Coffin Corner

10) Last Monday's New York Times cites The Future of Children as an Example ...
Increase union stability and father involvement in fragile families by building on and perhaps modifying marriage-education programs that have shown to be ...
blogs.princeton.edu/.../mondays-new-york-times-cites-the-futu...

And Helping Fragile Families
October 27, 9:00 am to 11:00 am

9) Marriage And Family Formation Among Low Income Couples: What Do We ...
The Challenges of Offering Relationship and Marriage Education to ... ... helpingunwed.pdf Dion, R. M ... fragile families and what do we know about them? ...
www.pdfchaser.com/.../Marriage-and-Family-Formation-Amo...

And Harry Benson’s paper

8)  MFS: Despite the fourfold increase in numbers of incarcerated ...
Voluntary relationship and marriage-education skills programs that aim .... and marriage education programming, but with a much lower level of funding and ...
https://www.appam.org/conferences/fall/.../4195.1.pdf

7) Marriage Lessons I Learned in Grad School (Part 1) | The Young ...
By Tara
I told you guys I was heading back to school to get a degree in Family Studies, which meant I would be spending my nights studying healthy families and strategies to make dysfunctional families whole again. I also said I'd share any ...
The Young Mommy Life - http://www.theyoungmommylife.com/

6) 15 Hard Truths About Divorce
Psychology Today (blog)
If your marital love was born out of a deep, abiding friendship, and your divorce rekindles that friendship, your children - and your own wellbeing - are ...

And How To Beat the Odds: Tips from the Very Married | Psych Central

5) Press Release: October 18, 2010 | National Responsible Fatherhood ...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, National Responsible Fatherhood ...
www.fatherhood.gov/about-us/press.../press-release-10182010

And http://fatherhoodchannel.com/2010/10/ and http://www.fatherhood.org/popsculture

And Videos Posted by EDSI: EDSI's Non-Custodial Program "Stepping Up ...
Please watch EDSI's video on our highly successful Non-Custodial Parent program in Pennsylvania: "Stepping Up to Fatherhood." ...
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=122256217828676

And Foundation For Male Studies April 6 Conference To Focus on Deteriorating ...
San Francisco Chronicle
... PhD, Professor of Psychology at Florida International University, who will speak on the need for a national policy on fatherhood; Michael Gilbert, ...

4) http://www.suite101.com/content/the-importance-of-a-healthy-marriage-for-family-a161994

And The Iona Institute | 20 Oct 10 Limerick city's sky-high rate of ...
... outside of marriage even though it emphatically does matter. The need for a big , national pro-marriage education campaign has never been more obvious. ...

3) These 3 Minutes Can Change Your Marriage
HealthNewsDigest.com
For couples feeling overwhelmed with their marriage, this research is encouraging. After all, you don't have to do a total marriage make-over. ...

And 21 Ways to Say
'I Love You'
Forget flowers, try one of
these fun, thoughtful tips
real couples swear by.

2) MFCC Resource Guides at the following link:  http://deploymentpsych.org/resources/marriage-family

And thinkmarriage.org Online Store
Digital Marriage Education Checklist Click picture to open in separate window. Digital Marriage Education Checklist Click to enlarge ...

And October 27, 2010: Every Marriage Can Thrive! (Dr. Gary Smalley; Ted Cunningham) 2-3pm (EDT)

http://www.focusonlinecommunities.com/community/webcasts

1) Pinch yourself: SF Giants are in the World Series Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/25/SPC61G1D4T.DTL#ixzz13NrzqDXk

And I’ve been a fan since they were the NY Giants. Speaking of NY (hi Barbara, Joyce, et. al.,) http://www.nytimes.com/nyregion/nyregionspecial/

Bill Coffin

Special Assistant for Marriage Education

ACF/HHS

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC  20447

(202)260-1550(o);

Bill.Coffin@acf.hhs.gov

…We, Government Leaders, invite colleagues and citizens from every political party to engage in renewed

efforts to pursue laws and public policies that promote the well-being of marriages and families…(Excerpt from http://www.hamptonu.edu/ncaamp/proclamation/)

A Guide to Low-Cost Curricula and Resources: Marriage and Relationship, Fatherhood and Parenting,
and Financial Education available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/pdf/curricula_resources_guide_121509.pdf

 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage 

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/doc/ACF_Curriculum_Assessment_Guide.doc

http://learning.hhs.gov/elearning/cop.asp

Why Marriage Matters, 26 Conclusions from the Social Sciences

#1 Marriage increases the likelihood that fathers and mothers have good relationships with their children.

#26 A child who is not living with his or her own two married parents is at greater risk for child abuse.

http://center.americanvalues.org/?p=7

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