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7. Monday, February 12, 2024 | 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM ET

Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization

With W. Bradford Wilcox

https://www.aei.org/events/get-married-why-americans-must-defy-the-elites-forge-strong-families-and-save-civilization/

8. Black wealth is increasing, but so is the racial wealth gap

Andre M. Perry, Hannah Stephens, and Manann Donoghoe

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/black-wealth-is-increasing-but-so-is-the-racial-wealth-gap/

9. Study ranks GA in top five states with most failing marriages

https://valdostatoday.com/news-2/region/2024/01/study-ranks-ga-in-top-five-states-with-most-failing-marriages/

10. Marquette Bookshelf: ‘Just Marriage’

Written by Dr. Andrew Kim, associate professor of theology

https://today.marquette.edu/2024/01/marquette-bookshelf-just-marriage/

11. USU Extension Co-Sponsors 2024 Utah Marriage Celebration

By Julene Reese

https://www.usu.edu/today/story/usu-extension-co-sponsors-2024-utah-marriage-celebration

12. New research highlights impact of fathers’ conflict resolution on kids’ socioemotional growth

by Eric W. Dolan

https://www.psypost.org/2024/01/new-research-highlights-impact-of-fathers-conflict-resolution-on-kids-socioemotional-growth-220509

13.DHW publishes 2022 Marriage and Divorce Report

https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/dhw-voice/dhw-publishes-2022-marriage-and-divorce-report

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. State of Youth Relationship Education Today

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 @ 1:00 pm Pacific/4:00 pm Eastern

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2782830280878231641

2. Using the Family First Act to Grow and Nurture Support Systems for Families of Young Children

Rebecca Vivrette, Amy McKlindon, Elizabeth Jordan, Maggie Haas, Ja’Chelle Ball, Gina Mueterthies, Jaclyn Szrom, and Torey Silloway

https://cms.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/1980/09/FamilyFirstReport_ChildTrends_October2023.pdf

3. The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2023

BY KIRA M. NEWMAN, JEREMY ADAM SMITH, JILL SUTTIE, MARYAM ABDULLAH, EMILIANA R. SIMON-THOMAS

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_top_10_insights_from_the_science_of_a_meaningful_life_in_2023

4. Congress must act to enable parents to promote online safety on all social media platforms

Raul Lopez, Guest columnist

https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/contributors/2024/01/02/social-media-legislation-congress-pass-law-children-mental-health/71991943007/

5. A Healthy Sex Life Could Save Your Memory Later In Life

Martin Sliwinski, professor of human development and family studies at Penn State

https://www.worldhealth.net/news/healthy-sex-life-could-save-your-memory-later-life/

6. THE ATLANTIC WARNS OF SMARTPHONES IN SCHOOLS. BUT IS ANYONE LISTENING?

https://mindmatters.ai/2023/12/the-atlantic-warns-of-smartphones-in-schools-but-is-anyone-listening/

7. How marriage and family impact America’s civic health

Brandon Dabling sits down with Nic Dunn

https://sutherlandinstitute.org/how-marriage-and-family-impact-americas-civic-health/

8. Statement from AAMFT’s CEO Chris Michaels Regarding Medicare’s Coverage of Marriage and Family Therapists: A Transformational Change for Clients and Therapists

https://blog.aamft.org/2024/01/statement-from-aamfts-ceo-chris-michaels-regarding-medicares-coverage-of-marriage-and-family-therapi.html

9. Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen

by Rory Muir

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269604/love-and-marriage-in-the-age-of-jane-austen/

10. Using experiments to study families and intimate relationships

Long Doan, Natasha Quadlin, Katharine Khanna

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12959

11. https://marylandfamily.org/news/

12.

Episode 53 - Friends, Partners, and Lovers in Marriage (feat. Kevin Thompson)

More than Roommates

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-53-friends-partners-and-lovers-in-marriage/id1667102563?i=1000635540570

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Supporting Diverse Family Structures Through Social Safety Net Programs

Lisa Kim, Deja Logan, and Mindy Scott

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/diverse-family-structures-social-safety-net

2. Kids and Teens Need Resilience

Mary K. Alvord, Ph.D.

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/fall-2023/kids-and-teens-need-resilience

3. Going nowhere! Many millennials, Gen Z adults planning to live with parents for another 10 years!

by Matt Higgins

https://studyfinds.org/millennials-gen-z-household/

4. Figuring It Out: Serving Young Fathers in Responsible Fatherhood Programs

OPRE/ACF/HHS

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/figuring-it-out-serving-young-fathers-responsible-fatherhood-programs

5. Stronger Families, Safer Streets

By W. Bradford Wilcox | Rafael A. Mangual | Seth Cannon | Joseph E. Price

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/stronger-families-safer-streets/

OR

The Benefits of Active Parenting in K–12 Education: A Conversation with Eva Moskowitz

With Robert Pondiscio

https://www.aei.org/events/the-benefits-of-active-parenting-in-k-12-education-a-conversation-with-eva-moskowitz/

6. Secure Attachment to Both Parents − Not Just Mothers − Boosts Children’s Healthy Development

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/secure-attachment-to-both-parents-%E2%88%92-not-just-mothers-%E2%88%92-boosts-childrens-healthy-development/

7. Parentification: The impact of children taking on parental roles in their family

Marianne Stein

https://aces.illinois.edu/news/parentification-impact-children-taking-parental-roles-their-family

8. Census Bureau Releases Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/saipe.html

9. How to survive holiday travel stress, according to marriage counselors

Advice by Natalie B. Compton

https://wapo.st/48httvI

10. just FYI

This year, women said ‘enough’ to modern marriage

Scaachi Koul

@Scaachi

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/12/us-marriage-rate-declining-women-divorce

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2023

https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/demo/families/cps-2023.html

OR

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/data-releases/2022/release.html

2. The Power of Relationship Education: Evidence of Economic Benefits & Policy Recommendations

Jocelyn S. Wikle, Anya Christensen, & Alan J. Hawkins, Brigham Young University, School of Family Life

https://www.narme.org/_files/ugd/12d9b7_3c7767f645d248879196ce9e7df2fc11.pdf

3. What Influences the Success Sequence and Economic Self-Sufficiency? Findings from a Mixed Methods Study

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/what-influences-success-sequence-and-economic-self-sufficiency-findings-mixed-methods

4. A fifth of people watch porn during working day

Alexander Butler

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/porn-watching-work-ofcom-from-home-b2454627.html

5. Teen-ternity leave: what about the fathers?

fjohnson17

https://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/post/teen-ternity-leave-what-about-the-fathers

6. Inflation, mental health, jobs. Why are U.S. parents so stressed?

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2023/12/5/23973179/american-family-survey-inflation-mental-health-stress-vexing-u-s

OR

Do Americans still love marriage?

The 2023 American Family Survey finds belief marriage is essential is declining. Experts talk about what children need to thrive.

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2023/12/5/23973225/american-attitudes-about-marriage-survey

OR

Americans facing the ‘storm clouds of politicization’

Suzanne Bates and Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2023/12/5/23989275/americans-facing-the-storm-clouds-of-politicization

7. The Ninth Annual American Family Survey: Perceptions and Realities of Issues Families Face Today (promo was in last week)

With Daniel A. Cox | W. Bradford Wilcox

https://www.aei.org/events/the-ninth-annual-american-family-survey-perceptions-and-realities-of-issues-families-face-today/

OR

Of Meta and Minors, Filters and Filings: An Uncertain Path Forward

By Clay Calvert

https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/of-meta-and-minors-filters-and-filings-an-uncertain-path-forward/

8. What’s the Matter with Girls?

Kay S. Hymowitz

https://manhattan.institute/article/whats-the-matter-with-girls

9. Seven facts about the economic security of older adults

Wendell Primus and Julia Paris

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/seven-facts-about-the-economic-security-of-older-adults/

10. The Babylon Bee's Person Of The Year Is This Housewife You've Never Heard Of Who Loves Her Kids And Does Her Best

https://babylonbee.com/cleanArticle/the-babylon-bees-person-of-the-year-is-this-housewife-youve-never-heard-of-who-loves-her-kids-and-does-her-best-and-isnt-on-social-media

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Researcher Spotlight: Margaret Campbell on Families, Disability, and Wellbeing

Emily Kenny is a Knowledge Broker at the Vanier Institute of the Family.

https://vanierinstitute.ca/researcher-spotlight-margaret-campbell-on-families-disability-and-wellbeing/

2. You can’t even pay people to have more kids

Anna North

https://www.vox.com/23971366/declining-birth-rate-fertility-babies-children?ueid=800057e76d129cb53f4a2a7a356ee026

3. An Annotated Bibliography on Research That Explores Black Families’ Participation in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education, Economic Stability, and Positive Mental Health

Tia Dickerson*, Elvis Gyan*, Mindy E. Scott, Ria Shelton, and Lisa Kim (*equal contributors)

https://mastresearchcenter.org/mast-center-research/an-annotated-bibliography-on-research-that-explores-black-families-participation-in-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-economic-stability-and-positive-mental-health/

4. Prevalence of Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Among US Military Veterans: Findings from Surveys with Two National Samples

Katherine M. Iverson PhD,

Whitney S. Livingston PhD,

Dawne Vogt PhD,

Brian N. Smith PhD,

Shannon M. Kehle-Forbes PhD &

Karen S. Mitchell PhD

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-023-08486-9

5. The link between singlehood in young adulthood and effects of romantic separation

Lonneke van den Berg, Ellen Verbakel