Candidates for Friday Five

1. We're not that choosy: Emerging evidence of a progression bias in romantic relationships

Samantha Joel, Geoff MacDonald

https://osf.io/7wtzy/



2. Two Can Be as Sad as One

Ira Glass

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/617/fermis-paradox/act-two-6




3. Confronted By Aging Population China Allows Couples To Have 3 Children



https://www.npr.org/2021/05/31/1001846355/confronted-by-aging-population-china-allows-couples-to-have-three-children





4.Youth Relationship Education Research & Practice Priorities

Highlights from the Marriage Strengthening Research and Dissemination Center

Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 4:00 pm Eastern/1:00 pm Pacific

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7866140795911509515



5. Family Strengthening Research 2020

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/family-strengthening-research-2020




6. 6 ways to help kids regain a sense of purpose

Phyllis Fagell

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/children-post-pandemic-tips/2021/05/31/5b123f76-bcd8-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html




7. The 7 Things to Teach Dads about Civility

 Christopher A. Brown

https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/the-7-things-to-teach-dads-about-civility




8. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2021 MAST Center Small Grant Program

https://mastresearchcenter.org/2021-mast-center-small-grant-program/




9. Founded as the pandemic hit, a new center gathers experts on the changing family

Jenesse Miller

https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3490/founded-during-pandemic-center-for-the-changing-family/




10. A conversation on the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys

Tuesday, Jun 08, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:15 PM EDT

https://www.brookings.edu/events/commission-on-the-social-status-of-black-boys-and-men/



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Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. Announcing the 2021 Family Life Education Summit

Friday, June 25, 2021 / Virtual / 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Central Time

https://www.ncfr.org/2021-family-life-education-summit




2. Family and Marriage Paid Dividends During COVID-19 Lockdowns

By Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

https://c-fam.org/friday_fax/family-and-marriage-paid-dividends-during-covid-19-lockdowns/




3. Why single parents are getting less from the child tax credit than married couples

by Leandra Bernstein

https://nbcmontana.com/news/connect-to-congress/why-single-parents-are-getting-less-from-the-child-tax-credit-than-married-couples



4. Stress in America™

https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/index




5.  RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOUR 
THE ROLE OF FAMILY, SCHOOL AND NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTERISTICS IN (MIS)BEHAVIOUR AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE 

EMER SMYTH AND MERIKE DARMODY

https://www.esri.ie/system/files/publications/RS119.pdf




6. Why Sen. Mitt Romney met with President Biden to discuss federal aid for families

Samuel Benson, Opinion writer

https://www.deseret.com/2021/5/26/22455662/sen-mitt-romney-biden-family-plan-security-act-child-tax-credit-childcare




7. Onboard Navy counselors help sailors cope with stress from shore-to-sea transitions

BY WYATT OLSON

https://www.stripes.com/Branches/Navy/2021-05-26/Onboard-Navy-counselors-help-sailors-cope-with-stress-from-shore-to-sea-transitions-1590714.html



8. THE INSIGHTS FAMILY ISSUES ‘THE NEXT GENERATION OF FAMILIES’ REPORT

Posted by James Zahn

https://toybook.com/the-insights-family-issues-the-next-generation-of-families-report/




9. Prague-based family advisor helps employees navigate "digital parenting"

Chloe’ Skye

https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/the-innovative-way-this-family-advisor-helps-working-parents-succeed




10. What is it about marriage that still appeals to Australians of all ages?

By Hilary Harper on Life Matters

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/what-is-it-about-marriage-that-still-appeals-to-all-ages/13360802




11. Hungary sees significant increase in marriages

https://kafkadesk.org/2021/05/26/hungary-sees-significant-increase-in-marriages/?




12. Romance Your Wife With These 8 Easy Tips From The Love Experts At The Babylon Bee

https://babylonbee.com/news/romance-your-wife-with-these-8-easy-tips-from-the-love-experts-at-the-babylon-bee



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Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. We are leaving fathers out of this important discussion

Opinion by Jessica Seinfeld

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/opinions/investing-in-fathers-to-tackle-child-poverty-seinfeld/index.html


OR

Changes in Responsible Fatherhood Clients’ Outcomes Over Time 

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/opre/RF%202015%20outcomes%20508.pdf
 


2. Leveraging Science to Inform Policies that Strengthen Learning and Health in a Post-COVID-19 World

a Virtual Congressional Briefing MAY 26th from 12:00 - 1:00 (EST)





3. Govt reminds schools: ‘You must promote marriage’

https://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-reminds-schools-you-must-promote-marriage/

OR

Wedding costs and the Marriage Gap




4. For A Happier Marriage, Spend Less On Your Wedding

Leigh Anderson






5.  3 WAYS EMPATHY TRANSFORMS YOUR MARRIAGE

https://www.prepare-enrich.com/blog/3-ways-empathy-transforms-your-marriage/





6. COVID-19 May Lead to ‘Population Shock’ as Koreans Postpone Marriage and Childbirth

http://koreabizwire.com/covid-19-may-lead-to-population-shock-as-koreans-postpone-marriage-and-childbirth/189956




7. A Seat at the Table: Piloting Continuous Learning to Engage Fathers and Parental Relatives in Child Welfare

Roseana Bess, Matthew Stagner, Nickie Fung, Jennifer Bellamy, Eliza Abendroth, and Diletta Mittone

https://www.mathematica.org/publications/a-seat-at-the-table-piloting-continuous-learning-to-engage-fathers-and-parental-relatives-in-child




8. How do you stay in love forever? Married readers share their tips

RENE LYNCH

https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-05-15/married-readers-share-their-tips




9. Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants

https://taggs.hhs.gov/Detail/CFDADetail?arg_CFDA_NUM=93086



10. https://allenartcollection.oberlin.edu/objects/3000/the-breakfast-scene-plate-2-from-marriage-a-la-mode?



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Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. 1500 Join Wide Reaching Program to Match Jewish Singles

 https://collive.com/1500-join-wide-reaching-program-to-match-jewish-singles/



2. The use of telepractice in the family and relationship services sector

Anagha Joshi, Nicole Paterson, Dr Trina Hinkley, Dr Nerida Joss

https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/use-telepractice-family-and-relationship-services-sector?



3. For some parents of young adults, the pandemic offered a second chance at connection

Amy Joyce

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/04/26/parents-young-adults-covid-connection/


OR

Families reunite in pandemic and rethink what home means

Hannah Selinger

https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/families-reunite-in-pandemic-and-rethink-what-home-means/2021/05/05/eb26bc04-93de-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html



4. Most young adults want to marry. So why won’t our politicians back marriage?

Harry Benson





5. Family meals are good for the grown-ups, too, not just the kids

Anne Fishel, Harvard University

https://theconversation.com/family-meals-are-good-for-the-grown-ups-too-not-just-the-kids-158739?




6. TOP LEARNING APPS FOR KIDS MAY NOT LIVE UP TO THEIR PROMISE

KATIE BOHN-PENN STATE

https://www.futurity.org/education-apps-children-parents-2563592/



7. Italy marriage rate lowest in EU - Eurostat

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2021/05/13/italy-marriage-rate-lowest-in-eu-eurostat_7f2ae8be-074f-4905-afa7-65284cf327f0.html



8. Marriage Secrets From Couples Who Have Been Together 25 Years or More

by Colleen Sullivan  

https://www.brides.com/marriage-secrets-from-married-couples-5184605




9. The Role of Gratitude in Sexual Communal Strength

David Ludden Ph.D.






10. Want more American babies? Make the US more livable

Bloomberg Opinion

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/want-more-american-babies-make-the-u-s-more-livable/




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Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. 8 tips and truths for parenting young children and staying strong as a couple

https://toucantogether.com/blog/8-tips-and-truths-for-parenting-young-children-and-staying-strong-as-a-couple




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

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



3. Implementing Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs with Couples


Sydney J. Briggs, Mindy E. Scott, and Deja Logan


https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/implementing-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-programs-with-couples/




4. What workism is doing to parents

Lyman Stone and Laurie DeRose | The Atlantic

https://www.aei.org/articles/what-workism-is-doing-to-parents/




5. Four Ways New Moms Can Get Through the Rest of the Pandemic

MARIAH FLYNN

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four_ways_new_moms_can_get_through_the_rest_of_the_pandemic?



6. How To Teach Kids About Empathy

https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/resources-for-families/just-like-me




7. Healthy Marriage Grantees: Snapshots on Changes in Outcomes for Clients Over Time

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/opre/Healthy%20marriage%202015%20outcomes%20508.pdf



8. 

UK National Marriage Week – ‘Naked Marriage’

https://marriage-week.org.uk/

OR

The Wedding is just one day but Marriage is for a Lifetime

Jonathan Williams



9. First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2019

 Leslie Reynolds

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/reynolds-first-marriage-rate-2019-fp-21-09.html




10. Want to improve your child’s math skills – read them a book

Source: David Purpura, purpura@purdue.edu, @davidjpurpura

http://www.wbiw.com/2021/05/05/want-to-improve-your-childs-math-skills-read-them-a-book/




11. No Country for New Babies

By Eric Levitz@EricLevitz

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/amid-pandemic-u-s-birth-rate-falls-to-century-low.html




12. Korea moving to embrace diverse family types

Bahk Eun-ji

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/05/119_308155.html




13. With love on the rocks, marriage counselling booms in China

https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/living/2021/05/06/with-love-on-the-rocks-marriage-counselling-booms-in-china




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Bill



Candidates for Friday Five

1. Hungary shows what effective family policy can look like

Harry Benson

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/hungary-shows-what-effective-family-policy-can-look-like/




2. Advertising & Exhibitor Options

NARME's 10th Anniversary and Annual Summit, July 21-23, San Antonio,TX

http://www.narme.org/conferences/10th-annual-narme-summit/advertising-exhibitor-options/



3. An Evaluation of the ELEVATE Program for Couples: Considering Vulnerabilities and Relationship Length

Julianne McGill Francesca Adler‐Baeder Chelsea Garneau‐Rosner

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.12502




4. Parents more lenient about alcohol with teens who experience puberty early

Katie Bohn, PSU News





5. Walking with a partner is great but might slow you down

http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2021/04/28/walking_with_a_partner_is_great_but_might_slow_you_down/



6. What’s in Biden’s American Families Plan — and does it meet experts’ expectations and hopes?

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2021/4/27/22405525/joe-biden-american-family-plan-paid-leave-child-care-tax-credit-education-mike-lee-mitt-romney-utah



7. They fell in love after WWII and Japanese incarceration. At 98, he’s published tribute to his beloved

HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-28/amid-covid-wwii-veteran-shares-marriage-story-new-book




8. Book of the week: ‘An American Marriage’ is a look into a relationship colliding with the effects of mass incarceration

Jillian Gallagher, Contributing Writer

https://quchronicle.com/73002/arts-and-life/book-of-the-week-3/




9. Six out of 10 young Koreans think marriage unnecessary

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2021/04/703_307718.html




10. Opposite-sex marriages: average (mean) age at first marriage by sex in England and Wales, 1998 to 2017

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/marriagecohabitationandcivilpartnerships/adhocs/13189oppositesexmarriagesaveragemeanageatfirstmarriagebysexinenglandandwales1998to2017


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Bill
On vacation in Monterey, CA (where Pat and I started out after getting married)



Candidates for Friday Five

1. Which Relationship Service Fits Best? Teaching the Difference Between Relationship Education and Couples Therapy

Brandon K. Burr Daniel S. Hubler

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.12417



2. An Evaluation of the ELEVATE Program for Couples: Considering Vulnerabilities and Relationship Length

Julianne McGill Francesca Adler‐Baeder Chelsea Garneau‐Rosner

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fare.12502




3. Guilty secrets: How the COVID-19 pandemic helped some middle class families

Hannah Van Drie and Morgan Welch

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/04/15/guilty-secrets-how-the-covid-19-pandemic-helped-some-middle-class-families/?




4. A sense of humor, giving space, trying to listen: Advice from 73 years of marriage

Juan SiliezarHarvard Staff Writer

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/04/after-73-years-of-marriage-their-advice-remains-the-same/




5. Marriage, Divorce, Widowhood Remain Prevalent Among Older Populations

BENJAMIN GURRENTZ AND YERIS MAYOL-GARCIA
 
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/love-and-loss-among-older-adults.html?




6. To Keep Women in the Workforce, Men Need to Do More at Home

by Daniel L. Carlson, Richard J. Petts, and Joanna Pepin

https://hbr.org/2021/04/to-keep-women-in-the-workforce-men-need-to-do-more-at-home






7. Does Birth Order Really Determine Personality? Here's What the Research Says

LYNN BERGER

https://time.com/5953372/birth-order-personality-traits/




8. Maltreatment of Children With Disabilities

Lori A. Legano, Larry W. Desch, Stephen A. Messner, Sheila Idzerda, Emalee G. Flaherty, COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT and COUNCIL ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2021/04/16/peds.2021-050920




9.  Parenting Time and Child Support: Information for Fatherhood Programs and Fathers

 Jessica Pearson, Ph.D. and Anne Byrne, M.A. Center for Policy Research

https://www.fatherhood.gov/sites/default/files/resource_files/Parenting%20Time%20Child%20Support%20-%20for%20508%202-17-21.pdf  Parenting Time and Child Support: Information for Fatherhood Programs and Fathers



10. Has the Pandemic Caused More Breakups?

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/has-the-pandemic-caused-more-breakups/



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Bill



Candidates for Friday Five

1. Using Conceptual Models to Tailor Programming on Adulthood Preparation Subjects to Pregnant and Parenting Youth

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/using-conceptual-models-tailor-programming-adulthood-preparation-subjects-pregnant-and




2. Teaching well-being at scale: An intervention study

David B. Yaden, Jennifer Claydon, Meghan Bathgate, Belinda Platt, Laurie R. Santos

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0249193

OR

In Pursuit of Happiness


By S. Christopher Michaels

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/in_pursuit_of_happiness.html




3.  The State of America’s Children® 2021

https://www.childrensdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-State-of-Americas-Children-2021.pdf




4. 8 States Join Learning Network Supporting Child And Family Well-Being Throughout The Pandemic

https://www.nga.org/news/press-releases/8-states-join-learning-network-supporting-child-and-family-well-being-throughout-the-pandemic/




5. I'm a Dad and a Family Mediator: Here Are 5 Tips for Being a Better Communicator

Jeffrey Owens

https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/advice/im-a-mom-and/im-a-dad-and-a-family-mediator-here-are-tips-for-being-a-better-communicator/



6. April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/




7. Study suggests parental warmth protects troubled teens from psychopathic features and antisocial behavior

by Eric W. Dolan

https://www.psypost.org/2021/04/study-suggests-parental-warmth-protects-troubled-teens-from-psychopathic-features-and-antisocial-behavior-60434




8. 10 Top Books To Learn How To Rejuvenate American Families

Scott Yenor

https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/13/10-top-books-to-learn-how-to-rejuvenate-american-families/




9. Stanford study identifies another explanation for the ‘marriage premium’

KRYSTEN CRAWFORD





10. Experts say Instagram for kids is a terrible idea

Facebook is working on a new version of its popular app that’s targeted at children under 13.

By Rebecca Heilweil

https://www.vox.com/recode/22385570/instagram-for-kids-youtube-facebook-messenger





Thanks.

Bill