Candidates for Friday Five

1. Call for Papers - ‘Transitions into Parenthood: Childbearing, Childrearing, and the Changing Nature of Parenting’

https://www.ncfr.org/news/call-papers-transitions-parenthood-childbearing-childrearing-and-changing-nature-parenting

OR

Call for Feedback: How the American Community Survey Collects Information


https://www.ncfr.org/news/call-feedback-how-american-community-survey-collects-information

OR

3 NCFR Members Recognized for Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families






2. Two Surprising Ways to Make Your Holidays Less Stressful

By Christine Carter  

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


OR

Protecting your marriage during the holidays

Angela Davis, Julie Siple, Manda Lillie

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/12/03/davis-protecting-your-marriage-during-the-holidays




3. Bush had ‘storybook’ marriage

Michael Graczyk, Associated Press

https://www.milescitystar.com/content/bush-had-%E2%80%98storybook%E2%80%99-marriage




4. 

Dec. 11th Roundtable Discussion 


Improving Children's Health and Well-being through Private Sector Investments






5. Fatherhood Program Participants with Higher Dosage Levels Show Stronger Positive Outcomes

Jessica Pearson, Jay Fagan and Rebecca Kaufman

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-research-brief-attendance-in-community-based-fatherhood-programs



OR

Who’s the bloke in the room?
Fathers during pregnancy and at the birth in the UK






6.Good News about Innovative Delivery of Brief RE Programs

Alan J. Hawkins

http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/good-news-about-innovative-delivery-of-re-programs/




7.  Michael Spezio and Team Find Humility is Key to Flourishing Communities and Functioning Democracy

http://ou.edu/flourish/news/archive/2018/spezio-and-team-find-humility-key-to-flourishing-communities-and-democracy?



8. Live the Life: Marriage enrichment nonprofit helps save relationships, reduce Duval divorce rate
  
Beth Reese Cravey
 
https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20181119/live-life-marriage-enrichment-nonprofit-helps-save-relationships-reduce-duval-divorce-rate



9. The Father Factor: A Critical Link in Building Strong Families and Communities

Watch the LIVESTREAM:
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/the-father-factor/







10. TANF reform on the congressional radar





11. Child Support Cooperation Requirements in Child Care Subsidy Programs and SNAP: Key Policy Considerations


Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb



Emmie Martin 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/05/millennials-prioritize-buying-a-home-over-marriage-or-kids.html



13. Stanford Marriage Pact takes second stab at mastering love algorithm




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Candidates for Friday Five

1. Emotional suppression has negative outcomes on children

Sara Waters, Department of Human Development, WSU Vancouver

http://news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/emotional-suppression-has-negative-outcomes-on-children 



2. Kindness, emotions and human relationships: The blind spot in public policy

Julia Unwin 

https://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications/kindness-emotions-and-human-relationships-the-blind-spot-in-public-policy/




3. Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients, Fiscal Year 2017

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/characteristics-and-financial-circumstances-of-tanf-recipients-fiscal-year-2017

OR

US: Statewide Data Indicators for Child and Family Services Reviews: Request for Public Comment (Public notice) 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/27/2018-25835/statewide-data-indicators-for-child-and-family-services-reviews-request-for-public-comment


OR


https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/opre-research-in-60-seconds-parents-and-children-together-evaluation-findings?



4. Americans Value Their Family Identity over Religion, Race, Political Party, or Career, New National Survey Finds 

https://www.deseretnews.com/media/misc/pdf/afs/2018-AFS-News-Release.pdf

to be discussed Friday at https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-2018-american-family-survey/



5. Congressional Briefing (next week)

Preventing Child Maltreatment through CAPTA

http://solutionsnetwork.psu.edu/congressional-briefing




6. Integrating Healthy Relationship Education: A Course for Stakeholders
The National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families is excited to announce the launch of its revised online course

https://training.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/login/index.php




7. Evidence-Based Policymaking at the State Level A Guide for Governors

 Kathryn Reynolds & Kriti Ramakrishnan, Urban Institute 

https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/99293/evidence-based_policymaking_at_the_state_level.pdf



8.  FRAGILE FAMILIES AND CHILD WELLBEING STUDY FALL 2018 PUBLIC DATA RE-RELEASE MEMO

https://fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/sites/fragilefamilies/files/re-release_memo_20181119.pdf




9. Watson panel extols virtues of marriage

Profs point to social, economic benefits of marriage, some audience members raise concerns

SPENCER SCHULTZ

http://www.browndailyherald.com/2018/11/09/watson-panel-extols-virtues-marriage/




10. Prescribing social activities to lonely people prompts ethical questions for GPs

Kimberley Brownlee and David Jenkins

https://theconversation.com/prescribing-social-activities-to-lonely-people-prompts-ethical-questions-for-gps-105439




11. ’Tis the season for proposals. And no, the bride’s parents aren’t obligated to pay for the wedding.

Michelle Singletary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/21/tis-season-proposals-no-brides-parents-arent-obligated-pay-wedding/?utm_term=.3429ac23af96 




12. The Concept Creep of ‘Emotional Labor’

The term has become a central part of an important conversation about the division of household work. But the sociologist who coined it says it’s being used incorrectly.

JULIE BECK

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/arlie-hochschild-housework-isnt-emotional-labor/576637/



13. Enhancing Parenting Effectiveness, Fathers' Involvement, Couple Relationship Quality, and Children's Development: Breaking Down Silos in Family Policy Making and Service Delivery
First published: 08 November 2018
 
https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12301


Thanks!
Bill

Tomorrow you can Watch the LIVESTREAM

The Father Factor: A Critical Link in Building Strong Families and Communities

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/the-father-factor/

Candidates for Friday Five

1. FRPN Grantee Report: Evaluating Mother and Nonresidential Father Engagement in Coparenting Services in a Fatherhood Program

Nov 2018 | Sarah Whitton, Kimberley Sperber, Karen Ludwig, Aaron Vissman & Harold Howard

http://www.frpn.org/asset/frpn-grantee-report-evaluating-mother-and-nonresidential-father-engagement-in-coparenting




2. Child Trends News Service: Engaging Parents Through Social Science and Television News

https://www.childtrends.org/videos/child-trends-news-service-engaging-parents-through-social-science-and-television-news




3. The truth behind long-term relationships revealed: Half of millennials make out their relationship is happier than it really is

https://www.relate.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/2018/11/05/truth-behind-long-term-relationships-revealed-half-millennials-make-out-their-relationship-happier-it-really

OR

80 relationship tips





4. A SIMPLE WAY TO DE-ESCALATE COUPLE CONFLICTS

The Family Institute at Northwestern University  

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/simple-way-de-escalate-couple-conflicts




5. Multiple Intelligences Theory: Widely Used, Yet Misunderstood

Youki Terada



8. The Bridesmaids Are Multiplying

CAROLINE KITCHENER
 
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/american-weddings-bridesmaids/575404/




9. THREE GOOD THINGS

https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/three-good-things?#




10. Research Grants
To support research on the self, virtue and public life, approximately 10 new research projects will be funded
https://selfvirtueandpubliclife.com/initiatives/grants/?mc_cid=9dcfa9aafa&mc_eid=d7ca4578e9




11. How Do the Best Films of 1968 Look Today?

ARMOND WHITE










Speaking of 1968, Pat and I celebrate our 50th anniversary this Fri (Nov 16)

Posted by Bill Coffin on Friday, May 20, 2016


Bill

Candidates for Friday Five






3 . For Families: 5 Tips for Cultivating Empathy


OR

WHAT'S STOPPING YOU FROM RAISING KIND AND EMPATHIC CHILDREN?




4. A  new report by the Early Intervention Foundation describing the value of early intervention, including in the three major risks of substance misuse, risky sexual behaviour and child maltreatment. In order to realise the potential of early intervention, says the Foundation, government should:

·        Establish a new long-term investment fund to test the impact of a whole-system approach to early intervention in a small number of places

·        Establish a new What Works Acceleration Fund to support a wider set of places across England to deliver effective early intervention

·        Set up a new cross-government taskforce on early intervention to coordinate the work of relevant Whitehall departments and to oversee the delivery of these commitments


OR

New FI project with Fulham FC supports dads and daughters



OR


Italy's populist government plans to reward fertile families with state land in bid to boost birth rate

 Andrea Vogt





5. Pregnancy Center Builds Stronger Fathers in Just 15 Minutes with New Initiative

   





6. Start a Home Group






7.  101 Ways to Thank a Veteran



OR

ASU instructor and former Army wife creates close-knit culture for students to advocate for veterans

Marshall Terrill, Reporter, ASU Now





8.  Keys to Integrating Relationship Education into Safety-Net Delivery Systems  

  Amy Laura Arnold, Ph.D., CFLE, Kristin Abner, Ph.D., and Robyn Cenizal, CFLE  






9. Friday, November 16, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Saving international adoption



OR

November 15, 2018

2018 Antipoverty Forum






10. Premarital Cohabitation and the Odds of Divorce: The Latest

11. FOR THE LOVE OF RELATIONSHIPS – The retreat from marriage

Joneen Mackenzie






12. When the Military Takes a Toll on Your Marriage: Reflections on 'Indivisible'

Gary Chapman 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/11/01/when-military-takes-toll-your-marriage-reflections-indivisible.html





Thanks!
Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Education and Enrichment sessions at NCFR conference

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-2018/conference-schedule?f%5B0%5D=section%3Aeducationenrichment



2. Divorce Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2017

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/schweizer-divorce-rate-2017-fp-18-21.html




3. When you are unhappy in a relationship, why do you stay? The answer may surprise you

University of Utah via ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022122848.htm




4. UTEP professor highlights the struggles of being a student parent


Brianna Chavez


https://www.theprospectordaily.com/2018/10/29/utep-professor-highlights-the-struggles-of-being-a-student-parent/




5. U of M program tracks conversations between parents and children


WMCActionNews5.com Staff  

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2018/10/29/u-m-program-tracks-conversations-between-parents-children/




6. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/33/the-marriage-of-the-virgin




7. How Expectations Affect One's Happiness in Marriage

Dianne Grande Ph.D.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-it-together/201810/how-expectations-affect-ones-happiness-in-marriage




8. Pathways to high-quality jobs for young adults

Martha Ross, Kristin Anderson Moore, Kelly Murphy, Nicole Bateman, Alex DeMand, and Vanessa Sacks

https://www.brookings.edu/research/pathways-to-high-quality-jobs-for-young-adults/




9. Participation in Responsible Fatherhood Programs in the PACT Evaluation: Associations with Father and Program Characteristics

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/participation-responsible-fatherhood-programs-pact-evaluation-associations-father-program-characteristics




10. How Early Head Start Prevents Child Maltreatment

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/how-early-head-start-prevents-child-maltreatment





Thanks

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Parent-free Nation?

Amy Guliker  

https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/articles/parent-free-nation/?

OR

'Til Death Do Us Part' Might Delay Death

PETER STOCKLAND 



2. FRPN Webinar: Findings from FRPN-Funded Projects I: Home Visiting, Child Welfare Cases & a Meta-Analysis

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-webinar-findings-frpn-funded-projects-i-home-visiting-child-welfare-cases-meta-analysis




3. Why today's marriages are more likely to survive

Melanie Lawson  

https://www.news4jax.com/news/morning-show/divorce-rates-are-down-in-duval-county




4. https://www.facebook.com/groups/282113575727121/?multi_permalinks=298792677392544%2C296547900950355&notif_id=1539876081583505&notif_t=group_activity

OR

Dennison’s Bogie Book for Halloween (1920)




5. The impact of marriage on the overall survival of prostate cancer patients: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) analysis

https://www.urotoday.com/recent-abstracts/urologic-oncology/prostate-cancer/107652-the-impact-of-marriage-on-the-overall-survival-of-prostate-cancer-patients-a-surveillance-epidemiology-and-end-results-seer-analysis.html

OR

  T H E  M A R R I A G E  B E N E F I T: Why Marriage Is Healthy Except When It Isn’t  

  Tamara Sher, Ph.D., LCP 

 https://www.family-institute.org/sites/default/files/csi-marriage-benefit.pdf





6. How states can improve well-being for all children, from birth to age five

By Jimmy Sarakatsannis and Bryony Winn

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/how-states-can-improve-well-being-for-all-children-from-birth-to-age-five?


OR

Seminar focuses on importance of investing in parenting strategies

Amna Pervaiz Rao


or





7. Challenges Facing Rural America Deeply Rooted In Economic And Social Distress, Researchers Say

MIN XIAN



8. Children growing up in families under housing stress

https://aifs.gov.au/media-releases/children-growing-families-under-housing-stress


OR

Prison stress adversely affects mother-child relationships


 




9. What upticks in U.S. economic inequality and incarceration mean for marriage

Alix Gould-Werth


Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. How to Help Kids Consider Forgiveness

MARYAM ABDULLAH

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




2. AMERICA'S CHILDREN IN BRIEF: KEY NATIONAL INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING, 2018

https://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp




3. Teaching people about money doesn’t seem to make them any smarter about money – here’s what might

PHILIP FERNBACH & ABIGAIL SUSSMAN

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/financial-education-flunks-out-and-heres-whats-being-done-about-it-2018-10-10




4.  Keeping Your Family Strong

https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/strong_ts_2018.pdf




5. Family Strengthening Research (FY2017)

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/family-strengthening-research-fy2017?

OR

Putting Fathers and Families at the Center of ACF Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2018/10/putting-fathers-and-families-at-the-center-of-acf-programs




6. Kids' sleep may suffer from moms' tight work schedules

Katie Bohn  

https://news.psu.edu/story/541084/2018/10/16/research/kids-sleep-may-suffer-moms-tight-work-schedules




7. IMPROVED MARRIAGE TRENDS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MILLENNIALS

http://www.relationshipsca.org/blog/2018/10/improved-marriage-trends-not-just-about-the-millennials/




8. Researcher discusses on-again, off-again relationships

 Akhila Reddy

http://www.dailytoreador.com/lavida/researcher-discusses-on-again-off-again-relationships/article_dc1691ae-cdb5-11e8-bfc7-7734018c19c0.html




9. 40 percent of American children were born outside of marriage in 2015, UN study says

Alex Hider

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/40-percent-of-american-children-were-born-to-unmarried-mothers-in-2015-un-study-says

OR

https://www.concordmonitor.com/Almost-half-of-US-births-happen-outside-marriage-signaling-cultural-shift-20936400




10. Why Does Graduate School Kill So Many Marriages?

Kathryn R. Wedemeyer-Strombel  

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Does-Graduate-School-Kill/244796




11. CDR Investing in Fatherhood Process Study & Evaluation

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03710135



12. Commentary: Want more babies? Help couples build stronger marriages first

June Yong

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/want-more-babies-help-couples-see-the-joys-of-parenthood-10810354





13. Are Siblings More Important Than Parents?



BEN HEALY



https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/the-science-of-sibling-rivalry/570811/




thanks for separating the wheat from the chaff

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. What We Know about Military Family Readiness: Evidence from 2007-2017

Hawkins, Stacy A; Condon, Annie; Hawkins, Jacob N; Liu, Kristine; Melendrez Ramirez, Yxsel; Nihill, Marisa M; Tolins, Jackson  

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1050341.pdf

http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD1050341




2. The bride all dressed in white bows out [part 2]

ANATOLY LIBERMAN

https://blog.oup.com/2018/10/etymology-bride-origin-part-2/?




3. College Drinking:

Prevention Perspectives-Lessons Learned at Frostburg State University

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/College-Drinking-/All-New-Products/PEP18-FROSTBURG




4. Research affirms the power of 'we'

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181005111455.htm




5. Invest in Relationships

Relate and the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) 

https://www.relate.org.uk/investinrelationships 




6. Happily: 8 Commitments of Couples Who Laugh, …(coming out next week)

Kevin A.Thompson




7. Family Reunions and Tips on Planning
Carol Sanders 

https://uapbnews.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/family-reunions-and-tips-on-planning/




8. What Is the Actual Divorce Rate In America? It’s Complicated.

Virginia Pelley  

https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/what-is-divorce-rate-america/




9. Marriage in decline in America?

https://video.foxnews.com/v/5847177746001/?#sp=show-clips

OR

Scott Stanley, "Unequally Into Us" 2018 Family Process video abstract




OR

Are Millennials Better at Marriage?




10. Millennials and the Future of Marriage

Caleb Sutherlin

http://www.frcblog.com/2018/10/millennials-and-future-marriage/





11. The great partisan divide in the US is now deciding who Americans marry

Michael J. Coren

https://qz.com/1410962/political-partisanship-in-the-us-is-now-deciding-love-and-marriage/



Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. In light of Brett Kavanaugh, an indepth look at how and when character is formed in kids

Jennifer Graham

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900034708/in-light-of-brett-kavanaugh-an-indepth-look-at-how-and-when-character-is-formed-in-kids.html





2. WED OCT10

The forgotten Americans: An economic agenda for a divided nation

https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-forgotten-americans/?




3. https://www.opportunityatlas.org/




4. The Health of Parents and Their Children: A Two-Generation Inquiry

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/the-health-of-parents-and-their-children-a-two-generation-inquiry




5. The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) financial data tables, along with an interactive map and national and state pie charts.

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ofa/fy2017_tanf_and_moe_state_piechart.pdf




6. Hands-on fathers ‘less likely to break up with partners’

Mark Rice-Oxley  

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/30/hands-on-fathers-less-likely-to-break-up-with-partners-paternity-leave-childcare

OR

Every marriage has its rocky patches. And given good sense, survives

Harry Benson  

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/every-marriage-has-its-rocky-patches-and-given-good-sense-survives/




7. Learning Is a Complex and Active Process That Occurs Throughout the Life Span, New Report Says

http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=24783



8. 

A Good Marriage May Help You Live Longer. Here’s Why

http://www.foreverstatecollege.com/2018/10/03/a-good-marriage-may-help-you-live-longer-heres-why/

OR

http://time.com/5410260/marriage-helps-you-live-longer/?




9. How can we discuss sex ed without talking about marriage?

Andrea Mrozek   

https://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/8930155-how-can-we-discuss-sex-ed-without-talking-about-marriage-/




10. FRPN Webinar: Findings from FRPN-Funded Projects I: Home Visiting, Child Welfare Cases & a Meta-Analysis

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-webinar-findings-frpn-funded-projects-i-home-visiting-child-welfare-cases-meta-analysis



Thanks.

Bill