Coffin Corner

10) Marriage as a Public Health Issue (PDF - 511 KB)

AndYour input is needed to create a national strategy to improve the health of people in the United States. The National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy will be strongest with creative thoughts from a range of stakeholders in a variety of sectors. Please visit http://www.r6ta.org and click on “Provide Your Input Now” to answer 3 questions to help create a national strategy.

AndMarriage and Health:  What's the Connection?

9) Texas Marriage Certificate
Leeks@hhsc.state.tx.us 512-206-5594 Texas Health and Human Services Commission Office of Family Services Family and Community Services Healthy Marriage ...

And Relationship Skills Education and Child Support: Evidence from the Building Strong Families Program in Texas

And Idaho Divorce Mediation Training
Table 7:1 Healthy Marriage Grantees by Type of Activity Healthy Marriage Allowable .... Healthy Marriage Allowable Activity Areas Programs to Reduce the ...

And Twitter / Healthy Marriage : When life gives you a hund ...
When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.
twitter.com/SacMarriage/statuses/28808861044

8) (Wonder how many of these folks had good marriage prep?—BC) The Moment I Knew: Readers Share Their Divorce Stories
Huffington Post
Was there a moment you knew your marriage was over? The split-second you saw the writing on the wall--even if you didn't acknowledge as much until later? ...

And Nora Ephron on Divorce and Memory
The Takeaway
For nearly fifty years Nora Ephron has been writing about marriage, divorce, family, love and death — in essays and movies that have become popular for ...

And When Marriage Does Not Work
Huffington Post (blog)
To make any technique in a marriage functionally coherent, there must first exist the requisite love, desire, good character, and an old-fashioned sense of ...

And Support group eases transition for children of divorce
Danbury News Times
Divorce can rock the foundation of a child's world. It's the end of life as they know it. While both parents may remain physically present, the breaking ...

And Witness stand can be hard on kids
Centre Daily Times
Nothing in the divorce process is more profoundly upsetting than when a child is called to testify. Nothing. If common sense doesn't make that obvious, ...

And Don't Give Up on Marriage
Town Hall
Because, in a rare move for broken-family TV comedies it's not salacious or glorifying divorce in any way. On this show, everyone, through mistakes and ...

#7) Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb's Lasting Legacy « Fatherhood ...
By Seth Eisenberg
Check it out to learn how to give your children the chance to become superstars in their own lives. Seth Eisenberg is President of the nonprofit PAIRS Foundation, an industry leader in relationship and marriage education. ...

AndDozens of Dads Attend Fatherhood Rally in Detroit
Dozens of dads meet with Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and business leaders for a Fatherhood Head Start Rally in Detroit

6) Marriage Tuesday « I was just thinking…
By Mike
2. busyness – i suppose this should go without saying, but most days i feel like the number one enemy of healthy marriages is out-of-control schedules. too busy… to tired…to pre-occupied…too many meetings…too scattered… too many plates ...

And http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2010/11/cohabidating.html

5) See Figures 1.4 and 1.5 among others inA Call for Change: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools

AndBetter Marriages Fiesta, July 7-10, 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

 Due to increased interest, the deadline for submitting proposals to present, exhibit and/or advertise at the Better Marriages Fiesta July 7-10, 2011 has been extended to November 19. You can submit proposals online at http://www.bettermarriages.org/?register.

4) http://www.stayteen.org/

 (And yes they know I’m retiring—BC)http://www.marriageresourceccc.org/programs-and-services/celebrate-marriage-dinner.html

  And

Campaigning for healthy marriages | The Albany Journal
As I type this, polls are open across our country. People are voting here in of Epworth, as we host our neighborhood polling precinct for the first time.

AndGovernment in the bedroom?
... Mentoring Initiative and said he would ask Congress to move on his $500- million budget request for a Fatherhood, Marriage and Families Innovation Fund. ...

3) Emotional Intimacy - Emotionally Connected | ThirdAge.com Articles
By cdewesy
Gottman who has studied thousands of couples in his Seattle Marriage Lab, says that one of the greatest predictors of a healthy relationship is the way a couple fight. “The happiest couples are those who can argue and share their ...

AndSmart Marriages®: Partially Blended Families / Marriage Matters ...
By Diane
Here's one we should support – the exploration of an alternative to divorce for these most challenging of families – to live apart until the kids are grown or living arrangements can be better managed (while learning marriage education ...

AndSmart Marriages®: Free Prison Program Podcasts/ Huffington Divorce ...
By Diane
Doing Without/ You Saved Me · Invitation to be Part Marriage Education history ... FAQs / Twilight Toll on Marriage (really?) / Child... NPR Link / Innovations in divorce prevention / NYS... On NPR today / Fundraising and Partnerships ...

AndThe 180 - Talk About Marriage
By AFEH
A: 180 is a list of behaviours from Michelle Wiener Davis, the author of Divorce Busting, that will help your spouse to see you moving forward as a healthy person. I would highly suggest that any new BS begin these behaviours as soon as ...

2) 25 year Uof M study reveals secrets to a healthy, happy marriage

1)

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/)

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 and Why Marriage Matters « Marriage.com.au

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