HM Links & Clips (9/9/10) #109

 

 

10) Healthy Marriages, Responsible Fatherhood

A slide presentation with interesting facts about the importance of marriage and fatherhood. Use this presentation before or during your speaking ...

by CaMarriage

 

And Healthy Marriages, Healthy Children Video
Watch the Healthy Marriages, Healthy Children Video from CA Marriage on mefeedia .com.
www.mefeedia.com/watch/32728900

 

 

 

9) Couples bond at largest 9th MSC Married Skills Workshop
"Maintaining a healthy marriage is important because the greatest asset the Army has is its people and if they aren't healthy in their relationship side of ...
www.army.mil/-.../44813-couples-bond-at-largest-9th-msc-ma...

 

 

8) National Head Start Association Seeks Success Stories to Influence Funding

 

 

7) http://www.trustmarriage.com/ and

 

All About Love : Ms Magazine Blog

 

 

 

6) SAMHSA Newsletter - Vol 18, Number 4 and http://www.hhs.gov/ophs/ and http://www.cuidadodesalud.gov/enes/

 

 

 

 

 

5) YouTube What is the difference between marriage education and ...
Dr. Ed Gray discusses the difference between marriage education and marriage therapy in this brief video.

 

And YouTube What is the difference between marriage education and ...
Relationship expert Tim Gardner explains the difference between marriage education and marriage therapy.

 

 

 

4) For International Literacy Day 2010, Amber Gove and Peter Cvelich of RTI, with contributions from several leading education experts, have authored a report on early reading that demonstrates the urgency to support reading assessment and instruction. Early Reading: Igniting Education for All is the product of a community of practice working together to develop and refine assessment tools, pilot interventions, and share best practices for expanding successful models of reading assessments and strategies to improve education quality.

 

And speaking of ed http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010 and http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/childrens-books-you-might-hate/

 

 

 

3) Do Daughters Cause Divorce?
New York Times (blog)
By LISA BELKIN Parents of girls are 5 percent more likely to divorce than parents of boys. Economists first analyzed the data that way in 2003, ...

 

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The highest rates of divorce in the world?

 

And

 

The Happiness Project: Five Mistakes I Make in My Marriage.

 

 

 

 

2)

Compatibility Test For Dating Couples

 

Watch the story

Sep 8,2010 at 10:24 PM EST

Champagne and flowers, candlelit dinners, passion. But which couples should dash to the altar and which should simply take more time? TAKE THE COMPATIBILITY TEST

Compatibility Test For Married Couples

 

Watch the story

Sep 8,2010 at 10:25 PM EST

Do you ever wonder how some couples are considered a 'perfect match,' and others are not.

TAKE THE COMPATIBILITY TEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

1) Free wireless Internet access has been added to the National Mall by the local government and its federal partners.

Officials said Wednesday that the latest expansion of Washington's free Internet initiative covers the mall from 3rd Street to 14th Street. The city has installed 220 free Wi-Fi hotspots that are accessible by any compatible computer or device. The network is called D.C. Wi-Fi.

And Visit USA.gov’s 9/11 Commemorations and Information page for information about memorials, exhibits, and other 9/11-related resources.

 

And Marriage Week 2010
The week also serves to increase the awareness and value of pre-marriage and in- marriage education. It has been stated that the quality of our nation's ...
www.livefm.com.au/component/.../3.../21-marriage-week-201...

 

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

 

From: NHMRC Webinar [info@healthymarriageinfo.org]
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Dear Bill:

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The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) will host a webinar entitled, "State Legislative Efforts to Combat Divorce" on Wednesday, September 29, 2010, from 1:00 – 2:30pm (Eastern Daylight Time).

Minnesota is among the states leading the pack in efforts to discourage divorce. On May 21, 2010, Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed into law the "Couples on the Brink" project, which will offer a range of reconciliation services, at state expense, to couples considering, or who have already begun the process of filing for, divorce. After short-term counseling if a couple decides that they want to rebuild their marriage, the project will develop a reconciliation plan for them. Speakers at this webinar spearheaded this legislation and will discuss the portion of troubled couples in the state whom they believe could benefit from this initiative, the family court perspective on reconciliation services, services offered through this initiative as well as how it will be implemented.

  • Judge Bruce Peterson, Family Court Judge, Hennepin County, , will describe the impetus for the legislation, and his view, from the perspective of a family court judge, of its potential for success. Judge Peterson originally approached the University of Minnesota to see whether a divorce reconciliation program could be established.

  • William Doherty, Ph.D., Director, Marriage and Family Program, University of Minnesota, will describe the services available through the Couples on the Brink project, as well as the role that lawyers, clergy, and other parties will play in helping to implement it. The University of Minnesota will be administering the program.

  • Rich Batten, Program Manager, National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC), will moderate this session.

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