tag:billcoffin.org,2013:/posts Coffin Corner 2023-12-07T17:05:01Z Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2059519 2023-12-07T17:05:01Z 2023-12-07T17:05:01Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2023


OR




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  





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




4. A fifth of people watch porn during working day

Alexander Butler




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

  • fjohnson17




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



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


OR

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


OR

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

By Clay Calvert




8. What’s the Matter with Girls?






9. Seven facts about the economic security of older adults

Wendell Primus and Julia Paris
 



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




Thanks.
Bill


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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2057061 2023-11-30T19:01:54Z 2023-11-30T19:01:54Z 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.




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





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)




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


Lonneke van den Berg, Ellen Verbakel




6. Perspective: How Utah and the nation can better support the choice to marry

By Alan Hawkins, Contributor


OR

 U. Va. sociologist, Deseret News contributor tells BYU students marriage and families are the ultimate source of happiness

By Emma Pitts





7. Divorce rates back to 1970 levels

Harry Benson, Research Director, Marriage Foundation


OR

The psychology of marriage: what makes couples stick together?

HARRY BENSON





8. Gentle parenting can be really hard on parents, new research suggests

Annie Pezalla




9. The Ninth Annual American Family Survey: Perceptions and Realities of Issues Families Face Today

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET




10. Two-parent structure, marriage is best but is not achievable for all — especially women

By  Mona Charen





Thanks
Bill


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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2048760 2023-11-16T00:07:20Z 2023-11-16T00:07:20Z Re: Candidates for IFS Friday Five
14. Promoting Stable Marriages and Healthy Families: A Guide for States


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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2048499 2023-11-15T00:57:42Z 2023-11-15T00:57:42Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. 

Program Coordinator I


CityLogan Campus





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




3. PUTTING YOUR PHONE IN ITS PLACE

LAUREN HALL, President & CEO First Things First





4. Why Aussies can't afford to have children





5. What Kind of Family is Yours?

BY DAVID ROSEN




6. When renovating exposes cracks — in your marriage

By Marisa Kashino




7. Should government promote marriage?

Sutherland Institute




8. How Men Succeed In Marriage with Nick Freitas | The Lila Rose Podcast E70




9. Why Home Ownership Creates Stronger Marriages

 Wharton’s Corinne Low




10. Why Millenials Don’t Want To Get Married? | Declining Marriage Rates A New Normal? | 




11. Adult sibling relationships: The impact of cohabitation, marriage, separation, and childbearing

Zafer Buyukkececi, Beyda Çineli




12. OUR MARRIAGE SURVEY IS READY!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire




13. 3 Ways to Fix Marriage Boredom

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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2046630 2023-11-09T22:43:10Z 2023-11-09T22:43:11Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. 

Child Well-Being through the Lens of Fathers .... 7th Annual Symposium (November 15-16, 2023 in Philadelphia)





2. 
Military-Connected Children in the Education System

Date: November 15, 2023
Time: 2:00–3:30 p.m. ET













5. 

Boxer gets EPIC






6. Behavior Management for Kids: 25 Parenting Tips and Tricks

Brian Comly




7. OKLAHOMA EDUCATORS SHOULD TEACH THE SUCCESS SEQUENCE

Brandon Dutcher





8. Marriage rates are declining, impacting economy, said expert

MARIAH MAYNES





9. Oklahoma declares November 'Family Month': 'Foundational institution of society'

By Ryan Foley




10. Poverty and Place: Exploring the Legacy of Persistent Poverty in America

Thursday, November 16, 2023
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EST




11. ‘Mounds of data’ favor marriage and two-parent households, an economist argues in SLC



Thanks
Bill

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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2043480 2023-11-02T16:23:46Z 2023-11-02T16:23:46Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. Exploring Family Structure Diversity Among Children in Families With Low Incomes



2. Marital transitions during earlier adulthood and subsequent health and well-being in mid- to late-life among female nurses: An outcome-wide analysis

Ying Chen a b

Maya B. Mathur c

Brendan W. Case a

Tyler J. VanderWeele a b





ADAPT




4. Adult Relationship Quality Data Tool

The Marriage Strengthening Research and Dissemination Center (MAST Center)







Janet Holtzblatt, Swati Joshi, Nora Cahill, William G. Gale
 



6. Opinion: A silver anniversary celebration for the Utah Marriage Commission

By Alan Hawkins, Contributor




7. INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION

Commander, Navy Installations Command


OR

Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Military Family Readiness

MCEC Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hriving-not-just-surviving-military-family-readiness/id1386801038?i=1000633208728




8. Study finds more than half of teenagers have no rules for using tech at home

 Roser Reyner



9. Flourishing in Career and Family Life

Public Discourse, Nov 6, 2023 08:00 PM




10. Melissa Kearney on the Two-Parent Privilege

By Nat Malkus


OR

Melissa Kearney: The Importance of the Two-Parent Home

Ep. 307 — Political Economy with James Pethokoukis




11. A Happy Marriage Affects Genetic Mental Health Risk





12. Ep. 123—The Intricacies of Marriage

Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Devorah Baum about her new book, 

On Marriage.

 





Thanks
Bill


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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2040588 2023-10-26T17:28:35Z 2023-10-26T17:28:36Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. On Edge: Understanding and Preventing Young Adults’ Mental Health Challenges

Authored by Richard Weissbourd, Milena Batanova, Joseph McIntyre, and Eric Torres with Shanae Irving, Sawsan Eskander, and Kiran Bhai.





2. Fragile Neighborhoods: A Book Event with Seth Kaplan (replay)

With Yuval Levin,AEI




3. "Shocking": More mothers are working than ever before

Emily Peck, author of Axios Markets




4. Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency Learning Agenda

OPRE/ACF




5. 'They yell and I yell back': Preschoolers' descriptions of conflict-laden interactions at home

by Uppsala University




6. Fertility Rate in Canada Fell to (Another) Record Low in 2022

Nathan Battams





7. There is power in telling your children ‘I don’t know’

Perspective by Maryam Abdullah




8. Emotional Regulation: Everything You Need to Know to Improve Your Relationships

Candice Ramsey, MA, LAMFT, CPC




9. Reducing Intergenerational Poverty

National Academy of Sciences





10. GOOD DIGITAL PARENTING




11. Marriage Is Not a Tool






12. Utah celebrates 25 years of supporting healthy marriages

By Kaigan Mears Bigler, KSL.com




13. A Psychologist Explains The 6 Stages Of Marriage

Mark Travers, Contributor



Thanks. Have a great weekend!
Bill


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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2037902 2023-10-19T03:19:43Z 2023-10-19T03:19:44Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. How to Manage Holidays When a Family Member Has BPD





2.  Grounds for Divorce: The Dynamics of Marriage Satisfaction as a Predictor of Divorce

 Mieczysław Plopa1 ,Wojciech Plopa1 , and Anna Skuzińska2




3. Urban Advantage for Careers, Rural Edge for Marriage: A Study on South Korean Young Adults




4. How to Change Your Marriage Mindset





5. Helping Vulnerable Moms and Families: How Do We Get to Bipartisan Support?

Lauretta Brown




6 Marriage Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2022

Author: Jaden Loo




7. How to Talk With Kids About the War in Gaza and Israel  


BY MARYAM ABDULLAH


OR

Helping Kids Work Through the Fear and Consequences of Global Violence




8. Greek PM Declares 'National Danger' Over Birth Decline




9. English bishop claims marriage ‘disappearing in Britain’

Charles Collins




10. For relationship maintenance, accurate perception of partner's behavior could be key





Thanks
Bill

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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2035842 2023-10-12T19:05:46Z 2023-10-12T19:05:46Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. More than 1 in 7 men have no close friends. The way we socialize boys is to blame





2. Adolescent delinquency: The role of early childhood exposure to intimate partner violence

Shannon Cheung, Chien-Chung Huang




3. Persevering in a Marriage That Tries Your Patience





4. How Do Elementary Students Show Kindness to Others?

BY SUMMER S. BRAUN, MICHAEL T. WARREN, KIMBERLY A. SCHONERT-REICHL




5. Summary: Reducing Parental Conflict programme 2018 to 2022 diary research with parents accessing interventions

Anna Silk and Sophie Talbot (Department for Work and Pensions)







6. 7 in 10 adults have strong relationship with their parents — and childhood chores are a big reason why!

Sophia Naughton





7. Local Programs Keep Incarcerated Parents Connected to Kids

Sarah Sample




8. Family resiliency in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic: A latent profile analysis

Allen W. Barton, Noah B. Larsen, Qiujie Gong, Scott M. Stanley





9. Mitch Albom: Breaking news: Marriage, two-parent homes good for children!




10. Marital First Responder Workshop

October 14, 2023, 9am to 4 pm Central Time, Online via Zoom and In Person




and if you need a getaway... First hotel in space is set to open in 2025

Katherine Sidnell



Happy Birthday Alysse!
Bill

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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2033056 2023-10-05T22:06:43Z 2023-10-05T22:06:44Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Baby Bonds Would Reduce Racial Wealth Inequities. Here’s What Policymakers Need to Know.

Madeline Brown, Marokey Sawo, Ofronama Biu




2. Couples delay getting married in order to buy new home




3. Fathers have ‘unique effect’ on children’s educational outcomes, study finds

Sally Weale, Education correspondent






4. The Effects of Harsh Parenting: A negative self-perpetuating loop

By Lydia Speyer





5. Intentional marriage plus family ministries yield good results

Therese Horvat





6. 10 Ways to Start Your Child's Day with Caring and Empathy





7. Three Years Later: The Impact of Relationship Smarts Plus on Youth in Georgia

Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT





8. Cutting-edge AI boosts healthy relationships, social and emotional learning for youth and adults





9. Youth groups, classes may be key in maintaining faith as kids age

 Leigh Beeson





10. Feeling Undervalued? Relationship Interventions May Aid

  • Marianne Stein



11. 100 Percent of Couples Have Conflict. This Could Help.





12. Economics Newsletter: The Marriage Decline

Commentary By Allison Schrager

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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2027580 2023-09-21T01:58:25Z 2023-09-21T01:58:26Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five # 485 (10th year anniversary)
1. The psychology of commitment and marriage
Harry Benson




2. The Modern American Family
BY CAROLINA ARAGÃO, KIM PARKER, SHANNON GREENWOOD, CHRIS BARONAVSKI AND JOHN CARLO MANDAPAT




3. Measuring the Nation’s Social and Economic Well-Being




4. Policies and Programs to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty 
(I wonder if they'll mention marriage)




5. Intimate Partner Violence Among Military Spouses: A Qualitative Study of Power and Control in Context (Preview)

Smith, Allison L.   University of Kansas





6. Marital First Responder Workshop

October 14, 2023, 9am to 4 pm Central Time, Online via Zoom and In Person




7. Prenatal Version of the Coparenting Relationship Scale Among Finnish Couples Expecting Their Firstborn





8. Opinion  Liberals don’t like talking up marriage. Here’s how they can start.

By Alyssa Rosenberg




9. Marriage is about more than math




10. Fewer and less expensive weddings hurting China's massive marriage industry




11. The Knot Worldwide Launches Inaugural Future of Marriage Report, Revealing More Than 70% of Gen Zers are Looking Forward to Their Wedding Day




Thanks!
Bill
We are headed to Prague and then on a weeklong cruise on the Danube...back Oct 2



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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2024991 2023-09-14T17:15:03Z 2023-09-14T17:15:04Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. The two-parent privilege: A conversation on the case for marriage

Featuring author Melissa Kearney and Jim Tankersley

Thursday, September 21, 2023

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT





2. 5 Million More Children Experienced Poverty in 2022 Than in 2021, Following Expiration of COVID-era Economic Relief




3. What’s the Best Strategy for Supporting an Upset Partner?

BY JILL SUTTIE





4. 

Study confirms it: Opposites don't actually attract


University of Colorado at Boulder





5. Conservatives in Denmark propose action against divorces





6. Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement

With Kevin Corinth | Angela Rachidi | Matt Weidinger | Scott Winship | Richard Burkhauser | Bruce D. Meyer




7. 5 Ways the Sibling Dynamic Reappears in Adult Relationships






8. Across U.S. religious groups, more see decline of marriage as negative than positive

BY GREGORY A. SMITH





9. Marriage could mean losing life-saving benefits for people with disabilities. So they’re protesting.

Sara Luterman, Caregiving reporter





10. The Impact of Marriage

ELAINE SCHWARTZ

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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2021959 2023-09-07T16:44:39Z 2023-09-07T16:44:40Z Candidates for Friday Five
1. 6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Relationship's Ability to Flourish





2. First-time fathers seem to experience a steeper decline in relationship satisfaction in the first two years post-partum than second-time fathers
 
in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Judith T. Mack and Lena Brunke from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, and colleagues.





3. Say Yes to the Mess




Sep 13, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT |

 The Dibble Institute




5. Let’s Talk Relationships: When we’re alone, together: Unpacking how loneliness, now considered a public health crisis, winds up in our relationships

AMY NEWSHORE, for the Recorder




6. The best reasons to marry military

By Sarah Sicard




7. 

Marriage and Work Among Prime-Age Men


 Blandin, Adam and Jones, John B. and Yang, Fang






8. The Real Crisis Affecting the American Family






9. Teaching social-emotional learning is under attack






10. What Men Are For

Richard V. Reeves





Thanks
Bill

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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2019049 2023-08-31T17:28:22Z 2023-08-31T17:28:22Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Jean Twenge on How Smartphones Destroyed Gen Z | TIME





2. Father Engagement in Child Welfare: Lessons for Fatherhood Programs

ACF/OPRE




3. Typologies of duocentric networks among low-income newlywed couples

DP Kennedy, TN Bradbury, BR Karney - Network Science, 2023




4. How to Reengage Parents in Their Children’s Schooling

By Frederick M. Hess, AEI

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/how-to-reengage-parents-in-their-childrens-schooling/






6. Families with a team mindset strengthened their bonds during COVID-19 pandemic

SHARITA FORREST  | RESEARCH EDITOR





7. South Koreans losing interest in marriage, spell trouble for ageing nation: Report

Seoul, South KoreaEdited By: Moohita Kaur Garg



8. The Secular Advance on Marriage

 Stepan Piligian




9. Fifty-five years later, wartime newlyweds document ‘The Hardest Year’ of marriage

BY KRISTIN BOUCHARD ·




10. Is the bride 25 or younger? Couples get cash reward to promote earlier marriage in China

Cheng Cheng







11. Good quality of marriage reduces psychopathy of both partners, study finds

by Vladimir Hedrih




Thanks
Bill

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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2016022 2023-08-24T18:58:44Z 2023-08-24T18:58:45Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. WHO UNWINDS?

Aaron Cooper, Ph.D,  The Family Institute at Northwestern University





2. Head of the Class

by Richard Reeves




3. Taking Back Control Over Technology

Joey Odom





4. Live births fell to lowest level for two decades last year

Aine Fox




5. There is no Republican plot to end no-fault divorce — but there should be

By Beverly Willett





6. How to make tough choices in relationships




7. What a flat U.S. birthrate could mean for the future

By Lois M. Collins




8. Does Infidelity Peak in the Seventh Year of Marriage?





9. The Dire State of Our Unions

By  Steven Mintz




10. Millennial and Gen Z couples say they aren’t getting married, because it’s too expensive right now

BY CHLOE TAYLOR




11. Family Strengthening Research 2022

OPRE/ACF



Thanks
Bill


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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2012841 2023-08-17T19:37:05Z 2023-08-17T19:37:06Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five #480 (~48 times a yr x 10 years... anniversary coming up next month)
1. Making the invisible epidemic visible

Rachel Graber, Jens Ludwig, Sendhil Mullainathan, Ziad Obermeyer, Aytekin Oto, Brian Williams




2. Experiences Of Peer Educators Teaching Relationship Education to College Students

Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT




3.  How to Help Friends and Family with Marriage Struggles

Podcast Guest: Dr. Bill Doherty





4. Workshops help put focus on relationships



5. How to handle conflicts that arise due to differences in parenting roles?

Posted by Richard Lai





6. New Research: Marriage Still Provides Major Happiness Premium




7. The Impact of Marriage on How Much Men Work






8. The Two-Parent Privilege: A Book Event with Melissa Kearney

With Michael R. Strain | Melissa Kearney,  Tuesday, September 26, 2023, | 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM 





9. Leading Causes Of Divorce: 43% Report Lack Of Family Support

Christy Bieber, J.D.




10. Forever takes work — how public programs can bolster marriage and families

By Alan Hawkins, Contributor




11. A Psychologist Tells Us Which ‘Love Type’ Is The Key To A Lasting Marriage

Mark Travers


Thanks.
Bill


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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2010081 2023-08-10T18:11:29Z 2023-08-10T18:11:29Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Parenting While Depressed: The Influence of Interpersonal Supports and Community Resources for Mothers




OR 

State-level macro-economic factors moderate the association of low income with brain structure and mental health in U.S. children



2. Call for Authors Summer 2024 Issue: Romantic Relationships

Proposal Deadline: August 15, 2023; Final articles due October 15, 2023




3. Freeing American Families: Fertility and Family Policy
 



4. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes Are Declining Despite Continued Improvements in Well-being Indicators




5. Couples Are Happier When They Share Finances For One Simple Reason

by Kristi Pahr




6. Getting silly with your kids is vital. Here’s how to get play into your day.

Advice by Bob Brody




7. Partnered people have more ‘value on the mating market’—here’s why, according to a commitment researcher

Aditi Shrikant




8. The case for the ‘Utah Family Miracle’

By The Deseret News Editorial Board




9. ‘Single and childless’ adults are less happy than married couples: scholars

MATT LAMB - ASSOCIATE EDITOR




10. Marriage Education Programs

The Department of Social Services




Thanks
Bill
OBX, NC


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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2007401 2023-08-03T18:04:06Z 2023-08-03T18:04:06Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five

Jonathan Vespa for CB




2. Desire for social status affects marital and reproductive attitudes: A life history mismatch perspective

lAmy J. Lim a, Norman P. Li b, Zoi Manesi b, Steven L. Neuberg c, Mark van Vugt d, Andrea L. Meltzer e, Kenneth Tan b





OR

Marital First Responder Workshop

https://maritalfirstresponders.org/mfr-workshop-registration/



4. Strengthening Facilitation Skills: A Training Curriculum for Programs Working with Youth

Wednesday, August 9, 2023, @ 1:00 pm PT/4:00 pm ET




5. Across cultures, men say 'I love you' first


By Emily Reynolds





6. New 2020 census data shows an aging America and wide racial gaps between generations





7. Inspiring a Growth Mindset for Kids

How Parents Can Lead by Example

By: Courtney Juvland



Thanks...back to the beach!
Bill
OBX
 





















































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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2005030 2023-07-27T19:35:25Z 2023-07-27T19:35:25Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1.  Sources of family breakdown in the UK

 Harry Benson, Marriage Foundation





2. A CAMPING TRIP WITH YOUNG KIDS, AS IMAGINED BY ME BEFORE HAVING KIDS

by JULIE VICK





3. An Antidote to the Anxiety About Imperfection: Parenting Advice from Mister Rogers





4. 

Slides/Handout from talk at NARME 2023 on premarital cohabitation


Dr. Scott Stanley






5. The Church in a Time of Gender War

Why marriage can do what ideology cannot.

SAMUEL D. JAMES






6. Level Up Your Father Game

ACF





7. National Center for Family and Marriage Research at BGSU reports that never-married adults comprise the lowest percentage of U.S. homeowners





8. The Courtship and Marriage of Sts. Anne and Joachim

Patrick O’Hearn


OR

Experts speculate on why marriage is declining — and what to do about it






9. Four Types of Marriage: Which One Is Yours?






10. The key to a happy marriage might be joint bank accounts, researchers say

PREET BANERJEE




Thanks
Bill


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Bill Coffin
tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2002183 2023-07-20T15:05:49Z 2023-07-20T15:05:49Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Religion and Fertility in Canada

LYMAN STONE for Cardus




2. The 2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide

 
  • Children’s Bureau (CB), ACF





  • 3. The life skills teens should know before leaving home

    Advice by Kelly Glass for WAPO




    4. HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON

    Aaron Cooper, Ph.D. for The Family Institute at Northwestern University



    July 13, 2023





    6. Why are people not getting married anymore?

    Idil Karsit


    OR

    I Do Not: Gen Z, Millennials Shifting Expectations About Marriage In 2023





    7. Study finds regular 'phubbing' could be damaging marriages

    by Bob Yirka, Phys.org




    8. The Working Families Tax Cut Act increases marriage penalties for single parents





    9. First Things First: Why marriage still matters
    Part 2 (part 1 ran in last week's Fri 5)

    by Lauren Hall / First Things First





    10. Census Data Shows Marriage And Divorce Rates Declined From 2011 To 2021; Iowa Ranks 27th And 32nd Respectively

    by Nathan Konz




    11. Psychology experts: The No. 1 tool we teach to save ‘any relationship’ from disaster
    Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Dr. Jessica Griffin
    Thanks
    Bill

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    Bill Coffin
    tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1999697 2023-07-13T22:00:30Z 2023-07-13T22:00:30Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. National Marriage and Divorce Rates Declined From 2011 to 2021

    Chanell Washington and Lydia Anderson for CB




    2.  NAV I G AT I N G  T H E  TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD 

    by Katherine Collison, Ph.D





    3. The Church must not abandon couples after marriage





    4. Nature affects nurture in adoptive child-parent relationships, researchers find




    5. 10 Relationship Lessons for My Teenage Daughter






    6. First Things First: Marriage is dead ... or is it?

    by Lauren Hall / First Things First






    7. Marriage

    For Richer or Poorer — or Maybe Not

    by eugene steuerle





    8. Young couples in China embrace retro-romance by publishing marriage announcements in newspapers

    By Li Hang


    OR

    China: More young people reject marriage


    Yuchen Li in Taipei



    9. 
    • Volume 72, Issue 3
      Pages: 637-1396
      July 2023

    ISSUE INFORMATION

    Free Access

    Issue Information

    • Pages: 637-643
    •  
    • First Published: 03 June 2023
    10. OR

    Thanks
    Bill


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    Bill Coffin
    tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1993804 2023-06-29T01:20:47Z 2023-06-29T01:20:47Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. Fathers can play a key role in supporting breastfeeding and infant sleep practices




    2. ACTIVITIES FOR DADS & KIDS




    3. Report: Science-based Psychosocial Treatments are Needed to Help Improve the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Greece





    4. Marriage and GCSE results

    Harry Benson, Research Director, Marriage Foundation




    5.NARME 

    Registration Information

    Registration for the Summit closes July 1st. REGISTER HERE



    6. In country with world’s lowest fertility rate, doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’

     Chris Lau, Gawon BaeJake Kwon, and Nayoon Kim, CNN





    7. Having a baby can rock a marriage – and life post-children can be a challenge





    8. A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married

    BY RICHARD FRY




    9. China sees an increase of 40,000 couples y-o-y in Q1, following record-low number of marriages in 2022



    10. 8 Key Facts on Ancient Greek Marriages & Wedding Ceremonies






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    tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1991362 2023-06-22T20:56:53Z 2023-06-22T20:56:53Z Candidates for Friday Five
    1. Association between maternal closeness with parents and mother–toddler relationship quality

    Leigha A. MacNeill, Bharathi J. Zvara, Sarah E. Anderson




    2. Vacation for the Sake of Vision

    John Cuddeback





    3. How Family Background Influences Student Achievement








    4. OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES,An Office of the Administration for Children & Families

    A New Name to Reflect Our Family-Centered Approach






    5. Fatherhood Research & Practice Network

    FRPN held a webinar entitled Architects of Father Policies and Program Discuss How it is Done.

    Watch the recording and download the presenter slides.




    6. Conflict in marriage less harmful for kids when dad keeps it constructive

    Lauren Quinn




    OR
    Sexual Coping Mechanisms During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Determinants of Use, Usefulness, and Effects on Sex Life



    7. 13th Annual NARME Summit   Charleston, SC

    July 24-26, 2023





    8. In 2020, 7.2% of U.S. Family Households Were Multigenerational

    Chanell Washington, Thomas Gryn, Lydia Anderson and Rose M. Kreider


    OR

    When your adult kids can't afford to move out of home

    By Susan Hely




    9. Gender differences in optimism, loss aversion and attitudes towards risk

    Chris Dawson


    OR

    Dementia: caring for the couple

    Andrew Balfour, Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal





    10. What happens to dating and family if young adults move further apart politically?

    By Lois M. Collins


    OR

    Society Suffers When Progressives Spurn Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family



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    tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1985658 2023-06-08T17:20:12Z 2023-06-08T17:20:13Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1.  DADication, a subject-matter documentary exploring the challenges of fatherhood, and other Dadication PSAs




    2. 

    June 14, 2023 

     4:00pm Eastern/1:00pm Pacific

     

    Teen Parenthood Matters:

    Let's Talk About Prevention






    3. Family time is far more important than other aspects of life for most Americans

    BY ANDY CERDA




    4. Enjoy a Date Night with an Indoor Scavenger Hunt





    5. Creating Policies to Better Serve Diverse AANHPI Populations




    6. Unsafe neighborhoods particularly distress Black men in relationships, a new study from the University of Illinois finds

    By Emily Hays




    7. Why are millennials and Gen Z waiting to get married?

    Hanna Seariac


    OR

    Americans are waiting longer and longer to get married

    Daniel de Visé, The Hill




    8. How to Save Your Marriage When Mom Moves In

    You love your parents. But can you live with them?

    By Elizabeth Kuster,   AARP




    9. Gary Chapman Chair for Marriage and Family & Faculty
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    tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1982718 2023-06-01T20:25:38Z 2023-06-01T20:25:38Z Re: Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    11. US births are down again, after the COVID baby bust and rebound

    Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine

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    tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1982709 2023-06-01T20:07:38Z 2023-06-01T20:07:39Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1.  Love in the aisles 

    From rings and flowers to food and honeymoons, Costco has your wedding plans covered.

      ed. by Wendy Helfenbaum  





    2. How to babyproof your relationship

    You installed your socket covers. Now you have to protect your partnership.






    3. Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Convening Findings

     Lauren Akers, Jennifer Tippins, Susan Hauan, and Miranda Lynch-Smith




    OR

    22nd Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors Report to Congress





    4. Kissing Is At Least 1,000 Years Older Than We Thought

    Kissing may seem natural, but it remains unclear whether it’s a universal human act or a cultural one.

    BY SOPHIE LUND RASMUSSEN, TROELS PANK ARBØLL |




    5. Persistent Poverty in Counties and Census Tracts

    Craig Benson, Alemayehu Bishaw, Brian Glassman





    6. As a Therapist, I Know What’s Breaking Couples Up

    How relationships come to an end and the scourge of the smartphone





    7. Low sexual satisfaction linked to memory decline later in life, study finds

    Adrienne Berard




    8. Enduring Marriage: The Reason Behind Wedding Season






    9. Does a longer sexual resume affect marriage rates?

    Nicholas H Wolfinger 1, Samuel L Perry 





    10. Helping mental health and marriage





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    tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1977481 2023-05-18T01:54:06Z 2023-05-18T01:54:06Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. Intact marriage and weekly worship make children thrive

    By Peter Newman




    2. How an engagement bike changed one couple’s life





    3. Married couples who merge finances may be happier, stay together longer

    Jenny Olson

    , assistant professor of marketing at Kelley






    4. Webinar: Why Are Many Kids Anxious and How Can Parents Help?

    The Child Mind Institute and Fort Health, a mental health provider for ages 4–19, are hosting a special webinar on proven strategies that parents can use to support anxious kids. Join us on May 31st at 5:30 pm ET.

    REGISTER TODAY ▸




    5. Collapse in marriage and lack of ‘resident fatherhood’ lead decline in Christianity – study




    6. Six Ways to Deal With Someone Who Wronged You

    Here's what we have learned from 25 years of research about forgiveness—and its alternatives.


    BY EVERETT L. WORTHINGTON JR. |



    7. Adopting a Motivation-Driven Approach to Case Management in HMRE Services

    OPRE/ACF




    8. Five years in with millions unclaimed, is Family First helping kids and families yet?

    Nora Neus







    OR

    Volunteering eases kids' mental illness odds: study

    Callum Godde




    10. Are Gen Z's Attitudes Towards Marriage Changing?

     BY LEA GARCIA-SALAZAR




    11. Income inequality widens marriage rates among men



    12. 

    Adventures in Marriage: strengthening marriages and families of 1 SOW Airmen


    Airman 1st Class Hussein Enaya



    Thanks. Going biking...

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    tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1975083 2023-05-11T18:31:24Z 2023-05-11T18:31:24Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. Mother’s Day Reflections on the Diverse Experiences of Motherhood




    2. Road Maps for Change: Adult-Serving HMRE Grant Recipients’ Rapid Cycle Learning in the SIMR Project

    OPRE/ACF




    3. Opportunities for Marriage, Partnership Shape Women’s Family Incomes

    Ariel Binder, Caroline Walker, Jonathan Eggleston and Marta Murray-Close




    4. The Parent Trap: Reducing social inequality by supporting parents and their children

    Co-hosted by The MIT Press





    5. How to Help Your Teen Be a Good Person

    BY EDEN PONTZ






    6. Speaking the truth about motherhood and marriage

     by Wendy Wixom




    7. The benefits of marriage and religious practice for children and society

    Friday, May 12th 2023 @ 1:00PM EDT 
    Voice of the Family





    8. 2023 NARME Plenary Speakers




    9. Carolyn Hax: 20 years into marriage, can unhappiness just be a phase?

    Advice by Carolyn Hax




    10. Treat Students Like Future Parents, Not Just Future Employees

    By Mary Frances Myler




    11. ‘Relationships are old school’: Marriage 101 hits 23 years of teaching students about healthy relationships

    Beatrice Villaflor

    , Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor






    12. 
    13. Young Koreans aren’t swearing off marriage, they’re deferring it



    Thanks
    Bill


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    tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/1972462 2023-05-04T17:52:30Z 2023-05-04T17:52:31Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. How does digital media shape young children’s word learning?

    By Sarah C. Kucker




    2.  How young people are learning about relationships, sex and sexuality

    Conducted by Cardiff University and University College London, as well as a Young People's Advisory Group


    OR

    Agony aunts examine relationship issues with Tavistock Relationships





    3. Highlights from the Strengthening Relationship Education and Marriage Services (STREAMS) Evaluation

    OPRE/ACF/HHS





    4. today...



    5. You Can Now Claim a .Dad Domain for Your Website. Cue the Dad Jokes




    6. A Limited‐Government Answer to Pregnancy and Childbirth?

    By Vanessa Brown Calder




    7. Cohabiting parents differ from married ones in three big ways

    Richard V. Reeves and Eleanor Krause




    8. In Conversation with Matt Desmond: How We Can End Poverty in America




    9. Why Are So Many Westerners Heading to Korea for Love?

    Eryn Gordon









    11. National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support Grant Opportunity

    Department of Health and Human Services
    Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB


    https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343852


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