Candidates for Friday Five

1.  Marriage At An All Time Low

Harry Benson

http://marriagefoundation.org.uk/marriage-time-low/





2.  GRANDPARENTHOOD

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles-series/Grandparenthood.html




3.  Symposium on Black Marriage, Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies
Bound/Unbound

http://krieger.jhu.edu/africana/events/bound-unbound-contemporary-black-marriage-in-research-policy-practice/





4. http://www.narme.org/conferences/8th-annual-narme-summit/





5.  Marriage, Labor Supply and the Dynamics of the Social Safety Net

Hamish Low, Costas Meghir, Luigi Pistaferri and Alessandra Voena

https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/camcamdae/1817.htm





6.  WHAT THE HISTORY OF FOOD STAMPS REVEALS

 

https://daily.jstor.org/what-the-history-of-food-stamps-reveals/





7.   Is Work-Life Balance Even Possible? (Infographic)

Rose Leadem 

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/309121?





8.  Millennials projected to overtake Baby Boomers as America’s largest generation

BY RICHARD FRY

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/01/millennials-overtake-baby-boomers/?





9. MY PARENTS DON’T UNDERSTAND ME. DOES IT MATTER?

http://famfound.net/my-parents-dont-understand-me-does-it-matter/





10. How to Calculate the Paid-Leave Tax Credit

 Megan G. Holstein © Jackson Lewis
https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/benefits/Pages/how-to-calculate-the-paid-family-leave-tax-credit.aspx?





11.   NEW CENSUS DATA SHOWS FEWER CHILDREN LIVING WITH MARRIED PARENTS

Andrea Mrozek

Peter Jon Mitchell

https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/publications/5177/new-census-data-shows-fewer-children-living-with-married-parents/?






THANKS Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1.  Family Stability and Instability among Low-Income Hispanic Mothers With Young Children

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/family-stability-and-instability-among-low-income-hispanic-mothers-young-children




2.  How eharmony created the perfect audience-messaging match

Grant Langston

https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-resources/eharmony-audience-message-targeting/?




3. The Dating Project: A new film addresses a lost art

By Carolyn Moynihan

Many young people don’t date because they simply do not know how to. 
Read the full article


https://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/view/the-dating-project-a-new-film-addresses-a-lost-art/21055?





4.  Human flourishing and human excellence: The truth(s) of Aristotle’s ‘Nicomachean Ethics’ (with a look at Winston Churchill)

http://www.aei.org/events/human-flourishing-human-excellence-truths-aristotles-nicomachean-ethics-look-winston-churchill/





5.   Waiting for Ms Right? Men more likely to be holding on for 'the one'

Olivia Rudgard

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/14/waiting-ms-right-men-likely-holding-one/




6.  Single dads die at more than twice the rate of single mums or partnered parents, study suggests

Alex Matthews-King 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/single-dads-fathers-die-death-rate-life-expectancy-mums-partners-marriage-relationship-study-lancet-a8210936.html




7.   Predictors for infidelity and divorce

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180212190946.htm




8. http://www.alabamamarriage.org/

http://www.alabamamarriage.org/documents/Flier%20Cohort%20E%20-%20January%202018.pdf




9. Fat, unhealthy Americans threaten Trump’s defense surge


BRYAN BENDER


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/19/pentagon-buildup-troop-recruiting-shortage-351365?




10. Siblings Teach Each Other Empathy, Study Finds, & Here's How Parents Can Support Them

Azure Hall

https://www.romper.com/p/siblings-teach-each-other-empathy-study-finds-heres-how-parents-can-support-them-8273146




11.  Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/dbassesite/documents/webpage/dbasse_184857.pdf




12.   Association between marriage and outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-018-8793-z




Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1.Trump’s Top Child Welfare Official: Family First a Good First Step, but True Prevention is Key


Jerry Milner







2. Standards of Evidence for Conducting and Reporting Economic Evaluations in Prevention Science







3.FRPN Webinar: Inside the Black Box, Part 2: Fathers' Attendance in Fatherhood Programs



OR

TANF-ACF-IM-2018-01(The use of TANF funds to promote employment programs for noncustodial parents)








4.

Strengthening Families














5. 15 Questions to Determine if Your Relationship is Hall of Fame Material or a Strikeout









6.  How to make blended families work







7. Breast Centers Develop Strategies to Implement Effective Survivorship Programs









8.  8 facts about love and marriage in America

BY ABIGAIL GEIGER AND GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON









9. Inside the movement for paid time off to have a baby — in Utah and beyond


@saraisraelsen










10.   Special Report: Evolution of Love









11. The Surprising Secrets to Living Longer — And Better








12.  What predicts the quality of children’s friendships? Study shows cognition and emotion together play a role

http://news.aces.illinois.edu/news/what-predicts-quality-children%E2%80%99s-friendships-study-shows-cognition-and-emotion-together-play





13. Can't buy me love: Materialism in marriage linked to devaluation of marriage






THANKS Alysse

Re: Candidates for Friday Five

11. Want to save your marriage? Learn how to fight with these 12 tips



On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 6:00 PM, Bill Coffin <billcoffin68@gmail.com> wrote:
1. The Connection Between a Healthy Marriage and a Healthy Heart

By JENNY CHEN
https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/healthy-marriage-healthy-heart/

2. Read the Research on Programs that Help Families Achieve Economic Security and Improve Child Development
https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/news/read-the-research-on-programs-that-help-families-achieve-economic-security-and-improve-child


3.  All of Us Research Program Seeks Input on Research Priorities
https://allofus.nih.gov/news-events-and-media/announcements/all-us-research-program-seeks-input-research-priorities


4. The “Zenith Problem” in Relationship Education
Alan Hawkins
http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/the-zenith-problem-in-relationship-education/


5. Special Topic Meeting: Promoting Character Development Among Diverse Children and Adolescents
https://www.ncfr.org/events/special-topic-meeting-promoting-character-development-among-diverse-children-and-adolescents


6.  Cost family failure 2018 update

http://www.relationshipsfoundation.org/cost-family-failure-2018-update/

OR

Where’s the daddy?
Rebecca Goldman & Adrienne Burgess
http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Wheres-the-daddy-Full-Report.pdf



7. WHY ‘TALK’ IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOUR-LETTER WORD IN A MARRIAGE, ACCORDING TO PROFESSIONALS

By Je’Don Holloway Talley

http://www.birminghamtimes.com/2018/02/the-dos-and-donts-of-staying-together-do-talk-dont-text/


8.Nearly One-Third of Adults Now Share Their Living Space

It's not just Millennials moving back in with their parents that's causing a rise in "doubled up" housing.

Daniel B. Kline


https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/02/07/nearly-one-third-of-adults-now-share-their-living.aspx



9. UGA students express conflicted opinions about marriage and children
  • Rachel Grace 
https://www.redandblack.com/culture/uga-students-express-conflicted-opinions-about-marriage-and-children/article_a24b9fb2-0af8-11e8-a869-cf583b669768.html



10. NYT
 Experts say it’s essential to give kids time and space to play.

OR
 To avoid catching a cold from your partner, here are some tips.

Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. The Connection Between a Healthy Marriage and a Healthy Heart

By JENNY CHEN
https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/healthy-marriage-healthy-heart/

2. Read the Research on Programs that Help Families Achieve Economic Security and Improve Child Development
https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/news/read-the-research-on-programs-that-help-families-achieve-economic-security-and-improve-child


3.  All of Us Research Program Seeks Input on Research Priorities
https://allofus.nih.gov/news-events-and-media/announcements/all-us-research-program-seeks-input-research-priorities


4. The “Zenith Problem” in Relationship Education
Alan Hawkins
http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/the-zenith-problem-in-relationship-education/


5. Special Topic Meeting: Promoting Character Development Among Diverse Children and Adolescents
https://www.ncfr.org/events/special-topic-meeting-promoting-character-development-among-diverse-children-and-adolescents


6.  Cost family failure 2018 update

http://www.relationshipsfoundation.org/cost-family-failure-2018-update/

OR

Where’s the daddy?
Rebecca Goldman & Adrienne Burgess
http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Wheres-the-daddy-Full-Report.pdf



7. WHY ‘TALK’ IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOUR-LETTER WORD IN A MARRIAGE, ACCORDING TO PROFESSIONALS

By Je’Don Holloway Talley

http://www.birminghamtimes.com/2018/02/the-dos-and-donts-of-staying-together-do-talk-dont-text/


8.Nearly One-Third of Adults Now Share Their Living Space

It's not just Millennials moving back in with their parents that's causing a rise in "doubled up" housing.

Daniel B. Kline


https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/02/07/nearly-one-third-of-adults-now-share-their-living.aspx



9. UGA students express conflicted opinions about marriage and children
  • Rachel Grace 
https://www.redandblack.com/culture/uga-students-express-conflicted-opinions-about-marriage-and-children/article_a24b9fb2-0af8-11e8-a869-cf583b669768.html



10. NYT
 Experts say it’s essential to give kids time and space to play.

OR
 To avoid catching a cold from your partner, here are some tips.

Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1.  Teaching Virtue

Snow, Nancy
Beck, Scott

https://shareok.org/handle/11244/54308



2. Current Gaps and Future Directions for Self-Regulation Intervention Research

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/current-gaps-and-future-directions-for-self-regulation-intervention-research?


OR

Learn, Innovate, Improve (LI2): Enhancing Programs and Improving Lives


https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/learn-innovate-improve-li2-enhancing-programs-and-improving-lives



OR

Promoting Prenatal Health and Positive Birth Outcomes: A Snapshot of State Efforts


https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/promoting-prenatal-health-and-positive-birth-outcomes-a-snapshot-of-state-efforts?





3.  The Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, issued this proclamation for National Marriage Week.





4.  Split: Divorce Through Kids' Eyes

https://www.kanopystreaming.com/product/split-divorce-through-kids-eyes


http://www.splitfilm.org/watch_trailer.html





5. 

A National Imperative: Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services in America



http://www.alliance1.org/web/resources/pubs/national-imperative-joining-forces-strengthen-human-services-america.aspx


6. 

New polling supports calls to put marriage on the school curriculum

Frank Young, Head of Family Policy




http://thecentreforsocialjustice.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/y/85CD06B6DEC6BDFE/586D30466028A9D7C5EC08CADFFC107B


Or

CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON CHANGES TO THE TEACHING OF SEX & RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION AND PSHE
 A GUIDE FOR MARRIAGE SUPPORTERS

https://www.c4m.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/C4M_SRE-PSHE-CallForEvidence.pdf




7. 

Why Even the Best Marriages Are Hard Sometimes


http://time.com/5117440/great-marriage-hard/






8. 

Distractions from technology can interfere with relationships


Watch Dr. Brandon McDaniel’s Q&A session where he expands on the topic of technoference and the study team’s research







9. 

Post Adoption Support Services

Developed by MSU School of Social Work

https://socialwork.msu.edu/Programs/Community-Outreach/Post-Adoption-Services/Developed-by-MSW-SSW#couples






10. 

How ADHD Impacts Sex and Marriage



https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-marriage-statistics-personal-stories/





11. 

Couples That Work


https://hbr.org/2018/02/couples-that-work




Thanks Alysse...

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Online game increases family physical activity levels

https://obssr.od.nih.gov/research-spotlights-january-2018/#spotlight1




2. How to Protect Your Relationship from Work Stress

RUPA MAHAJAN ROBBINS

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




3. Save the Date! February 8, 2018
Healthy Dating Leads To Healthy Marriage Webinar
Join the National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families for a new webinar that discusses how instilling healthy dating habits in teens and young adults can lead to healthy marriage.
​https://events-na7.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1166535402/en/events/event/shared/1207160646/event_registration.html?sco-id=1837021462&_charset_=utf-8&utm_source=Feb+2018+Webinar+Save+Date&utm_campaign=Feb+2018+Webinar+Save+Date+1.23.18&utm_medium=email​




4. Unmarried middle-class parents more likely to see their children drop in social status

Olivia Rudgard

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/20/unmarried-middle-class-parents-likely-see-children-drop-social/




5. Get started with your #plan5for5

http://marriage-week.org.uk/think-ahead/starter-ideas-2018/





6. COSSA Releases 2018 U.S. Legislative Agenda for Social Science Research

https://www.ncfr.org/news/cossa-releases-2018-us-legislative-agenda-social-science-research




7. 2018’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family

Richie Bernardo

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-raise-a-family/31065




8. Addressing the Research “Replication Crisis”: Evidence-based Policy’s Hidden Vulnerability

 Patrick Lester

http://www.socialinnovationcenter.org/?p=2906





9. TANF 12th Report to Congress

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/twelfth-report-to-congress




10. They’re Waiting Longer, but U.S. Women Today More Likely to Have Children Than a Decade Ago

GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2018/01/18/theyre-waiting-longer-but-u-s-women-today-more-likely-to-have-children-than-a-decade-ago/




11. 21 Epigrams Every Man Should Live By

https://www.artofmanliness.com/2018/01/22/21-best-epigrams/



Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Screen time solution: Sign a digital contract with kids

​

​
Megan Cloherty 

​https://wtop.com/parenting/2018/01/screen-time-solution-

sign-a-digital-contract-with-kids
/
​






2. A wedding expo turns out to be the perfect place to talk about marriage

Courtland Milloy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-wedding-expo-turns-out-to-be-the-perfect-place-to-talk-about-marriage/2018/01/16/08ae27b0-fad8-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html?utm_term=.4e6d94bc8cc2




3. A CHILD ABUSE PREDICTION MODEL FAILS POOR FAMILIES

VIRGINIA EUBANKS

https://www.wired.com/story/excerpt-from-automating-inequality/?





4. Four Keys to Building a Love that Lasts

 SUZANN PILEGGI PAWELSKI, JAMES PAWELSKI 


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






5. The Secret to a Happy Marriage Is Knowing How to Fight

 DAPHNE de MARNEFFE

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/opinion/sunday/engagement-marriage-conflict.html?





6. Mental Well-Being Differences in Cohabitation and Marriage: The Role of Childhood Selection

Brienna Perelli-Harris,Marta Styrc

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12431/full





7. BOUND/UNBOUND: Contemporary Black Marriage in Research, Policy & Practice

http://krieger.jhu.edu/africana/events/bound-unbound-contemporary-black-marriage-in-research-policy-practice/

March 8-9, 2018
Motor House, 120 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201




8. 

Help for Your Marriage


http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2017/12/help-for-your-marriage.html




9. Putting Marriage back at the Center of Welfare Reform

JASON ADKINS & ANNE KRISNIK J

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455382/minnesota-bill-incentivizes-marriage-low-income-couples




10. Toyota Family Trails

http://www.familytrails.com/

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/toyota-family-trails

http://www.familytrails.com/uploads/magazines/pdf/TrailsMix_Volume2_Issue4_Digital_FINAL.pdf




11. For a happy family life, think free-form jazz







Thanks Alysse.

 I'll be traveling to my mother-in-laws wake/funeral in NJ. She was just two months shy of 95. 
And with 11 children,43 grandchildren (including our 4) and 
47 great-grandchildren (with three more on the way this year). Quite a difference from todays post re the future https://ifstudies.org/blog/in-coming-decades-more-senior-americans-will-lack-close-kin

Re: Candidates for Friday Five


On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 3:22 PM, Bill Coffin <billcoffin68@gmail.com> wrote:
1. National Marriage Week USA Media and Publicity Tool Kit

https://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/free-campaign-materials




2. Call for Papers – Practicing Science: Virtues, Values, and the Good Life

To submit a proposal, please send a title, abstract (no more than 250 words), and short c.v. to Christina.M.Leblang.6@nd.edu by February 2, 2018. Decisions about contributed proposals will be communicated to applicants by March 1, 2018.

Further details of the conference program can be found online at http://ctshf.nd.edu/news/call-for-papers-practicing-science-virtues-values-and-the-good-life/.





3. Many Questions Unanswered About the Future of Evidence-Based Policy at SAMHSA

 
WARREN THROCKMORTON


Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2018/01/11/questions-future-evidence-based-samhsa-nrepp/#Bd1hzfABbMPeCcrX.99





4
​. 

At what age can children be left alone?

​

Jen Reekie






​5. 

A Person-Oriented Approach to Evaluating Couple Relationship Education

 Jennifer Griffith
​







​6. 

3 of History’s Great Power Couples
​






​7. 

Education for family life in Australia, 2017: Smyth, Hunter, Macvean, Walter & Higgins, transcript from the MAREAA Conference, Nov 2017.

​



By Michael Cook

Prepare for a loneliness epidemic 







​9. 

MARRIED PEOPLE ARE MORE SATISFIED THAN SINGLE PEOPLE, STUDY FINDS

OLIVIA PETTER

​http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/married-people-single-satisfied-life-couple-study-relationships-happy-a8124861.html


OR

http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/should-you-marry-a-passionate-lover-or-your-best-friend-heres-what-science-says





10. 
Is premarital sex wicked? 

​Karlyn Bowman ​




http://www.aei.org/publication/is-premarital-sex-wicked-changing-attitudes-about-morality/?




1
​1
. 
U.N. Resolution on Families Shows "Necessary and Promising Progress"

​





1
​2
. ​
Christians Against Poverty team up with Toucan







T
​hanks Alysse


Bill​

Candidates for Friday Five

1. National Marriage Week USA Media and Publicity Tool Kit

https://www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org/free-campaign-materials




2. Call for Papers – Practicing Science: Virtues, Values, and the Good Life

To submit a proposal, please send a title, abstract (no more than 250 words), and short c.v. to Christina.M.Leblang.6@nd.edu by February 2, 2018. Decisions about contributed proposals will be communicated to applicants by March 1, 2018.

Further details of the conference program can be found online at http://ctshf.nd.edu/news/call-for-papers-practicing-science-virtues-values-and-the-good-life/.





3. Many Questions Unanswered About the Future of Evidence-Based Policy at SAMHSA

 
WARREN THROCKMORTON


Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2018/01/11/questions-future-evidence-based-samhsa-nrepp/#Bd1hzfABbMPeCcrX.99





4
​. 

At what age can children be left alone?

​

Jen Reekie






​5. 

A Person-Oriented Approach to Evaluating Couple Relationship Education

 Jennifer Griffith
​







​6. 

3 of History’s Great Power Couples
​






​7. 

Education for family life in Australia, 2017: Smyth, Hunter, Macvean, Walter & Higgins, transcript from the MAREAA Conference, Nov 2017.

​



By Michael Cook

Prepare for a loneliness epidemic 







​9. 

MARRIED PEOPLE ARE MORE SATISFIED THAN SINGLE PEOPLE, STUDY FINDS

OLIVIA PETTER

​http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/married-people-single-satisfied-life-couple-study-relationships-happy-a8124861.html


OR

http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/should-you-marry-a-passionate-lover-or-your-best-friend-heres-what-science-says





10. 
Is premarital sex wicked? 

​Karlyn Bowman ​




http://www.aei.org/publication/is-premarital-sex-wicked-changing-attitudes-about-morality/?




1
​1
. 
U.N. Resolution on Families Shows "Necessary and Promising Progress"

​





1
​2
. ​
Christians Against Poverty team up with Toucan







T
​hanks Alysse


Bill​