HM Links & Clips (9/3/10) #107

 

 

10) Parents with a Strong Partner Relationship Are More Likely to . .... Summary Report;

BuildingStrongFamilies.ppt – (another older one, not ours—BC)

 

 

 

9) Pennsylvania Family Coalition » Events
By Lourdes Swarts
Marriage education, a relatively new approach to preventing marital distress and breakdown, is based on the premise that couples can learn how to build and maintain successful, stable marriages. Couples can learn how to increase the ...
www.pafamilies.org/afc/">Pennsylvania Family Coalition - http://www.pafamilies.org/afc/

 

 

8) The Generation That Can't Move On Up
Wall Street Journal
According to surveys by the National Center for Health Statistics, much of the recent rise in childbearing outside of marriage reflects a rise in births to ...

·         And from one of the comments… There is something that puzzles me about all of this. Why is it that couples who don't feel financially stable enough to marry, feel financially stable enough to have children? I see this behavior over and over again and simply don't understand it. Children are a financial burden while marriage (at least between two employed people) lessens financial burdens. Why do these couples perceive a greater financial burden in marriage over the expense of raising children?

(Try out the Cost of Raising a Child Calculator –BC)

 

7) Why Mothers and Fathers Play Differently
New York Times (blog)
A new study in the journal Biological Psychiatry, the first to look at what its authors describe as “the transition to fatherhood,” suggests that it does. ...

 

6) Marriage Declining in Tennessee
Eyewitness News Memphis
MEMPHIS, TN - The institution of marriage is in decline across the country, but perhaps nowhere as strongly as Tennessee. Nationally, the decline in ...

 

5) All in the Family 

 

4) http://familyscholars.org/2010/09/02/fatherless-and-frustrated/

 

3) http://www.bettermarriages.org/?coupleexercises (pick one to do this weekend)

 

2) http://www.healthymarriageinfo.org/about-us/nhmrc-resources/resources-by-topic#MRE

And one not on that list DON'TS for Husbands and Wives 1913

 

 

 

 

1)

Naval maneuvers

For the Academy in Annapolis, quarterback Ricky Dobbs has come to represent something larger than football.

 

Navy plays Maryland on Labor Day.  

 

 

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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What will your kids remember about their childhood? 

Will they cherish the trip to the theme park, the Xbox360, PS3, or the cell phone you bought them?  Or will they remember dad cooking pancakes for them, wrestling with them on the floor... and mom writing those special notes for their lunchboxes, or cheering for them at their games?  Our children won't reminisce about big events and big-ticket items. Rather, their hearts will be warmed by memories of the love, caring and companionship you showed them day-to-day.  Those are the things that will make a lasting impression they will carry with them into the future.  Take a look at these 10 Tips for Better Family Time and remember, your family first.

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