Candidates for Friday Five

1.  25-27 July 2018 | Australian Institute of Family Studies | Melbourne VIC

https://aifsconference2018.com.au/program/?

OR

Children of divorcing parents want more information and more say in what happens, study finds

Angus Randall





2.  Sensible, family-loving teens behind pregnancy rate drop


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44860598




3.  
Fathers develop children’s social skills to make friends


Ross D. Parke

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/social-emotional-learning/social-skills-friends-fathers/





4.  DIFI, ­­­QNRF grant backs studies on issues faced by Arab families

https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/23/07/2018/DIFI,-%C2%AD%C2%AD%C2%ADQNRF-grant-backs-studies-on-issues-faced-by-Arab-families





5.  Words of Wisdom on a Silver Anniversary

By MICHELLE MALKIN

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/wedding-anniversary-wisdom-how-to-make-marriage-last/






6.  LET'S TALK: COUPLES THERAPY | PODCAST

Neil Venketramen, AMFT
 •  
Cheryl Rampage, Ph.D.


https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/lets-talk-couples-therapy-podcast


OR

Episode 18: Listen Like It’s Your First Date






7.  Divorce, American style, is a little more urgent for some

By LEANNE ITALIE

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/divorce-american-style-urgent-56808410




8.   What to Do When Your Family Is Struggling

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

OR

What Do Teens’ Emotions Feel Like?

JAMES MCCONCHIE

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






9.  Navy Releases 2018 Personal and Professional Choices Survey Results

Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs

https://japan.stripes.com/news/navy-releases-2018-personal-and-professional-choices-survey-results


OR

Single Sailors Think Navy Hinders Likelihood of Marriage, Survey Says







11.  ACWF President Urges to Promote Family Work

Editor: Yang Peng

http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/news/leaders/1807/7004-1.htm




12. Joint Facebook accounts not for everyone

Morgan March

https://universe.byu.edu/2018/07/25/merged-facebook-accounts-promote-unity1/




Thanks Alysse.

Bill

Re: Candidates for Friday Five

SINGLE BEDS WERE MADE FOR ONE

Social isolation starts in families—thankfully it can end there too.

Appears in Summer 2018 Issue: Social Isolation
by Andrea Mrozek 

  https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/single-beds-were-made-for-one/

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:09 PM, Bill Coffin <billcoffin68@gmail.com> wrote:
1.  Kids' Share 2018: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2017 and Future Projections

Julia B. Isaacs
Cary Lou
Heather Hahn
Ashley Hong
Caleb Quakenbush
C. Eugene Steuerle


https://www.urban.org/research/publication/kids-share-2018-report-federal-expenditures-children-through-2017-and-future-projections




2.  Air Force Couple Ties the Knot Aboard C-17

Air Force 1st Lt. Marquel Coaxum

https://www.uso.org/stories/2238-air-force-wedding


OR

Wedding Cruises Help Couples Sail Into Marriage

Anne Artley, Staff Writer

http://www.lbbizjournal.com/single-post/2018/07/16/Wedding-Cruises-Help-Couples-Sail-Into-Marriage







3.   Encouraging Attendance and Engagement in Parenting Programs: Developing a Smartphone Application with Fathers, for Fathers

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/encouraging-attendance-engagement-parenting-programs-developing-smartphone-app-for-fathers?





4. Seven Lessons from Mister Rogers That Can Help Americans Be Neighbors Again SHEA TUTTLE

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




5.  “Parent Education and Family Life Education: A Critical Link in Early Childhood Education Policy” 

by Glen Palm, Ph.D., CFLE, and Betty Cooke, Ph.D., CFLE

https://www.ncfr.org/news/ncfr-releases-policy-brief-parent-education-and-family-life-education-critical-link-early





6. Parental leave promotes coparenting, a key to early child development

Philip Hwang is Professor of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.


https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/early-childhood-development/early-child-development-parental-leave-coparenting/





7.  World Congress of Families in Chisinau, Moldova,  September 13th to September 16th, 2018

http://worldcongress.md/en/registration/




8.  2018’s Most & Least Stressed Cities in America

 Adam McCann, Financial Writer

https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-stressed-cities/22759/

OR

Where are you most likely to get married -- or divorced -- in Pennsylvania?

By Linda Hasco

https://www.pennlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/07/8210c054869968/-where-are-you-most-likely-to.html




9. 
Ministry launches Harmony initiative
 SALMA ALALEM

http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/92ddb35b-13d5-45ec-9ab9-8d534adaaed9.aspx

or https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/dubai/free-online-and-tele-counselling-services-launched-across-uae




10.  Early puberty in white adolescent boys increases substance use risk

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q3/early-puberty-in-white-adolescent-boys-increases-substance-use-risk.html




11.  A bad marriage can seriously damage your health, say scientists

Layal Liverpool

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/16/a-bad-marriage-is-as-unhealthy-as-smoking-or-drinking-say-scientists




12.  In our opinion: Marriage rates are down. How should the country reverse that?

Deseret News editorial board

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900024598/in-our-opinion-marriage-rates-are-down-how-should-the-country-reverse-that.html




Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1.  Kids' Share 2018: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2017 and Future Projections

Julia B. Isaacs
Cary Lou
Heather Hahn
Ashley Hong
Caleb Quakenbush
C. Eugene Steuerle


https://www.urban.org/research/publication/kids-share-2018-report-federal-expenditures-children-through-2017-and-future-projections




2.  Air Force Couple Ties the Knot Aboard C-17

Air Force 1st Lt. Marquel Coaxum

https://www.uso.org/stories/2238-air-force-wedding


OR

Wedding Cruises Help Couples Sail Into Marriage

Anne Artley, Staff Writer

http://www.lbbizjournal.com/single-post/2018/07/16/Wedding-Cruises-Help-Couples-Sail-Into-Marriage







3.   Encouraging Attendance and Engagement in Parenting Programs: Developing a Smartphone Application with Fathers, for Fathers

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/encouraging-attendance-engagement-parenting-programs-developing-smartphone-app-for-fathers?





4. Seven Lessons from Mister Rogers That Can Help Americans Be Neighbors Again SHEA TUTTLE

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




5.  “Parent Education and Family Life Education: A Critical Link in Early Childhood Education Policy” 

by Glen Palm, Ph.D., CFLE, and Betty Cooke, Ph.D., CFLE

https://www.ncfr.org/news/ncfr-releases-policy-brief-parent-education-and-family-life-education-critical-link-early





6. Parental leave promotes coparenting, a key to early child development

Philip Hwang is Professor of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.


https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/early-childhood-development/early-child-development-parental-leave-coparenting/





7.  World Congress of Families in Chisinau, Moldova,  September 13th to September 16th, 2018

http://worldcongress.md/en/registration/




8.  2018’s Most & Least Stressed Cities in America

 Adam McCann, Financial Writer

https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-stressed-cities/22759/

OR

Where are you most likely to get married -- or divorced -- in Pennsylvania?

By Linda Hasco

https://www.pennlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/07/8210c054869968/-where-are-you-most-likely-to.html




9. 
Ministry launches Harmony initiative
 SALMA ALALEM

http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/92ddb35b-13d5-45ec-9ab9-8d534adaaed9.aspx

or https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/dubai/free-online-and-tele-counselling-services-launched-across-uae




10.  Early puberty in white adolescent boys increases substance use risk

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q3/early-puberty-in-white-adolescent-boys-increases-substance-use-risk.html




11.  A bad marriage can seriously damage your health, say scientists

Layal Liverpool

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/16/a-bad-marriage-is-as-unhealthy-as-smoking-or-drinking-say-scientists




12.  In our opinion: Marriage rates are down. How should the country reverse that?

Deseret News editorial board

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900024598/in-our-opinion-marriage-rates-are-down-how-should-the-country-reverse-that.html




Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Diagnosis in child mental health

Rhys Price-Robertson

https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/diagnosis-child-mental-health?


OR

Don't dismiss tech solutions to mental health problems

Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman







2.  Strong Relationships, Strong Families Curriculum Module II

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/sites/default/files/lms/SR-SF_Module2_FINAL_1.22.13_508c.pdf?




3. 

Psychologists have looked into why “phubbing” is so harmful to our social lives

Alex Fradera

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/07/04/psychologists-have-looked-into-why-phubbing-is-so-harmful-to-our-social-lives/





4. Associations Between Participant Ratings of PREP for Strong Bonds and Marital Outcomes 1 Year Postintervention
Elizabeth S. Allen, Kristina M. Post, Howard J. Markman, Galena K. Rhoades, and Scott M. Stanley

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5560496/

(My Disclosure: It was 28 years ago this week that I brought Navy folks (SWs and Chaplains)to UD for first mil PREP training)





5.  Advancing ACF Priorities with National, State, County and Local Partners

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/advancing-acf-priorities-national-state-county-and-local-partners-0


OR

Decisions Related to the Development of a Clearinghouse of Evidence-Based Practices in Accordance With the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/22/2018-13420/decisions-related-to-the-development-of-a-clearinghouse-of-evidence-based-practices-in-accordance





6. 

The Extinction of the Middle Child

 


https://www.thecut.com/2018/07/the-middle-child-is-going-extinct.html







7.  Five myths about marriage

John Gottman and Christopher Dollard 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-marriage/2018/06/01/5646e650-6438-11e8-a69c-b944de66d9e7_story.html?utm_term=.286a23d40e3f





8. How the Marriage Penalty Is Hurting Low Income Communities


https://www.heritage.org/welfare/heritage-explains/how-the-marriage-penalty-hurting-low-income-communities


OR

Congress should end marriage penalties in the tax code and welfare system


https://georgiaopportunity.org/congress-should-end-marriage-penalties-in-the-tax-code-and-welfare-system/





9.  Study Finds a Possible Biological Reason for Health Benefits From Marriage

https://nccih.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/marriage





10. Marriage in Ireland compared with other EU countries


 DR ANGELO BOTTONE


https://ionainstitute.ie/marriage-in-ireland-compared-with-other-eu-countries/


OR

Number of divorces, annuments down while marriage rate went up last year  


By TOH EE MING

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/number-divorces-down-while-marriage-rate-went-last-year


or https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/divorce-rate-marriages-singapore-2017-10515312




11. Growth in Interracial and Interethnic Married-Couple Households

Brittany Rico, Rose M. Kreider and Lydia Anderson

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/07/interracial-marriages.html






Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. A video series for building evidence on effective programs

https://www.childtrends.org/project/video-series-building-evidence-effective-programs



2.
Want to #KeepFamiliesTogether? Protest Divorce, Too

 Larry Denninger

http://www.catholicconspiracy.com/acatholicmisfit/want-to-keepfamiliestogether-protest-divorce-too/




3. Using Psychology-Informed Strategies to Promote Self-Sufficiency: A Review of Innovative Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/using-psychology-informed-strategies-to-promote-self-sufficiency-a-review-of-innovative-programs?




4.

 

Understanding the Importance of Fathers and How to Help Them

https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/commentary/understanding-the-importance-of-fathers-and-how-to-help-them?MPRSource=TCSide





5.

 

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Getting Married

SARAH TRELEAVEN

http://time.com/5324979/questions-to-ask-before-marriage/




6.

COST OF FAMILY BREAKDOWN


http://marriagefoundation.org.uk/2018/07/




7.

 

Marriage tied to lower risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes

Lisa Rapaport

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-marriage/marriage-tied-to-lower-risk-of-fatal-heart-attacks-and-strokes-idUSKBN1JE2XG




8.   Bad behavior to significant other in tough times has more impact than positive gestures


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180626113302.htm




9.  Loneliness event demonstrates the challenges of our time

https://tavistockrelationships.ac.uk/news/1183-loneliness-event




10.

 

BBC launches new 'bingeable box set' shows for teens


Simon Austin


https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/broadcasting/2018/07/bbc-launches-new-bingeable-box-set-shows-teens


OR


The share of teens with summer jobs has plunged since 2000, and the type of work they do has shifted

DREW DESILVER



http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/07/02/the-share-of-teens-with-summer-jobs-has-plunged-since-2000-and-the-type-of-work-they-do-has-shifted/?




11. What if we thought of our employees' families as assets?


Adam Goldberg

https://www.hrdive.com/news/what-if-we-thought-of-our-employees-families-as-assets/526698/




12.

 

Anticipating stress messes up memory—and your day

Posted by Katie Bohn-Penn State


https://www.futurity.org/anticipating-stress-working-memory-1801462/




Thanks Alysse


Bill 

Candidates for Friday Five

1. HAPPY TOGETHER WITH JAMES PAWELSKI AND SUZIE PILEGGI PAWELSKI

Senia Maymin

http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/senia-maymin/2018062738826


OR


The Science Behind Happy Relationships

SARAH TRELEAVEN 

http://time.com/5321262/science-behind-happy-healthy-relationships/






2.   Family Therapy Magazine

https://www.aamft.org/documents/FTM/MJ18.SinglePage.compressed.pdf




3. Screaming children, traumatic news photos: How to stay plugged in without letting anxiety take over

Lauren Chval

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-plugged-in-news-cycle-stress-0703-story.html





4.  PROMPT EACH OTHER

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/prompt-each-other-june-2018





5. Americans Love Families. American Policies Don’t.


 Emily Badger and Claire Cain Miller


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/upshot/americans-love-families-american-policies-dont.html






6.  People Who Live Together Before Marriage Have Less Money

Alexa Lardieri

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2018-06-27/people-who-live-together-before-marriage-have-less-money





7.  Study Finds Marriage, Church Attendance Improve Black Men’s Economic Success

Juliana Knot

https://thefederalist.com/2018/06/27/study-finds-marriage-church-attendance-improve-black-mens-economic-success/

and from AEI event https://www.aei.org/events/economic-success-for-black-men-in-america/?





8.  Happiness doesn’t change much in long marriages. But something else does

​​
Corinne Purtill and Dan Kopf

https://qz.com/1315193/how-happiness-in-marriage-changes-over-time/


OR


The unromantic, untold story of the great US divorce spree of 1946

​
Corinne Purtill







9.  For Young Adults, Economic Security Matters for Marriage

Benjamin Gurrentz
 
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/06/millennial-marriages.html






10.  Veterans, spouses invited to ‘Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage’ in Sequoia National Park

http://www.thereporter.com/article/NG/20180622/NEWS/180629950





Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Why 9 to 5 isn't the only shift that can work for busy families

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180620150050.htm


OR

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/210618/how-working-parents-can-balance-professional-personal-life.html


OR

https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/06/20/why-9-to-5-isnt-the-only-shift-that-can-work-for-busy-families/






2.  Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony

https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/allegorical-maps-of-love-courtship-and-matrimony/






3.   Sharing research and innovation across home visiting and early care and education can better serve families

LAUREN SUPPLEE,
KELLY MAXWELL,
VICTORIA PERKINS


https://www.childtrends.org/sharing-research-innovation-across-home-visiting-early-care-education-can-better-serve-families






4.  Harry Benson’s marriage lines: How family breakdown costs us all dear

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/harry-bensons-marriage-lines-how-family-breakdown-costs-us-all-dear/





5. Good news: Today’s teens are less likely than earlier generations to smoke, drink or have sex. Bad news: They’re not eating their veggies, either.

By Christopher Ingraham

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/20/good-news-todays-teens-are-less-likely-than-earlier-generations-to-smoke-drink-or-have-sex-bad-news-theyre-not-eating-their-veggies-either/?utm_term=.f42a80ab8ed3






6.  Marital status and risk of cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Chun Wai Wong,et.al  (
    •  8 others)

    https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/06/06/heartjnl-2018-313005



    OR

    https://neurosciencenews.com/marriage-stroke-risk-9385/


    OR

    https://www.keele.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/june/heart-disease-stroke/marriage.php






    7.  Airplane Mode Strengthened My Marriage

    Danny Forest

    https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/33902-airplane-mode-strengthened-my-marriage





    8. Want a better marriage? These core values keep families close


     LINDA LEWIS GRIFFITH


    http://www.sanluisobispo.com/living/family/linda-lewis-griffith/article212121684.html






    9.  Age-specific marriage rates per 1,000 unmarried males, all marriages

    https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3910001301






    10. Pedaling Uphill, on a Bike and in a Marriage

    By Dwight Garner

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/books/review-we-begin-our-ascent-joe-mungo-reed.html




    Thanks Alysse

    Bill

    Re: Candidates for Friday Five


    On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Bill Coffin <billcoffin68@gmail.com> wrote:
    1. Opportunities for Improving Programs and Services for Children with Disabilities

    https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25028/opportunities-for-improving-programs-and-services-for-children-with-disabilities


    OR

    A State Multi-Sector Framework for Supporting Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs


    KRISTEN HARPER, FADUMO M. ABDI, ARI NE’EMAN








    2.  Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Seventeenth Report to Congress






    3. Should school quality and spouse employment help decide where troops are based?

    Karen Jowers



    OR

    Marriage retreat rekindles relationships

    By Airman 1st Class William Tracy

    http://www.schriever.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1549130/marriage-retreat-rekindles-relationships/


    OR

    Chaplain’s Pulpit: Make spouse priority: Good parenting starts with good marriage

    Chap. (Capt.) Daniel Melin







    4.  The Arab Family Strength In Qatar, Jordan, and Tunisia






    5.  Data Shows California Fatherhood Program Is A Gift For The Whole Family





    6.   Seven TV Shows that Highlight the Best in Fatherhood

    JEREMY ADAM SMITH, SHAWN TAYLOR






    7.  Moms, Here’s How You Can Help Dads Bond With Your Babies

    BELINDA LUSCOMBE



    OR

    Fathers’ early parenting quality affected by mothers

    Jeff Grabmeier

    https://news.osu.edu/news/2018/06/11/father-parenting-quality/






    8.  2018 Family Prosperity Initiative Index links family health to economic vitality, ranks states

    By Bethany Blankley






    9. Residential Propinquity as a Factor in Marriage Selection: Fifty Year Trends in Philadelphia

    Ray H. Abrams





    10. Marriage Matters

    by Bill Hartley







    11. 

    Mark as favorite

    Tuesday, June 26, 2018 | 9:00 am - 10:30 am

    Economic success for black men in America






    12.  Fewer couples are marrying in churches. Does it matter?








    Thanks Alysse.

    Bill

    Candidates for Friday Five

    1. Opportunities for Improving Programs and Services for Children with Disabilities

    https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25028/opportunities-for-improving-programs-and-services-for-children-with-disabilities


    OR

    A State Multi-Sector Framework for Supporting Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs


    KRISTEN HARPER, FADUMO M. ABDI, ARI NE’EMAN








    2.  Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Seventeenth Report to Congress






    3. Should school quality and spouse employment help decide where troops are based?

    Karen Jowers



    OR

    Marriage retreat rekindles relationships

    By Airman 1st Class William Tracy

    http://www.schriever.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1549130/marriage-retreat-rekindles-relationships/


    OR

    Chaplain’s Pulpit: Make spouse priority: Good parenting starts with good marriage

    Chap. (Capt.) Daniel Melin







    4.  The Arab Family Strength In Qatar, Jordan, and Tunisia






    5.  Data Shows California Fatherhood Program Is A Gift For The Whole Family





    6.   Seven TV Shows that Highlight the Best in Fatherhood

    JEREMY ADAM SMITH, SHAWN TAYLOR






    7.  Moms, Here’s How You Can Help Dads Bond With Your Babies

    BELINDA LUSCOMBE



    OR

    Fathers’ early parenting quality affected by mothers

    Jeff Grabmeier

    https://news.osu.edu/news/2018/06/11/father-parenting-quality/






    8.  2018 Family Prosperity Initiative Index links family health to economic vitality, ranks states

    By Bethany Blankley






    9. Residential Propinquity as a Factor in Marriage Selection: Fifty Year Trends in Philadelphia

    Ray H. Abrams





    10. Marriage Matters

    by Bill Hartley







    11. 

    Mark as favorite

    Tuesday, June 26, 2018 | 9:00 am - 10:30 am

    Economic success for black men in America






    12.  Fewer couples are marrying in churches. Does it matter?








    Thanks Alysse.

    Bill

    Candidates for Friday Five

    1. Parents and Children Together: Effects of Two Healthy Marriage Programs for Low-Income Couples

    https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/parents-and-children-together-effects-of-two-healthy-marriage-programs-for-low-income-couples





    2.  Working with Asian American Individuals, Couples, and Families Webinar
    Thursday, June 14, 2018 2:00:00 PM EDT

    https://events-na7.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1166535402/en/events/event/shared/1207160646/event_landing.html?sco-id=1869164091




    3.  Put a ring on it? Millennial couples are in no hurry

    ERROL F. RICHARDSON

    http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/KCStar/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=KCS%2F2018%2F05%2F29&entity=Ar03900&sk=D3B09EBC&mode=text




    4. Criteria for Evidence of Effectiveness To Be Applied to Projects Identified for Inclusion in the What Works Clearinghouse of Proven and Promising Projects To Move Welfare Recipients Into Work

    A Notice by the Children and Families Administration on 06/06/2018


    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/06/2018-12160/criteria-for-evidence-of-effectiveness-to-be-applied-to-projects-identified-for-inclusion-in-the?





    5.   One Big Happy "Blended Family:" Tips to Help Fathers Co-Parent Effectively

     Anna McKittrick, ICF, and Eugene Schneeberg, ICF

    https://library.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/cwig/ws/library/docs/MARRIAGE/Blob/107698.pdf?w=NATIVE%28%27SIMPLE_SRCH+ph+is+%27%27One+Big+Happy+%28Blended%29+Family%3A+Tips+to+Help+Fathers+Co-Parent+Effectively%27%27%27%29&upp=0&order=native%28%27year%2FDescend%27%29&rpp=25&r=1&m=1&utm_source=Draft+June2018+Enews&utm_campaign=June+2018+e-news&utm_medium=email







    6.  In the #MeToo Era, Raising Boys to Be Good Guys

    David McGlynn

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/well/family/metoo-sons-sexual-harassment-parenting-boys.html





    7. Quarter of married and cohabiting Britons are in the dark over partner’s finances

    Kate Hughes Money Editor
    @hughesthehack

    https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/couple-finances-partner-how-invest-savings-marriage-married-cohabiting-a8376666.html





    8. Latest PACT Report Provides Great Advice for Fatherhood Programs

    Christopher A. Brown

    https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/latest-pact-report-provides-great-advice-for-fatherhood-programs




    9.  Spotlight: Australia's been in a baby-making slowdown since 1976

    Greg Callaghan

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/spotlight-australia-s-been-in-a-baby-making-slowdown-since-1976-20180530-p4zibb.html




    10.  I Married a Millennial. I Married a Gen Xer. Now What?

    Brooke Lea Foster

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/fashion/weddings/married-a-millennial.html





    11.  How to Repair the National Marriage

    By David Brooks

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/opinion/partisanship-tribalism-marriage-bipartisan-debate.html




    12. Marriage educators national gathering

    http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/marriage-educators-national-gathering/






    Thanks Alysse

    Bill