Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. The science of infidelity: The key psychological and contextual factors that predict cheating

by Vladimir Hedrih

https://www.psypost.org/the-science-of-infidelity-the-key-psychological-and-contextual-factors-that-predict-cheating/

OR

Unfaithful Friendships: Understanding and Preventing Extramarital Relationships – Ask an Expert

By David Schramm



OR

Unfaithful friendships: Simple tips to avoid complicated personal situations

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/family/2024/06/25/extramarital-affairs-cheating-unfaithful-friendships-work-friends/




2. Family structure: the shape of families and family life

Vanier Institute

https://vanierinstitute.ca/families-count-2024/family-structure/#book



3. 

Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Behavioral Health Disorders: Meeting 3 and Listening Sessions

April 4-5; May 31; June 5-6, 2024
Watch Here



4. Majority of Older Adults in Poverty in 2021 Lived Alone

Zachary Scherer and Brittany King

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/06/elder-poverty.html



5. Better together: coupling up to watch TV and talk synchronizes brain waves

OXFORD OPEN NEUROSCIENCE

https://blog.oup.com/2024/06/better-together-coupling-up-to-watch-tv-and-talk-synchronizes-brain-waves/



6. Lockdown’s missing marriages

Harry Benson






7. What age do parents become friends? 58% call a parent their best friend


https://studyfinds.org/parents-become-friends/




8. Birth Rate Collapse: South Korea Declares ‘Demographic National Emergency’

JOHN HAYWARD

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2024/06/21/birth-rate-collapse-south-korea-declares-demographic-national-emergency/




9. Beyond hunger: The role of SNAP in alleviating financial strain for low-income households

Elizabeth Cox, Chloe East, and Isabelle Pula

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/beyond-hunger-the-role-of-snap-in-alleviating-financial-strain-for-low-income-households/




10. RESEARCH SHOWS MARRIAGE CRUCIAL TO SOCIETAL THRIVING

Ray Carter



https://ocpathink.org/post/independent-journalism/research-shows-marriage-crucial-to-societal-thriving





11. Emotional overeating fed by temperament, caregivers’ reactions to children’s emotions

JUN 27, 2024 8:00 AMBY SHARITA FORREST


https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/174275222



12. Half of young men drinking at consistently risky levels over the past decade

Australian Institute of Family Studies

https://aifs.gov.au/media/half-young-men-drinking-consistently-risky-levels-over-past-decade



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Bill

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. End the postcode lottery for early intervention relationship support

OnePlusOne

https://www.oneplusone.org.uk/news/end-the-postcode-lottery-for-early-intervention-relationship-support



2. What 40 Million Messages Tell Us About Parent-Teacher Communication

By Nadia Tamez-Robledo  

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-06-20-what-40-million-messages-tell-us-about-parent-teacher-communication



3. Replay

Thursday, June 20, 2024 

The War on Poverty at 60: Lessons to Inform the Future

With Kevin Corinth | Matt Weidinger

https://www.aei.org/events/the-war-on-poverty-at-60-lessons-to-inform-the-future/




4. New ”Dadication” Public Service Announcements Celebrate Fatherhood

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/media/press/2024/new-dadication-psa-announcements-celebrate-fatherhood


5. The Role Parents Play in Shaping Children's Emotion Regulation

Kristin A. Buss Ph.D. for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/growing-hearts-and-minds/202406/the-role-parents-play-in-shaping-childrens-emotion-regulation



6. POVERTY HITS BLACK, HISPANIC CHICAGOANS HARDEST, BUT EDUCATION, JOBS FIX THAT

Chris Coffey






7. National Marriage Project Research Specialist

https://www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/national-marriage-project-research-specialist-charlottesville-virginia-united-states



8. A Marriage Story: NYC Nonprofit Plans Weddings For Asylum Seekers

ROMMEL H. OJEDA

https://documentedny.com/2024/06/14/marriage-wedding-migrants-asylum-nyc/


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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. National Advisory Child Health and Human Development (NACHHD) Council

https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54362


OR

FFCWS Invited to Present at NICHD Advisory Council Meeting




2. Irish Euro 2024 fans issued ‘huge tension’ marriage warning days before the tournament kicks off

Nick Bramhill

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/13106407/euro-2024-marriage-relationship-warning/





3. LONELY NATION

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lonely-nation

OR

Supporting families to address loneliness
https://www.oneplusone.org.uk/news/supporting-families-to-address-loneliness

OR

Money alone cannot cure cosmic loneliness

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/cosmic-loneliness




4. Tokyo to launch first government-run dating app to try and halt plunging birth rate

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/japan-tokyo-dating-app-birth-rate-b2556900.html




5. Parenthood Shrinks Brain Volume but Boosts Engagement in Dads

Darby Saxbe

https://neurosciencenews.com/dad-brain-shrinkage-engagement-26224/




6. The decisive decade: Understanding the trajectories of 14- to 24-year-olds

Richard V. Reeves and Ember Smith

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-decisive-decade-understanding-the-trajectories-of-14-to-24-year-olds/




7. I’m a Gen Z Woman. Here’s Why I Think Prioritizing Marriage and Family Is Important.

Michaela Estruth

https://intellectualtakeout.org/2024/06/prioritizing-marriage-and-family/

OR

An Ode to the Fathers in My Life

Heather Carson

https://intellectualtakeout.org/2024/06/an-ode-to-the-fathers-in-my-life/



8. The asymmetric effects of improving and declining marital satisfaction on cognitive function

Jinho Kim, Sungsik Hwang

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12991



9. THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHANGES IN MECHANISMS OF RISK AVOIDANCE ON ADOLESCENTS’ ATTITUDES ON INTENTIONS TO DELAY SEXUAL INITIATION FOLLOWING RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION

Yali Philipson

https://esploro.libs.uga.edu/esploro/outputs/graduate/THE-ASSOCIATION-BETWEEN-CHANGES-IN-MECHANISMS/9949645023502959



10. Why protecting fathers' mental health is so important

Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/06/13/why-protecting-fathers-mental-health-is-so-important



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Bill

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. 7th ANNUAL FAMILY LIFE COACHING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

https://flcassociation.org/annual-flca-conference/



2. Journal of Marriage and Family: Volume 86, Issue 3

June 2024, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17413737/2024/86/3

or pick 1

Open Access

Keeping us young? Grandchild caregiving and older adults' cognitive functioning

Jennifer Caputo,  Kathleen A. Cagney,  Linda Waite
  • Pages: 633-654
    •  
  • First Published: 13 October 2023



3.  Factors that Influence Significant Attitude and Role Changes in Romantic Relationships since the 1940s in the United States

F Morrison 

https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/113901627/Factors_that_Influence_Attitude_and_Role_Changes_in_Romantic_Relationships-libre.pdf?1714343454=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DFactors_that_Influence_Attitude_and_Role.pdf&Expires=1717708841&Signature=RV7VXzXPbTVx8gczco8u3vIA7mKdaGLa0b1elEchvniohbgh6V1WjRameOci8BAEe~L~rDMFdy335VCkIk-V4puOFv6QhtGdimusThori0Zma88vxg4ajTPBnH0ntnQCI1L-DBkSJcc2RHZmTLTke2h-ftksyCjRLwEEqMj8PQLz54zIH7eVh-1c2fI5iD3HQP0k0tXIKaClTW~rUKu8ZA6refZWekA89JrPqY7cW8XOUupaSoJqgubreU-oR~BUNRN9Bx~k1u5bzJ7IQgPU3rT9dIvR1MfROH2eNL8-Hq5ziki-axxstHkhc0negDDLSa5qhkQd0jRunxLsMP38pA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA




4. Sexual well-being among partnered adults and couples over 60: a scoping review 

Noémie Bigras, PhD, Nevena Popova, BSc (c), Lydia Pedneault, MSc (c), Audrey Brassard, PhD, Sophie Bergeron, PhD

https://academic.oup.com/smr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sxmrev/qeae037/7686406



5. The social safety net looks different in every state

Tara Watson and Gabriela Goodman

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-social-safety-net-looks-different-in-every-state/



6. The Crisis of Romantic Knowledge: The Role of Information and Ignorance in Times of Romantic Abundance

Aaron Ben-Ze’ev

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11245-024-10052-9




7. Is your car driving your relationship to Splitsville?

by Chris Melore

https://studyfinds.org/relationships-divorce-sharing-car/



8. 

Lower-income teens less likely to view marriage as necessary: report


Jung Da-hyun

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/05/113_375676.html

OR

There is hope for boosting fertility rates – even in desperately low South Korea

WILLIAM HUANG




9.  Couple relationship functioning and social adjustment during the transition to parenthood among fathers with a history of maltreatment 

Samantha A. Murray-Perdue | Andrew Conway | Mark E. Feinberg

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/famp.13019



10. Searching for who benefits most and least: An analysis of moderators of the TRUE Dads fatherhood intervention

PA Cowan, CP Cowan - Family Process, 2024

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/famp.13020



11. Falling in Love Across the Political Divide

Adam De Gree

https://intellectualtakeout.org/2024/06/love-across-the-political-divide/



12. Designing the Fatherhood TIES Project

Identifying Core Components in Fatherhood Programs Through a Multimethod Analysis Approach

https://www.mdrc.org/work/publications/designing-fatherhood-ties-project


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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Couples Retreat

https://www.visitkenosha.com/plan-your-visit/trip-ideas-and-itineraries/couples-retreat/



2. Families Count 2024

https://vanierinstitute.ca/families-count-2024/



3. Friendship in Marriage: What Really Makes a Home



https://life-craft.org/friendship-in-marriage-what-really-makes-a-home/



4. Next Generation Leadership for Black Child and Family Well-being
Thursday, June 13, 2:00 pm Eastern
| Register here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MDTyh6nYQNSNXnbwV3gaLQ#/registration

OR


Assessing quality of life in Michigan’s Black-majority places: A statewide landscape

Andre M. Perry, Hannah Stephens, Manann Donoghoe, and Nicholas French

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/assessing-quality-of-life-in-michigans-black-majority-places-a-statewide-landscape/

OR

Where I'm Livin’ and How I'm Feelin’: Associations among community stress, gender, and mental-emotional health among Black Americans


August I.C. Jenkins a, Agus Surachman b, Marina Armendariz c






5. Loneliness and Relationship Well-Being: Investigating the Mediating Roles of Relationship Awareness and Distraction among Romantic Partners

by Thomas B. Sease 1,*, Emily K. Sandoz 2, Leo Yoke 3, Julie A. Swets 4 and Cathy R. Cox 1

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/6/439



6. Free-Range Kids and the Parental Compass
|
By Dixie Lane

https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2024/05/94978/



7. Do more egalitarian men experience less union dissolution? A couple-level analysis

Liat Raz-Yurovich, Barbara S. Okun, Matanel Ben-Avi

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.13039



8. Census Bureau Releases New Estimates on Families and Living Arrangements

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/families-living-arrangements.html



9. Core Components of Relationship Education (C-CORE)

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/project/core-components-relationship-education-c-core



10. 

Lower-income teens less likely to view marriage as necessary: report


Jung Da-hyun

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/05/113_375676.html




11. Marriage Prep vs. Wedding Prep  

https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/blog/untitled



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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Designing the Fatherhood TIES Project: Identifying Core Components in Fatherhood Programs Through a Multimethod Analysis Approach

Mancini, Patrizia, Ellie Wilson, Meghan McCormick, Dara Lewis, Bright Sarfo, and Dina Israel

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/designing-fatherhood-ties-project-identifying-core-components-fatherhood-programs


OR

Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS)

https://recsconference.net/



2. Three painfully obvious suggestions to reduce your child’s screen time

KIMBERLY ELLS

https://www.mercatornet.com/reduce_childs_screen_time



3. Married couple families still the majority, finds ONS

Harry Benson



OR

HMRC Marriage Allowance: are you missing out on £252 boost?

https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/24323529.hmrc-marriage-allowance-missing-252-boost/



4.  Morality in romantic relationships: The role of moral disengagement in relationship satisfaction, definitions of infidelity, and committed cheating 

Verena Aignesberger | Tobias Greitemeyer

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pere.12552



5.  Examining Predictors of Relationship Dissolution Among Unmarried Parents: Applying the Vulnerability–Stress–Adaptation Framework 

Jeneé C. Duncan, Xiaoya Zhang, Ted G. Futris, and Katherine M. Sims

https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2024-82301-001.pdf



6. Wisdom for Parents: Key Ideas from Parent Educators, 2nd Edition,

Call for Authors: Deadline Extended to June 7

https://www.ncfr.org/news/call-authors-wisdom-for-parents-key-ideas-parent-educators-2nd-ed



7. A link between strokes and your spouse? URI study takes a look at health and romance

Jack Perry, Providence Journal

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/05/20/uri-study-examines-how-romantic-partner-might-save-you-from-a-stroke/73686577007/



8. Healthy marriages good for Utah taxpayers, says governor’s adviser

CURT GRESSETH

https://kslnewsradio.com/2103838/healthy-marriage-good-business/



9. Mornings with Eric and Brigitte

Hour 1: Tools to Build a Strong Marriage - with Julie Baumgardner

https://www.moodyradio.org/programs/morning-shows/eric-and-brigitte/2024/05/22--tools-to-build-a-strong-marriage---with-dr.-julie-baumgardner/

OR

What Culture Isn't Telling You About Marriage

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. 2023 Needs and impact survey insights

Pragya Gartoulla, Kristel Alla, Child Family Community Australia

https://aifs.gov.au/resources/short-articles/2023-needs-and-impact-survey-insights

OR

The National Working Families Survey





2. Five Things Teens Wish You Knew About Them

EDEN PONTZ

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_things_teens_wish_you_knew_about_them


OR

Can Parenting Make You a Better Person?

BY ELISSA STRAUSS

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_parenting_make_you_a_better_person



3. Key takeaways on reducing intergenerational poverty

Simon Hodson

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/key-takeaways-on-reducing-intergenerational-poverty/




4.  Friendship Dissolution: An Unspoken Loss During Emerging Adulthood 

ALYSSA SHAPIRO, M.S., LMSW

https://digitalcommons.liu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1077&context=post_fultext_dis



5.  Disentangling between- and within-person variation in relationship science 

Marcus Mund | Yoobin Park | Steffen Nestler

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jomf.12999



6. Warning over 'terrifying' increase in abuse linked to nude image sharing

Joe Lepper

https://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/article/warning-over-terrifying-increase-in-abuse-linked-to-nude-image-sharing




7.  Impact of Live-in Relationships on Marriage and Family Institutions: A Societal Perspective

  SANDEEP KUMAR SHARMA  

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sandeep-Sharma-131/publication/380344307_INTERNATIONAL_JOURNAL_OF_LAW_MANAGEMENT_HUMANITIES_Impact_of_Live-in_Relationships_on_Marriage_and_Family_Institutions_A_Societal_Perspective/links/663660d606ea3d0b7427c84a/INTERNATIONAL-JOURNAL-OF-LAW-MANAGEMENT-HUMANITIES-Impact-of-Live-in-Relationships-on-Marriage-and-Family-Institutions-A-Societal-Perspective.pdf




8. How Is Population Shifting in Your State?

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/population-shifting-in-cities-or-towns-2023.html

OR
Marriage Rates by State: 2019-2021



9. Finalized Rule Expands Public Agencies Ability to Fund Legal Representation on Behalf of Families Involved in Child Welfare

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/media/press/2024/finalized-rule-expands-public-agencies-ability-fund-legal-representation



10. 3 Telltale Signs That a Relationship Has Marriage Material

Mark Travers Ph.D. for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/social-instincts/202405/3-telltale-signs-that-a-relationship-has-marriage-material



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Bill

Candidates for the IFS Friday Five

1. Reducing Intergenerational Poverty

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27058/reducing-intergenerational-poverty



2. Why play is serious work

For children and adults

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Rebecca Winthrop, and Sweta Shah

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-play-is-serious-work/



3. Emerging Relationships: Preparing for Healthy Relationships

Thu, May 16, 2024, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3381727670197957212


  
4. More Than 6 in 10 Hispanic Children’s Households Experienced Material Hardship in 2020

Elizabeth Wildsmith

Marta Alvira-Hammond

AlisonAlison McClay

Diana CedeñoDiana Cedeño

https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resources/more-than-6-in-10-hispanic-childrens-households-experienced-material-hardship-in-2020/



5. Governments Complain About Low Birth Rates at UN Population Conference

By  

https://c-fam.org/friday_fax/governments-complain-about-low-birth-rates-at-un-population-conference/



6. Screen time drug addiction – children, teens, and everyone else at risk

 By Ray Shaw

https://cybershack.com.au/consumer-advice/screen-time-drug-addiction-children-teens-and-everyone-else-at-risk/



7. A Different Kind of Dad Book: Lucas Mann on Fatherhood, Writing, and the Essay as an Act of Care

The Author of “Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances” in Talks to Brian Gresko

https://lithub.com/a-different-kind-of-dad-book-lucas-mann-on-fatherhood-writing-and-the-essay-as-an-act-of-care/

OR

The Rectangle, or the Kid

BY LUCAS MANN





9. Marriage & Intimate Partnerships

Jesuit Plantation Project

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. The decisive decade: Understanding the trajectories of 14- to 24-year-olds

Richard V. Reeves and Ember Smith

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-decisive-decade-understanding-the-trajectories-of-14-to-24-year-olds/



2. Survey finds loneliness epidemic runs deep among parents

Kate Gawlik

https://osuwmc.multimedia-newsroom.com/index.php/2024/04/24/survey-finds-loneliness-epidemic-runs-deep-among-parents/




3. 2024 NARME Plenary Speakers

https://www.narme.org/2023plenaryspeakers



4. New research on what parents and carers worry about

https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/new-research-on-what-parents-and-carers-worry-about/284571



5. Want to boost birth rates? Stop taxing mothers

Andrew Evans

https://thehub.ca/2024-04-26/andrew-evans-to-boost-birth-rates-stop-taxing-mothers/




6. New Research on the Damaging Fallout of the Hookup Culture

Posted by Daily Citizen Staff 





7. 

Six in 10 young Koreans say children ‘not necessary’ after marriage: poll


Jung Min-ho

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/05/135_373854.html



8. The closing of the American heart

By W. Bradford Wilcox for Deseret News

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-closing-of-the-american-heart/

or https://www.deseret.com/family/2024/04/30/marriage-benefits-for-adults/



9. Canada's divorce rate is the lowest in 50 years, but fewer people are getting married at all

Natalie Stechyson · CBC News 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-divorce-rate-1.7189093



10. Hampton University Shows the Role HBCUs Play in Strengthening the Black Family Is Crucial

Delano Squires

https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/hampton-university-shows-the-role-hbcus-play-strengthening-the-black



11. Emerging Relationships

Preparing for Healthy Relationships:

Relationship Skills for 5th and 6th Graders


https://dibbleinstitute.org/our-programs/emerging-relationships/


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Bill

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. How Men Can Help Resolve Tensions Between Work and Family


Jonathan Wai Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/finding-the-next-einstein/202404/how-men-can-help-resolve-tensions-between-work-and-family



2. Fostering Healthy Communication Between Parents and Children: Benefits and Tips

Healthy Relationships California

https://relationshipsca.org/healthy-communication-parents-and-children/



3. Circling the Poles with Skill: The Use of Relationship Enhancement as an Antidote to Polarization

Presenter: Mary Ortwein, MS, LMFT

Saturday, May 18, 2024: 10 am – 1:15 pm (Eastern time zone)

https://nire.org/annual-conference-on-re-and-filial-methods/



4. Updates on State Policies and Programs to Support Alternative Routes to Education and Employment

Apr 2024 | Jessica Pearson, Ph.D., and Rachel Wildfeuer, Ph.D.

https://www.frpn.org/asset/updates-state-policies-and-programs-support-alternative-routes-education-and-employment

OR

Fathers’ views on family and work after COVID-19 lockdowns

By Elisabeth Duursma and Jane Herbert

https://childandfamilyblog.com/fathers-views-on-family-and-work-after-covid-19-lockdowns/




5.  The Marriage Perspectives in "Pride and Prejudice" and Their Implications 

Xueyu Luo

https://clausiuspress.com/assets/default/article/2024/04/12/article_1712909894.pdf



6. The Power of 100 Years of Research in Informing Policy and Practice for Black Families: Lessons Learned for the Future

May 8, 2024, 02:00 PM 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YDq9AE8RRDWb2YsazK365w#/registration




7. Snapshots of the 2020 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grant Recipients: Characteristics and Progress During the First Two Grant Years

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/snapshots-2020-healthy-marriage-and-responsible-fatherhood-grant-recipients



8. The decisive decade? Mapping key trends among adolescents and young adults in the US

Monday, April 29, 2024, 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-decisive-decade-mapping-key-trends-among-adolescents-and-young-adults-in-the-us/



9. Marriagelessness and the Loss of National Greatness

Catherine Pakaluk



https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/marriagelessness-and-the-loss-national-greatness





10. 

March Madness and Your Marriage


LESLI DOARES

https://www.theherohusbandproject.com/march-madness-and-your-marriage/




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Bill