Candidates for Friday Five

1.

Single Mother Statistics That Will Shock You





2. What Mums want and what Dads need to know







3. The Disappointing Reality of 19th-Century Courtship

Erin Blakemore 





4. HHS Publishes 2019 Update of the Poverty Guidelines, February 2019
This Federal Register notice is an update of the poverty guidelines by income and size of household. This new set of guidelines reflects a 2.4 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index between calendar years 2017 and 2018 and is used as an eligibility criterion by Medicaid and other Federal programs.

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/hhs-publishes-2019-update-poverty-guidelines

OR


The Unique Contributions of Fathers to Their Children's Development, February 2019
The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a webinar on February 20, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET to discuss the correlation between involved fathers and positive developmental outcomes for children.
 






  Samuel J. Abrams, Karlyn Bowman, Eleanor O’Neil, and Ryan Streeter 







6. PROTECTING ME, HARMING US? WHY INDIVIDUALS OF LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS MAY EXPERIENCE LOWER ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP QUALITY

Rebecca Horne  














8. Preventing miscommunication: lessons from cross-cultural couples



OR

Oral sex is good for older couples










9. Home visiting and early childhood education can benefit families by broadening their strategies for family engagement

MANICA F. RAMOS, SARAH SHEA CROWNE
 





10. New Army Policies Aim to Enhance Quality of Life







11. The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Richard V. Reeves

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-power-of-love-why-maternal-depression-is-an-economic-mobility-issue/


OR


Study provides new insight into the link between maternal depression and childhood obesity

By  
https://www.psypost.org/2019/02/study-provides-new-insight-into-the-link-between-maternal-depression-and-childhood-obesity-53112




12. Podcast: Marriage and Fertility Trends and the Future of Banking

https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2019/02/podcast-marriage-and-fertility-trends-and-the-future-of-banking/




13. Couples Creating Art or Playing Board Games Release ‘Love Hormone’ — but Men who Paint Release Most


Candidates for Friday Five

1.http://www.nmwusa-calendar.org/

or https://www.laconiadailysun.com/special_sections/worship/how-will-you-celebrate-national-marriage-week/article_baa5cf94-25a3-11e9-80eb-0f8bed02c1d3.html





2. Some Links about Asymmetrical Commitment

Dr. Scott Stanley

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/





3. The American family today

Karlyn Bowman

https://www.aei.org/publication/the-american-family-today/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bowmanmarsico/2019/02/04/the-american-family-today/#d5330607a28f




4. Divorce and marriage data crucial for understanding Canada’s public health, researchers argue

ERIC ANDREW-GEE AND TAVIA GRANT

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-divorce-and-marriage-data-crucial-for-understanding-canadas-public/





5. Testing Times: Supporting fathers during the perinatal period and early parenthood

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/testing-times-supporting-fathers-during-the-perinatal-period-and-early-parenthood







6. 5 WAYS FARM COUPLES CAN IMPROVE THEIR MARRIAGES NOW

https://www.agriculture.com/family/5-ways-farm-couples-can-improve-their-marriage-now






7. Money matters at 9th MSC’s first Financial Stewardship Strong Bonds

 Crista Mary Mack    

http://www.hawaiiarmyweekly.com/2019/02/01/money-matters-at-9th-mscs-first-financial-stewardship-strong-bonds/

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/308908/money-matters-first-financial-stewardship-strong-bonds





8. Intimacy and sex are important for well-being for older adults

Manas Mishra  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/intimacy-and-sex-are-important-for-well-being-for-older-adults/2019/02/01/c32a4434-24c6-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html?utm_term=.f2e568dc92c2


OR

For survivors, breast cancer can threaten another part of their lives: sexual intimacy  

Barbara Sadick

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/for-survivors-breast-cancer-can-threaten-another-part-of-their-lives-sexual-intimacy/2019/02/01/ab731c30-1445-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html?utm_term=.fdfe6258ceba





9. Want a Happy and Successful Marriage? Couples Should Be Doing These 8 Things Often, Says Science

Marcel Schwantes  

https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/want-a-happy-successful-marriage-couples-should-be-doing-these-8-things-often-says-science.html






10. https://www.millennialsformarriage.org/mfmpodcast/2019/2/1/the-role-of-faith-in-marriage






11. Why the World Needs an Empathy Revolution

JILL SUTTIE  

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





12. The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Richard V. Reeves

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-power-of-love-why-maternal-depression-is-an-economic-mobility-issue/


THANKS!


Candidates for Friday Five

1. Using Policy to Create Healthy Schools: Resources to Support Policymakers and Advocates

Authors: Jamie Chriqui, Victoria Stuart-Cassel, Deborah Temkin, Elizabeth Piekarz-Porter, Kristy Lao,Heather Steed, Kristen Harper, Julien Leider, Alexander Gabriel

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/using-policy-to-create-healthy-schools

OR

Parental Involvement: How Much Is Too Much?

https://www.childtrends.org/videos/parental-involvement-how-much-is-too-much




2. Fertility rate hits 30-year low as Americans aren't having enough babies to replace themselves, new study shows

Kaelyn Forde  

https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Health/fertility-rate-hits-30-year-low-americans-babies/story?id=60284447




3. Request for Information (RFI): NICHD Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2020-2024

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-18-031.html




4. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/temporary-assistance-needy-families-tanf-block-grant-responses-frequently-asked-questions-0

OR

  57th National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) Workshop Collaborating Across Lines to Build Up Lives 
CALL FOR PROPOSALS 

 https://nawrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/NAWRS-2019-Call-for-Proposals.pdf




5. The Caring Company 

  Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman  

https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The_Caring_Company.pdf?




6. Questions to Bring You Closer

Christine Carter  

https://www.christinecarter.com/2019/01/six-weeks-of-date-night-questions/






7. NINE STEPS TO FORGIVENESS

https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/nine_steps_to_forgiveness?


OR

How Our Phones Compromise Our Ability to Connect

By Jill Suttie  

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





8. It’s cold. Put on a hat. Seriously.

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q1/its-cold.-put-on-a-hat.-seriously..html





Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. A Must-Read Evaluation of Fatherhood Programs

Posted by Christopher A. Brown




2.  Better Angels Announces State of the Union Address on January 31st

The event will be live streamed on www.better-angels.org and Better Angels' Facebook page to hundreds of watch parties and thousands of Better Angels members nationwide.

The live stream will begin at 8:30pm ET, with a pre-show from 8:30pm - 9pm. Better Angels President David Blankenhorn will deliver the State of the Union Address at 9pm ET.





3.  Military REACH: Utilizing Family Research to Inform Practice





4. Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton





5. NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship




6.  
By Hope Reese




7.  Not Too Late! You Can Benefit from Reflection and Resolutions






8. Mutual appreciation key to saving marriage after a stroke

University of Alberta 

https://knowridge.com/2019/01/mutual-appreciation-key-to-saving-marriage-after-a-stroke/





9. A NATION DIVIDED … OVER MARRIAGE

Harry Benson  





10. Navy Family Framework Fiscal Year 2018 Report
 




Thanks 
Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Examining Changes in Couple Dynamics and Mood Across the Menstrual Cycle

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

 

Recruitment Statement for Research Participation  

https://qtrial2014.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4NKHHbiAyAReqSF




2.Timing of parents’ split matters for children’s mental health, new research reveals

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2019/jan/timing-parents-split-matters-childrens-mental-health-new-research-reveals





3. When Social Services Undermine Well-being

David Bornstein

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/opinion/when-social-services-undermine-well-being.html




4. How Can Marriage Be Good for Mental Health?

David Levine

https://health.usnews.com/health-care/patient-advice/articles/2019-01-11/how-can-marriage-be-good-for-mental-health





5. MILITARY REACH: UTILIZING FAMILY RESEARCH TO INFORM PRACTICE

January 23 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
Free

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/event/22057/





6. NCFR's Margaret E. Arcus Outstanding Family Life Educator Award
 Francesca Adler-Baeder and Ted G. Futris 

p.18 of https://www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/2019-01/NCFR%20Report%20Winter%202018.pdf




7.  9 ways to strengthen your relationship in the new year

Cheyenne Lentz

https://www.thisisinsider.com/relationship-strengthening-tips-2019-1





8. What is maintenance sex? It may help strengthen your marriage

 Wendy Rose Gould

  

https://www.nbcnews.com/better/pop-culture/what-maintenance-sex-it-may-help-strengthen-your-marriage-ncna956216





9. Generation Z Looks a Lot Like Millennials on Key Social and Political Issues

KIM PARKER, NIKKI GRAF AND RUTH IGIELNIK

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2019/01/17/generation-z-looks-a-lot-like-millennials-on-key-social-and-political-issues/



10. The Health Effects of Marriage

http://www.publicnewshub.com/the-health-effects-of-marriage/



Thanks.
Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. By mollycoddling our children, we're fuelling mental illness in teenagers

Jonathan Haidt and Pamela Paresky




3. Top 5 Family Profiles of 2018

Bowling Green State University  NCFMR

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/top-five-family-profiles-2018.html





4. A new report from The Iona Institute called ‘Mind the Gap II’





5. Government funds new ways to tackle parental conflict






6. Counteracting Negative Effects of Cohabitation for Couples and Children Through RE

Hailey Palmer and Alan J. Hawkins





7.  The World Congress of Families (WCF)  
The Wind of Change: Europe and the Global Pro-Family Movement





8. Digital citizenship starts with the person – not the tool!

By Carrie Rogers-Whitehead

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=2328&category=Digital-citizenship&article=




9. Subverted: How the Sexual Revolution Hijacked the Women's Movement

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Live Streamed

https://www.heritage.org/event/subverted-how-the-sexual-revolution-hijacked-the-womens-movement




10. Integrating Health Care and Social Services for People with Serious Illness: Proceedings of a Workshop









Candidates for Friday Five

1. PEI Fatherhood Evaluation: Community and Statewide Efforts to Support and Engage Fathers. Final Evaluation Report. [Texas]. 

Child and Family Research Partnership   

https://childandfamilyresearch.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/CFRPReport_R0180918_PEIFatherFinalRpt.pdf



OR

Special Three Kings' Day Fatherhood Event







2. Improving Care to Prevent Suicide Among People with Serious Mental Illness: Proceedings of a Workshop

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25318/improving-care-to-prevent-suicide-among-people-with-serious-mental-illness?




3. Anchored Podcast Series: Year in Review 2018

Military Families Learning Network  

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/12/17/anchored-podcast-series-year-in-review-2018/




4. LET'S TALK: OVERCOMING RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES FOR DUAL-INCOME COUPLES | PODCAST

Neil Venketramen, AMFT , Emily C. Klear, LMFT
OR

HOW TO UTILIZE THE RESEARCH ABOUT CHILDREN AND SCREEN TIME

Benjamin Rosen, Ph.D





5. Outstanding Free Home Visiting Resource

Christopher A. Brown  

https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/outstanding-free-home-visiting-resource






6.  Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01)

Department of Health and Human Services


https://www.grants.gov/custom/viewOppDetails.jsp?oppId=308948





7. The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2018

KIRA M. NEWMAN, JEREMY ADAM SMITH, JILL SUTTIE, AMY L. EVA, JAMES MCCONCHIE

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_top_10_insights_from_the_science_of_a_meaningful_life_in_2018?




8. Implementation of Relationship Smarts Plus in Georgia
OPRE Report #2018-121

https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/publications/implementation-of-relationship-smarts-plus-in-georgia

OR

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/implementation-of-two-versions-of-relationship-smarts-plus-in-georgia



9. Here are 10 things studies taught us about the family in 2018

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900048166/here-are-10-things-studies-taught-us-about-the-family-in-2018.html




10. Fathers’ mental health ‘finally acknowledged’, says charity

Julie Griffiths





11. OPRE 2018 in Review

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/opre-2018-in-review




Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Program Helps New Moms Thrive
CBS




2. Your Brain Works Against You When You Argue With Your Significant Other. Here’s How to Fix That, According to an Expert

BELINDA LUSCOMBE
http://time.com/5469804/couples-researcher-spouse-signficant-other-fight-argument/




3. Do Responsible Fatherhood Programs Work? A Comprehensive Meta-analytic Study

Erin Holmes, Alan Hawkins, Braquel Egginton, Nathan Robbins & Kevin Shafer 

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-grantee-report-do-responsible-fatherhood-programs-work-comprehensive-meta-analytic-study
 




4. A place to grow

Exploring the future health of young people in five sites across the UK

Martina Kane,  Jo Bibby

https://www.health.org.uk/publications/a-place-to-grow




5. Five Truths About Marriage All Couples Need to Understand

Forrest Talley Ph.D.






6. Children of problem drinkers are more likely to marry someone with a drinking problem, study finds


https://news.vcu.edu/article/Children_of_problem_drinkers_are_more_likely_to_marry_someone




7. How to Help a Student in a Mental-Health Crisis

David Gooblar  

https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-Help-a-Student-in-a/245305?




8.  Call for Applications: Research-to-Policy Coordinator

https://www.research2policy.org/hiring-rpc-coordinator




9. A Father's Lifelong Impact

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/ocsevoiceblog/2018/12/a-fathers-lifelong-impact?

OR

Organizational Culture in TANF Offices: A Review of the Literature


https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/organizational-culture-in-tanf-offices-a-review-of-the-literature





10. Do military women have higher rates of infertility than civilians?

Karen Jowers  

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2018/12/14/do-military-women-have-higher-rates-of-infertility-than-civilians/


OR

STRONG COMMITTED RELATIONSHIPS CAN BUFFER MILITARY SUICIDES
 
JESSI ADLER-MICHIGAN STATE 

 



11. Trump tax rule change has some rushing to divorce before 2019
 
Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press  

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/life/trump-tax-rule-change-has-some-rushing-to-divorce-before-2019/69-0de8df0f-6342-43bc-bb1a-8253d434f056



Merry Christmas to all!


Candidates for Friday Five

1. Business Engagement to Promote Healthy Communities Through Child and Family Well-Being

Sara D. Watson, Mary Ann McCabe, Nathaniel Z. Counts
https://nam.edu/business-engagement-to-promote-healthy-communities-through-child-and-family-well-being/




2. The Job Characteristics of Low-Income Hispanic Parents

Elizabeth Wildsmith; María A. Ramos-Olazagasti; Marta Alvira-Hammond
http://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/publications/the-job-characteristics-of-low-income-hispanic-parents/



3. The Breakdown of Family and Religion Explains France’s Social Unrest

Star Parker
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/12/the-breakdown-of-family-and-religion-explains-frances-social-unrest/



4. How to Leverage a Deadly Sin to Help Dads

Christopher A. Brown
https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/how-to-leverage-a-deadly-sin-to-help-dads?



5. Investing in a Resilient Generation
Mental Health Policy Commission 

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/research/policycommission/Investing-in-a-Resilient-Generation-Executive-Summary-and-Call-to-Action.pdf 



6. ACF-ACF-IM-18-01 (Integrating Approaches that Prioritize and Enhance Father Engagement)
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/acf-acf-im-18-01-integrating-approaches-that-prioritize-and-enhance-father-engagement



7. Holidays not a happy season for all

By Emeline Rodenas erodenas@kpcmedia.com

https://www.kpcnews.com/newssun/article_b86e07cb-2044-5c89-ab16-ad886abfd13a.html




8. Can Americans today afford to have kids?
Michelle La Rosa

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/can-americans-today-afford-to-have-kids-20325


OR

Press Conference to present the International Observatory on the Family, 06.12.2018 

 http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/12/06/181206g.html




9. Study: ‘Marriage Has Declined Dramatically’ Among ‘Working Class’

Robert Kraychik

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/study-marriage-has-declined-dramatically-among-working-class/



10. The Unlikely Marriage of Alexander Hamilton and His Wife, Eliza  
BARBARA MARANZANI
https://www.biography.com/news/alexander-hamilton-eliza-schuyler-love-story-marriage




11. RESEARCHERS FOUND ONE WAY THAT LONG-TERM MARRIAGES GET HAPPIER

Lila MacLellan
https://qz.com/quartzy/1488362/researchers-found-one-way-that-marriages-get-happier-over-time/




12. Behavioral Health Workforce Projections, 2016-2030: Marriage and Family Therapists

 National Center for Health Workforce Analysis 

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bhw/nchwa/projections/marriage-and-family-therapists-2018.pdf



Thanks 
  
Bill