Candidates for Friday Five

1. 

Restoring Respect is the First Step to a Better Society


Richard V Reeves



https://aeon.co/essays/restoring-respect-is-the-first-step-towards-a-better-society?




2. How to make friends as an adult



https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2018/09/10/how-make-friends-adult/zBPGhmUsGq9uWGKHYzqe3K/story.html?






3.  Providing Healthy Marriage Education to Clients with Lower Literacy Skills

Charlotte Shoup Olsen, Ph.D., Professor and Extension Specialist, School of Family Studies and Human Sciences, Kansas State University

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/sites/default/files/Resource%20Files/Providing%20HMRE%20to%20Lower%20Literacy.pdf?

OR

My Family Album: Healthy Relationship Activity Book for Children

Cenizal, Robyn (2017). My Family Album. Fairfax, VA: National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families.

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/sites/default/files/Resource%20Files/Relc5H-2017-MyFamilyAlbum_forWeb_508c_0.pdf?utm_source=September+2018+Enews&utm_campaign=September+2018+e-news&utm_medium=email






4.   Resources for Weathering Hurricanes and Other Disasters

https://www.ncfr.org/news/resources-weathering-hurricanes-and-other-disasters

OR

Why do people stay put during hurricanes? Here’s what psychology says.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/12/why-do-people-stay-put-during-hurricanes-heres-what-psychology-says/?utm_term=.d45625a2770a






5.   A bagless approach in early intervention? What is that?

Crystal Williams

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/09/12/a-bagless-approach-in-early-intervention-what-is-that/





6.   

Why We Need Hopeful News


JILL SUTTIE 

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





7.  Understanding change in violence-related attitudes for adolescents in relationship education 
Rachel Savasuk-Luxtona, ∗, Francesca Adler-Baeder, Megan L. Haselschwerdtb

https://handouts-live.s3.amazonaws.com/5ab24bb7dfbb40e4be34730a9c5a4602?sessionId=5987701024749171991&participantId=700069





8.   

ALICE: A NEW LENS FOR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP


https://www.unitedwayalice.org/in-the-us




9. HA!

A marriage matching function with flexible spillover and substitution patterns


  • Ismael Mourifié
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00199-018-1148-2





10. Wedding Photography Stats | Your Survival Guide To The Changing Marriage Market

Danielle & Shaun King 

https://www.slrlounge.com/wedding-photography-stats-survival-guide/






11. 

FSU research highlights the love-hate relationship between testosterone and marriage

BY: DAVE HELLER 
https://news.fsu.edu/news/2018/09/11/fsu-research-highlights-the-love-hate-relationship-between-testosterone-and-marriage/





12.  What do Millennials think of Marriage?


Vimeo 





thanks
Be safe
Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

 1. Communication-Skills-Based Job Prep Program Boosts Confidence In Nailing The Interview

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/communication-skills-based-job-prep-program-boosts-confidence-in-nailing-the-interview-300705742.html




2.   Opening Lines of Communication: Asking Financial Questions before Marriage

Carol Church & David Lee Sexton, Jr.

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/08/13/opening-lines-of-communication-asking-financial-questions-before-marriage/





3.   Close ties with fathers help daughters overcome loneliness

The Ohio State University

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180828121422.htm


OR

Good Fathers Are Vital For Optimal Child Development – Report

https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/2018/08/good-fathers-are-vital-for-optimal-child-development-report/


OR

Playing with dad could make a big difference in  school

Pallavi Singhal

https://www.smh.com.au/education/playing-with-dad-could-make-a-big-difference-in-school-20180831-p500zx.html



4. Alabama’s Parenting Assistance Line (PAL) helps parents and caregivers across Birmingham

Patience Itson

https://bhamnow.com/2018/09/04/alabamas-parenting-assistance-line-pal-helps-parents-and-caregivers-across-birmingham/





5.   Is Conflict With Your Spouse Undermining Your Health?

Michael O. Schroeder, Staff Writer

https://health.usnews.com/wellness/family/articles/2018-09-04/is-conflict-with-your-spouse-undermining-your-health




6. Marriage protects against malnutrition in old age

https://www.fau.eu/2018/09/04/news/research/marriage-protects-against-malnutrition-in-old-age/




7.   In Sickness and in Health: Marriage and Chronic Illness

Marisa Zeppieri

https://lupusnewstoday.com/2018/09/04/lupus-sickness-health-marriage-chronic-illness-tips/





8.  Falling marriage rates of young adults

Chang Se-moon

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2018/09/652_254797.html





9.  How Not to Be a Helicopter Parent

By Mark Bertin

Parents can help their children most by getting back to the basics and not trying to solve everything.

Read More https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_support_your_kid_at_school_without_being_a_helicopter_parent?


OR

How to Raise a Kid with a Conscience in the Digital Age

By Caroline Knorr

Nudge kids to be their best selves by encouraging them to consume positive, inspiring media and online content.

Read More https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_raise_a_kid_with_a_conscience_in_the_digital_age





10.   Highlights and Resources from The Power of Family Mealtimes: Strategies to Promote Health and Wellbeing

 ROBIN ALLEN

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/09/05/highlights-and-resources-from-the-power-of-family-mealtimes/

OR

The Distance Between Two Hearts: Veteran Parenting Training

Bari Sobelson, MS, LMFT

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/09/03/the-distance-between-two-hearts-veteran-parenting-training/





11. Cartoons: The Funny Thing About Marriage…

By: Post Editors

http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/08/30/humor/funny-marriage.html



Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. The Four Keys to Happiness at Work

EMILIANA R. SIMON-THOMAS 

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




2.  E M E R G I N G A D U L T S ’ R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH THEIR PARENTS

Jacob Goldsmith, Ph.D.

https://www.family-institute.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/csi-emerging-adults-relationships-with-parents.pdf




3.  On-again, off-again relationships might be toxic for mental health

University of Missouri






4.  HHS Blog Post: Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: Strengthening Family Bonds and Increasing Economic Independence


O R

Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: Strengthening Family Bonds and Increasing Economic Independence






5.  Episode 1, How to Disagree: A Beginner's Guide to Having Better Arguments - BBC Radio 4

Timandra Harkness 







6.Marriage: More than a Century of Change, 1900-2016





7.  2 officials want condoms distributed in all Montgomery Co. high schools





8 .    

Top Ten Parenting Blogs in 2018


Maria Rabinovich







9. Exceptional intelligence and easygoingness may hurt your prospects: Threshold effects for rated mate characteristics
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjop.12342






10.   

When We Don’t Apologize


Elizabeth A. Segal, Ph.D.







1 1. 

Study: Children of Divorce Less Likely to Earn Degree

By 

Greg Toppo



O R







1 2.   UNH Researchers Find Chaos at Home Can Adversely Affect Adolescents







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Candidates for Friday Five

1.  FDA allows marketing of first direct-to-consumer app for contraceptive use to prevent pregnancy

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/UCM616511.htm?

OR

A new birth control app has been approved by the FDA

Heather Marcoux 



https://www.mother.ly/news/natural-cycles-birth-control-app-approved-by-fda?




2.  Communicating With Congress: Writing Letters

Jennifer Crosswhite

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/summer-2018/communicating-congress-writing-letters

OR

U.S. Census Bureau Seeks Input on its Data Products





3
.
How (and Why) Government Should Invest in Marriage
by Alan J. Hawkins and Hal Boyd
within Education, Marriage
Aug 20, 2018 08:02 pm http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/08/22304/





4.  Getting married? DC area boasts some of nation’s most expensive marriage costs

Alejandro Alvarez






5.  Education Week: Freaking out about marriage

Camille Baker





6.  Long-lasting marriage does not translate to happy marriage

Azuka Onwuka





7.  10 tips for dealing with arguments in relationships

LINDA LEWIS GRIFFITH






8.  For Better or Worse: The Marriage-Health Connection

Aaron Cheesman





9.  There is More Power in a Marriage Vow Than You Realize - PART 1

Brad Miller






10.  The 2018 AEI-Brookings Project on Paid Family Leave

Friday, September 7, 2018 | 1:30 pm - 4:45 pm






11.  How Teens and Parents Navigate Screen Time and Device Distractions

JINGJING JIANG




Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1.  Immigration and Families Resources

https://www.ncfr.org/resources/resource-collections/immigration-resources



2.  Families of Character Conference 2018-Intent to Thrive-Raising Kind Kids

https://familiesofcharacter.ticketleap.com/focintenttothrive2018conference/details

OR

Parenting, Child Wellbeing and Development







3.  Episode 20: What If You Had Never Met?

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/partner_for_granted?





4.  Civil Society Strategy: building a future that works for everyone

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-society-strategy-building-a-future-that-works-for-everyone




5.   This is the best state to have a child in this year

Jane Burnett

https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/this-is-the-best-state-to-have-a-child-in-this-year

(i would have to say that the best state is the married state ~ BC)






6,  Self-control develops gradually in adolescent brain

Miranda Buckheit

https://news.psu.edu/story/531255/2018/08/14/self-control-develops-gradually-adolescent-brain




7. 
THE PARENTING SWEET SPOT WITH COLLEGE-BOUND KIDS

Jacob Goldsmith

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/parenting-sweet-spot-college-bound-kids





8.  State TANF Policies - A Graphical Overview of State TANF Policies as of July 2016

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/state-tanf-policies-a-graphical-overview-of-state-tanf-policies-as-of-july-2016?





9. Back to School with Hope & Fear

Joshua Freedman 

https://www.6seconds.org/2018/08/14/back-to-school-optimism-hope/



10.   How to Plan a Wedding That Predicts a Happy Marriage

Wendy L. Patrick, Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/201808/how-plan-wedding-predicts-happy-marriage




11.   Commentary: Utah should help people understand the benefits of marriage



https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2018/08/11/commentary-utah-should/




12.  More and more babies born outside of marriage in the EU

http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/10/more-and-more-babies-born-outside-of-marriage-in-the-eu




Thanks Alysse.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. RECS Closing Remarks and Plenary

Parents and Children Together: Findings from an Experimental Evaluation of Six Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs

http://recsconference.net/2018videos.htm



2. Video: Explains Marriage and Relationship Education
This video explains what Marriage and Relationship Education is, what a program can look like, the topics covered and how to find a course or a facilitator.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyuUl-JnIhM



3.  How Sleep Affects Your Relationships, According to Science

CASSIE SHORTSLEEVE  


http://time.com/5348694/how-sleep-affects-relationships/




4.  The Joys of Grandparenting

By Diana Divecha


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




5.  The Co-Parenting Relationship scale is a validated measure created by the FRPN that is available for free in both English and Spanish. This scale was developed specifically for low-income, nonresident fathers and looks at a variety of co-parenting domains, including alliance, gatekeeping and undermining. http://www.frpn.org/sites/default/files/The%20FRPN%20Coparenting%20Relationship%20Scale%20.pdf

 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29143335



6. You can find more tips like these in our tip sheets for service providers, or informational handouts for families, also available in Spanish.

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/level-1-basic-engagement




7.   

Family Transitions & Children: Trends Over 25 Years for Cohabitation and Marriage


Dr. Scott Stanley

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2018/08/family-transitions-children-trends-over.html




8.   Asking ten “critical” questions before embarking on a serious relationship can help couples thrive

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed191319



9. St. Michael Academy welcomes Richard Brake as new principal


https://www.petoskeynews.com/news/local/st-michael-academy-welcomes-richard-brake-as-new-principal/article_90ba967c-ccc2-594b-b562-f6a3cd745c54.html



10.What is Helicopter Parenting and Why is it Bad?

By Chloe Bennett

https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Helicopter-Parenting-and-Why-is-it-Bad.aspx



11. 

Tips for a successful weekly marriage meeting

By


https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900027379/erin-stewart-tips-for-a-successful-weekly-marriage-meeting.html




12. 

How To Have A Happy Marriage: 7 Powerful Secrets From Research


https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2018/08/how-to-have-a-happy-marriage/



thanks alysse

Bill

OBX

Candidates for Friday Five

1. FOR THE LOVE OF RELATIONSHIPS – Helping boys, stabilizing marriages

Joneen Mackensie

https://villagerpublishing.com/for-the-love-of-relationships-helping-boys-stabilizing-marriages/





2. WATCH: Marriage Education

for Children?

https://www.newstalk.com/WATCH:-Marriage-Education-for-Children





3.  Study: Prayer makes families connected, unified and bonded with less relational tension

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-prayer-families-bonded-tension.html


OR

Mismatches in the Marriage Market

Joseph P. Price

https://wheatley.byu.edu/mismatches-in-the-marriage-market/





4.  An Introduction to the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/introduction-standards-quality-family-strengthening-and-support





5.  Strong Families Initiative

https://www.hud.gov/fathersday





6.  Father Engagement and Father Involvement Toolkit

https://calswec.berkeley.edu/toolkits/father-engagement-and-father-involvement-toolkit







7.  Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children 

Jessica Tollestrup

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31025.pdf


OR

Dads Rock! Engagement Toolkit


http://www.cantasd.org/wp-content/uploads/DadsRockEngagementTK_FIN.pdf




8.   Parents for Healthy Schools

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/parentengagement/parentsforhealthyschools.htm





9.  Parenting Knowledge among First-time Parents of Young Children

JESSICA DYM BARTLETT, LINA GUZMAN, MARIA A. RAMOS-OLAZAGASTI

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/parenting-knowledge-among-first-time-parents-of-young-children-a-research-to-practice-brief




10.  Family Hubs

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-07-24/debates/6B416685-7F75-4E6E-A35B-CFD9E19DE491/FamilyHubs





11.  The Facilitator Alliance in RE: “Who” Matters, Not Just “What”

McKell Jorgensen and Alan J. Hawkins

http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/the-facilitator-alliance-in-re-who-matters-not-just-what/





Thanks Alysse.

Bill (on the Outer Banks of NC)

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