author Chat - Launching the Navy Family Support Program
3. Understanding the effects of Covid-19 through a life course lens
4. Principles of excellence in Relationship Education
OR
Ensuring all children get the best start in life: A population approach to early intervention and prevention
Daryl Higgins & Adam Dean
5.
(Study) The reasons women in Germany are delaying motherhood
6. World Kindness Day
7. Series Webinar -- Marriage Strengthening Research (MAST) & Dissemination Center and National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
Conversation 3: Applied Research at NCHS and the Census
Webinar Date: November 19
8. USU awarded two $5 million grants for Fatherhood and Relationship Education
9. What’s Love Got to Do With a Lasting Marriage?
Shoba Sreenivasan, Ph.D., and Linda E. Weinberger, Ph.D.
10.Pathways-to-Outcomes Snapshots: Tools for Building Evidence for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs
OR
Pathways-to-Outcomes: How Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Program Activities May Lead to Intended Outcomes
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/pathways-to-outcomes-how-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-program-activities-may-lead-to-intended-outcomes-webinar
11. Spirituality and the Lifetime Course of Mental Illness: Support for Patients, Caregivers, and Family by Faith Communities
12. In the chaos of raising a toddler there lies a path to nirvana
Psyche, professor Kurt Gray
Psyche, professor Kurt Gray
Thanks
Bill
1. Children’s well-being indicator review, UK: 2020
2. Impacts of family structure on puberty onset in girls
by BioMed Central
3. Relationship stress and COVID top military family counseling needs
by Abraham Mahshie
4. Focusing on the family: policy issues in the Covid-19 era
Sue Shortland
5. The gap between the partisan couples is wider than ever.
BY JONATHAN EDWARDS
6. 12 Questions to Ask Your Partner Before Marriage
by Léa Rose Emery
7. Love and marriage in the time of the Coronavirus
by Shmuely Boteach
Kristie Engemann
9. U.S. Marriage and Divorce Rates by State: 2009 & 2019
OR
Claudia Olivetti, M. Daniele Paserman, Laura Salisbury, E. Anna Weber
OR
Marriage Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2019
Leslie Reynolds
Leslie Reynolds
11. First Things First: How to agree to disagree with your spouse
Julie Baumgardner
12. November Is National Adoption Month: Engaging Youth Voice in Permanency Planning
Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner, Children’s Bureau
Thanks. We're headed to the eastern shore for a few days of biking starting Tuesday.
Bill