tag:billcoffin.org,2013:/posts Coffin Corner 2026-01-15T16:08:56Z Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2253351 2026-01-15T16:08:56Z 2026-01-15T16:08:56Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Clear, Accessible Education Research Can Help Parents Make Informed Decisions





2. 

Why Kids Don't Listen & How to Shift the Dynamic


Hunter Clarke-Fields





3. Evidence-Based Strategies for Enhancing Well-Being
        Yael Dror,Psy.D





4. Recent Developments in the Economics of Fertility in High-Income Countries


Speaker: Melissa Kearney (University of Notre Dame)

 
View Webcast https://www.aeaweb.org/webcasts/2026/developments-in-fertility-in-high-income-countries




5. RFA Opportunity: The ProFathering15™ Expansion Project


NFI

https://www.fatherhood.org/ddsf-rfa




6. https://www.marriageweek.org/marriage-week-toolkit



7. Priced Out of Marriage: Housing Prices and Declining Marriage Rates Worldwide (2009–2018)

Jeremy Ko a, Chun Kai Leung b, Hoi Sze Tang c, Mohammad Ridwan d, Xiaoxian Chen e, Chunlan Guo c

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3050607726000012




8. I can't access this

Marital Fertility Decline in Italy

JJ Sánchez-Barricarte, R Pace - Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 2025
… in Italy specifically includes a detailed set of tables of fertility and marriage by
cohort and period. Education has been thought to play an important role in fertility
rates. In particular, the role of women’s education appears to have been even more …





9. [PDF] Family Background, College Education, and Marriageability
J Cho - 2026
… that the relationships between education, marriage, and gender may not be as
simple as they might seem; hence, these relationships and … I hypothesize that the
influence of college education on marriage will be significantly reduced after …




10. Opinion: The classroom is vital, but don’t forget Utah’s families when addressing the literacy crisis

Paul Schvaneveldt



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2251533 2026-01-08T16:52:35Z 2026-01-10T17:28:41Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. What I’ll tell my daughter about the joys and challenges of getting married

Elise Ureneck






2. The Power of Shared Happiness

Tomiko Yoneda, Theresa Pauly, Nathan Lewis, Ken Madden, and Claudia M. Haase





3. The Fortress of Truth 2025 look back compilation for C4M 1 of 2








4. Power, Sexism, and Aggression in Intimate Relationships

Nickola C. Overall, Matthew D. Hammond b, Emily J. Cross c

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X25002684




5. How Do We Help Youth Flourish, Not Just Achieve?

with Robert Pondiscio

https://www.aei.org/events/how-do-we-help-youth-flourish-not-just-achieve/




6. Child Maltreatment in the United States Declined From 2020-2023

Rebecca Vivrette

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/child-maltreatment-united-states




7. Divorce rate rises for couples over 65: What do Catholic experts suggest?

Tyler Arnold

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/268793/gray-divorce-rates-rise





8. Longitudinal Associations Between Screen Time and Children’s Language, Early Educational Skills, and Peer Social Functioning

Megan Gath, L. John Horwood, Gail Gillon, Brigid McNeill, Lianne J. Woodward

https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-64115-001.html?_gl=1*1bnzc3u*_gcl_au*MTc2MDkxMzM3Ni4xNzY3ODg2MTk4*_ga*MTY2OTA3OTc3Ni4xNzY2NjI2NjY1*_ga_SZXLGDJGNB*czE3Njc4ODYyMDAkbzEkZzEkdDE3Njc4ODY1MDAkajQyJGwwJGgw





9. Birth Rates Continue to Decline: These Explanations Are Seen by the Expert






10. Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years






11. Young South Koreans warming to marriage again, survey shows


https://wbl.worldbank.org/en/methodology/methodology_workshop/marriage



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Bill




]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2249084 2025-12-31T01:53:49Z 2026-01-10T17:27:33Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Championing Fatherhood's Top Ten Blogs Posts of 2025!







2. Free Classes for Couples





3. [PDF] A Multi-Method Initial Effectiveness Pilot Study of an Electronic Relationship Education Program with Couple Coaching for the National Guard

PA Lepley, SE Griffes, AJ Blow, HJ Markman, The Military Psychologist, Volume 40, Issue 3, Fall 2025





4.  Verbal Abuse as a Form of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Exploring Academic Performance, Mental Health, Loneliness, Relationship Quality, and Social Support Among Female and Male University Students 

Kathryn A. Collier1, Ken Fowler, and Stacey Wareham-Fowler1






5. How Do Couple Relationship Interventions Improve Individual Well‐Being? The Role of Relationship Confidence
Noah B Larsen 1,✉, Allen W Barton 1 Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2025






6. [PDF] Evaluating the Effectiveness of Relationship Education for Latino Adolescents

JJ Turner, E Şahin, K Bradford, BJ Higginbotham - Journal of Human Sciences and Extension …, 2025





7. [PDF] The relationship between sedentary lifestyle and marital stability among US adults

Y Wang, J Dai, Y Yan, T Wang - African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2025






8. Family policy hope for ’26 has a lot to do with money — and how you could have more

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/12/29/experts-best-family-friendly-policies-lawmakers-should-pass/




9. Old Dominion is working with the Navy to help sailors and their families struggling with mental health issues

WHRO | By Steve Walsh



https://utdailybeacon.com/97334/news/ut-to-conduct-in-depth-study-of-local-families/




11. As Disney invests billions OpenAI responds with "adult mode"

Jason Weisberger

https://boingboing.net/2025/12/16/as-disney-invests-billions-openai-responds-with-adult-mode.html




12. To restore hope for families in poverty, let states lead on welfare reform

The Hill, By Angela Rachidi | Nic Dunn





13. 28 ways to improve your marriage or relationship in 2026

Bill



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2245428 2025-12-17T23:12:58Z 2026-01-10T17:27:24Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five #592 (the real stories amongst the “noise”!)
1. How Estranged Parents and Adult Children Can Heal

Joshua Coleman







2. Profound Ideas on the Nature of Commitment


Presenters: Dr. Scott Stanley, Research Professor- University of Denver, Founder of PREP, Inc.


When: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 @ 1:00 pm Pacific/4:00 pm Eastern






3. 

7 broadcasts this year, focusing on building that foundation of

purpose




4. Toward a new theory of couple functioning: a short overview of “Love and Rejection Messages Theory” (LRMT)
Marius Marici 1







5. Joint Savoring in Romantic Relationships: Correlates and Protective Effects

Contemporary Family Therapy, 2025

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10591-025-09769-5




6. [PDF] Romantic Recession

DA Cox, KE Hammond - 2025
A Project of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

… Married men and women are less concerned than single men and women about
how women will fare under a second Trump presidency. Roughly four in 10 (41 percent)
married women and 35 percent of married … of relationship status, age, race or …





7. Stress May Be Killing Your Love Life

Lisa A. Neff and Marci E. J. Gleason








8. Romantic Stress May Be A Hidden Risk Factor For Heart Disease

By StudyFinds Analysis

•

Reviewed by John Anderer

Research led by Heather E. Tulloch, MSc, PhD, CPsych (University of Ottawa Heart Institute)


https://studyfinds.org/romantic-partnerships-affect-heart-health/





9. How to Balance Emotional Labor and Mental Load in a Marriage: Holiday Edition







10. Neil Diamond's wife Katie discusses their marriage: 'We're best friends.'

The couple is preparing to celebrate their 14th anniversary.

ByMason Leib
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/neil-diamonds-wife-katie-discusses-marriage-best-friends/story?id=128394716


(Pat and I saw him do Hot August Night live at the Greek Theatre in LA in Aug 1972 and again 40 years later)



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Bill



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2243790 2025-12-11T01:55:30Z 2026-01-10T17:26:52Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Is Love Zero-Sum? How Kids and Adults Think About Social Resources

Fan Yang






2. Lost Boys: Boyhood

The Centre for Social Justice






3. Literacy, reason, and childhood matter—and we’re losing all three

Mark Milke, The Hub







4. Notre Dame launches research initiative focused on strengthening American families

By Mike Murrell







5. The Thompson

Recognizing Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families


https://www.marriageweek.org/free-resources






7. UCF Relationship Education Program to Support First Responder Couples, Parents

Danielle Hendrix






9. After 83 Years of Marriage This Black Couple Holds The Record, But We May Never See a Stat Like That Again

Angela Johnson

https://www.theroot.com/after-83-years-of-marriage-this-black-couple-holds-the-2000078611





10. HR must listen to parents' specific needs

Karl Bennett is chair of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA UK)








11. How to talk about adoption: Embracing multiple perspectives to support a child’s emotional well-being

By Sonia Ranieri, Laura Ferrari, Rosa Rosnati, Michela Zambelli, Semira Tagliabue, and David Brodzinsky





12. Our Favorite Books to Read Out Loud With Children

Sofia Cuddeback


(Full Disclosure: I sleep with a Retired Reading Specialist)




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Bill



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2242002 2025-12-04T01:53:51Z 2026-01-10T17:26:15Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Request for Articles - Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study: 25th Anniversary




2. Johns Hopkins University is recruiting first-time expectant dads and moms to the text4FATHER research study—a supportive, text-based program for new parents.



3. Lingering Benefits of Sex: Exploring the “Afterglow”

livia W. Breedin, Andrea L. Meltzer, and James K. McNulty







4. 

Reunion After Deployment: Describing Findings From a Study of Military Couples Funded by the U.s. Department of Defense 


Leanne K Knobloch, PhD, 
Lynne M Knobloch-Fedders, PhD, 
Jeremy B. Yorgason, PhD







5. Explaining the negative association between overparenting and parent-child relationship satisfaction: communication and attachment perspectives

Jian Jiao, Chris Segrin & Jingyu Wang





7. Why Is It Important to Read to Your Child?

by Hannah Sheldon-Dean






8. Church weddings slump to record low as young couples shun marriage

, Social and Religious Affairs Editor. , Senior Data Journalist











10. Secretary Kennedy Swears in Alex J. Adams as Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families


or 

A Welcome Message from the Assistant Secretary


https://acf.gov/a-home-for-every-child






11. 10 Things I Learned From Writing a Book on Motherhood

by Nadya Williams





12. Amid historic lows, marriage and family offer ‘hope and a future’ to next generation







13. A Solution to the Housing Affordability Problem: Marriage

By Howard Husock


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2238724 2025-11-20T16:40:01Z 2026-01-10T17:26:12Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Governor Abbott Names Chair, Appoints Three To Texas Commission On Marriage And Family






2. National Marriage Week seeking partners

The 2026 theme is "Together With Purpose."







3. The baby bust is here. How will the world economy cope?

The Economist






4. Why Does Age-Related Pressure Feel So Different Across Cultures?

Lu Zang and Heejung Kim





6. Cost of Raising a Child in Each U.S. State – 2025 Study

 Jaclyn DeJohn, CFP®


and/or

How can the U.S. make it more affordable to have kids?

Lauren Irwin







HUMAN, TECHNOLOGIES AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION, 2025 https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2025.11









8. Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists

Nicola Davis, Science correspondent









10. How Trump Can Save the Future

Michael Toscano


https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-trump-can-save-the-future/




11. Utah official links families, social capital to best state ranking

By Tenaya Hyde-Harrison








]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2236712 2025-11-13T02:16:35Z 2026-01-10T17:26:03Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Engaging and Serving Young Fathers

  • Tova Walsh, Raheem Brooks, Angie Haney, Justin Harty, and Avery Hennigar
  • November 19, 2025, 1:00–2:00 pm Eastern
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/engaging-and-serving-young-fathers/





2. Family benefits in America: 2024 report card

https://www.apa.org/pubs/reports/stress-in-america/2025



4. Strong families make a strong democracy

Jeffrey Nielsen




6. Living with a loved one’s mental health issue: Recognizing the Lived Experiences of Military Spouses

Emma Senior, Amanda Clarke, Gemma Wilson-Menzfeld


https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0336295




7. Marriage and Divorce in 2025: Five Trends Shaping Today’s Families

https://www.barna.com/trends/marriage-divorce-trends-2025/




8. Why Helping Dads Reduce This Source of Children’s Trauma is So Crucial






]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2235192 2025-11-06T00:44:34Z 2026-01-10T17:25:40Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Love Notes and Life Lessons: Building Resilience among Youth Where It’s Needed Most

November 12 @ 1:00 pm Pacific/4:00 pm Eastern







2. 
American families in an era of rapid change

Friday, November 14, 2025, 10:00 — 11:30 a.m. EST






3. Ireland sees record number of babies born to mothers aged 45 and older




4. Saying “Thank You” Inspires Your Partner to Help More

Emily R. O’Brien and Amanda L. Forest






5. The Neuroscience behind the ‘Parenting Paradox’ of Happiness

Anthony Vaccaro, edited by Daisy Yuhas





6. Delayed Dreams: How Student Loan Debt Shapes Family Formation and Homeownership Among Liberal Arts Graduates 

Osasohan Agbonlahor

https://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/article/10.11648/j.ijecs.20251005.12





7. Can We Get Through the Demographic Crunch? The Implications of the 2025 OECD Employment Report

With Matt Weidinger | Brent Orrell | Nicholas Eberstadt






8. Adolescent to parent violence: GPs need more support

Dr Wei-May Su

https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/gp-opinion/adolescent-to-parent-violence-gps-need-more-suppor




9. New MDRC-Authored Publications Added to National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse


Sarah Wilder





11. Our Broken Fertility Culture

Abby M. McCloskey




Note: The Internet Archive starts with #181 (missing first 3+ years)
https://web.archive.org/web/20170711141549/https://ifstudies.org/blog/category/friday-five

Follow 

The Institute for Family Studies

@FamStudies on X
https://x.com/FamStudies 
to see which ones made the cut this week, and from now on.

If you wish to unsubscribe, email me  



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Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2234339 2025-11-02T22:53:07Z 2026-01-10T17:23:54Z Fwd: One more candidate for fri 5

From: Bill Coffin <billcoffin68@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Subject: One more candidate for fri 5
To: Alysse ElHage <alysse@ifstudies.org>, W Bradford Wilcox <wbwilcox@gmail.com>


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2233668 2025-10-30T17:33:18Z 2026-01-10T17:21:01Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Can the Family Be Saved? A Royal Perspective on Renewal and Resilience

Thursday • 6 November 2025 • 3:00 p.m. EST,Virtual





2. Marriage trends and challenges

 https://grokipedia.com/page/Marriage_trends_and_challenges





3. Family identity: how families see themselves and are seen by others


OR

“What the Family Studies” podcast highlights the Vanier Institute

Nathan Battams (Knowledge Mobilization Specialist) and Laurel Sakaluk (Director of Programs) recently appeared on the “What the Family Studies?” podcast to discuss their work, family trends in Canada, and the Vanier Institute of the Family’s new resource Families Count: Family Identity.

Listen to episode






4. Sunrise, Sunset

By Nick and Jen

https://thecouplespost.org/2025/10/27/sunrise-sunset/




5. Measures of Relationship Power Dynamics in Romantic Relationships

Eleanor J. Junkins, Jaime Derringer, Brian G. Ogolsky, Jennifer L. Hardesty, Yanna Weisberg





6. 

Reimagining Implementation Support: The Role of Funders and Intermediaries

🗓 Tuesday, November 4, 2025

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

(View in your own time zone)







7. Stronger Marriage Webinar: Dr. Jason Whiting -  Nov 6, 2025 06:00 PM MST

Why We Connect and Why We Clash: Five Science-Based Keys to Healthy Relationships
https://usu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__KtrsT03SWKtKnJcBSLx8Q#/registration






8. Who Is at Risk of Losing Snap Benefits Due to the Shutdown?

By Angela Rachidi, AEI

https://www.aei.org/opportunity-social-mobility/who-is-at-risk-of-losing-snap-benefits-due-to-the-shutdown/




9. Cultural context and family support across 29 nations: evidence from the ISSP 2017 social networks and social resources module

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207659.2025.2575537#abstract



10. Child welfare system involvement may improve diagnosis of developmental delays

Aaron Wagner, PSU




11. Despite Costly Programs and an Intensified Family Values Campaign, Russian Women Aren’t Having More Children

By Anastasia Tenisheva





12. The Institutions of Tomorrow

Anne Snyder

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2232328 2025-10-23T21:34:48Z 2026-01-10T17:21:49Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. ChatGPT ‘upgrade’ giving more harmful answers than previously, tests find

Robert Booth, UK technology editor





2. Boys Need Stories, Too
|
By Elizabeth Grace Matthew







3. DC government can do a lot to make families stronger

Delano Squires, opinion contributor


Harry Benson

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/fewer-than-half-of-uk-adults-are-married/




5. The American Dream Lecture Series: Anastasia Berg on Children and the Goodness of Human Life (replay)

With Timothy P. Carney | Christopher J. Scalia

https://www.aei.org/events/the-american-dream-lecture-series-anastasia-berg-on-children-and-the-goodness-of-human-life/




6. Dyadic Relationship and Coparenting Quality During the Transition to Parenthood for Couples With Childhood Maltreatment History
Laura N Martin 1,✉, Keith D Renshaw 1, Timothy W Curby 1, Mark E Feinberg 2

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12516108/




7. Five Tips for Nurturing Your Children’s Values

By Eugene C. Roehlkepartain






8. Senate passes Cutrona’s ‘success sequence’ legislation





9. Getting divorced? Chances are you'll marry again, Pew says

By Cara Tabachnick

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/divorced-marry-again-pew-says/




10. Strengthening military and veteran couple relationships: A rapid view of the effectiveness of relationship education for military couples (Abstract)

Jody Hughes, Luke B. Gahan, Jessica Smart, Lakshmi Neelakantan

Key points

  • Military and veteran couples face unique relationship challenges due to factors like relocations, deployments, and transitions out of service.
  • Couple Relationship Education (CRE) programmes can improve relationship satisfaction, communication, and stability for military and veteran couples.
  • Studies show small to moderate positive effects from CRE, especially for couples with higher initial risk or distress.
  • Flexible CRE delivery formats, such as online or hybrid models, are valued and effective for military couples.
  • More research and local adaptation of CRE programmes are needed outside the USA to ensure relevance and effectiveness.

























































]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2230754 2025-10-16T03:13:11Z 2026-01-10T17:21:34Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Green Flags and Red Flags: What Women and Men Really Want in a Relationship

The Marriage Foundation




2. Love on the Move: How Couples Handle the Stress of Relocation

Hanieh Naeimi and Emily A. Impett

https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/naeimi-impett-love-on-the-move-how-couples-handle-the-stress-of-relocation




3. More young adults are living with their parents than previous generations did

Rohan Shah, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi; Institute for Humane Studies





4. 2026 NARME Summit Call for Proposals

The National Alliance for Relationship and Marriage Education (NARME)





5. Effectiveness of digital interventions on relationship satisfaction among couples: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lívia Kernová, Júlia Halamová & Denis Deriglazov

https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-025-03444-y




6. Wisdom Conversations VIII: The Family — Strengthening and Healing the Fabric of Our Nation

https://www.cornerstone.edu/wisdom-conversations-viii-the-family-strengthening-and-healing-the-fabric-of-our-nation/




7. “Be careful, it's dangerous out there”: Threat beliefs, anxiety, and mindfulness in overprotective parenting






9. Dyadic Coping and Communication as Predictors of 10-Year Relationship Satisfaction Subgroup Trajectories in Stable Romantic Couples

by Michelle Roth 1,*,Fridtjof W. Nussbeck 2,Selina A. Landolt 1,Mirjam Senn 1,Thomas N. Bradbury 3,Katharina Weitkamp 1 andGuy Bodenmann 1



OR

Reliability and Validation of U.S. Army-Oriented Brief Work-to-Family and Family-to-Work Conflict Scales: An Email Sample of 262 Army Career Officers

by Walter R. Schumm 1,*,Glen Bloomstrom 2,†,Vance P. Theodore 3,† andRoudi Nazarinia Roy 
















11. The Middle of the 20th Century was a Weird Time for Marriage

Jeremy Horpedahl




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Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2229181 2025-10-08T16:19:17Z 2025-10-08T16:19:18Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. HMRF Project Map

Office of Family Assistance/Administration for Children & Families






2. Can the Right and Left Agree on What Families Need?





3. "Get Better Together"





4. CoupleTalk is LIVE on Zoom in Fall 2025!

https://coupletalk.com/coupletalk-live/




5. The importance of reading aloud to young children

Elaine Reese

https://childandfamilyblog.com/importance-of-reading-to-young-children/






6. Love Goals

By Chris and Michelle

https://thecouplespost.org/2025/09/29/set-love-goals-together-and-grow/




7. Love is a Battlefield: Understanding Conflict in Romantic Relationships


https://decidetocommit.com/love-is-a-battlefield-understanding-conflict-in-romantic-relationships/




8. Mean Age of Mother at First Birth, 2023

BGSU,  National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR)






9. Utah sees significant shifts in marriage, fertility trends





10. Marriage linked to better health, happiness | 

University of Michigan News





Thanks
Bill
Headed home from Switzerland 10/9









































]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2225841 2025-09-23T21:37:28Z 2025-09-23T21:37:28Z A few Candidates for IFS Friday Five
https://thecatholicassociation.org/radio/ep-334-brad-wilcox-on-new-gen-z-poll-emily-zanotti-talks-cooking-and-kevin/

[PDF] Moving Beyond Moynihan: A New Blueprint to Revive Marriage and Rebuild the Black Family
D Squires
… , education, culture, and industry must be at the forefront of any effort to revive
marriage and breathe new life into the black family. Young people in far too many
neighborhoods today have no reason to believe that marriage … with a …

[PDF] Building Evidence to Strengthen Families: Charting a Research Agenda
M Kearney, A Barson - 2025
… has allocated over $1.2 billion through a Healthy Marriage and Relationship
Education initiative to community organizations providing relationship education
services for lower-income couples and individuals. Relationship education is a type


Engaging Fathers in Home-Based Parenting Education: Home Visitor Attitudes and Strategies

by Heidi E. Stolz * and Melissa Rector LaGraff

https://www.mdpi.com/3042-6693/1/1/3?utm_source=chatgpt.com



The State of American Men 2025
https://www.equimundo.org/resources/state-of-american-men-2025/


ACF Vision, Mission, Values, Priorities, & Guiding Principles
Andrew Gradison, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families


South Korea’s baby bust threatens its demographic future



I'll be back in mid-October... after we https://bikeswitzerland.com/lite-tour/

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Bill




]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2224665 2025-09-18T16:20:21Z 2025-09-18T16:20:21Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. What Does an Emotionally Regulated Adult Look Like?








2. Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

By Robert P. George

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/family-as-the-foundation-of-republican-democracy/




3. When AI Feels Human: The Promise and Peril of Digital Empathy

With John Bailey






4. 'Was it all smoke and mirrors?': How adult children are affected by grey divorce







5. Finding Solace in Grief: Holding Close, Letting Go, and Healing Together

Lexi DeHart


OR

The Slow Burn of Resentment: Understanding Its Roots in Romantic Relationships

By Sara Rozalowski






6. [PDF] Religious Contributions to the Family

WC Duncan, D Edmunds - 2025
… If we control for basic socioeconomic background and a woman’s educational
career trajectory, the typical marriage of a woman with a religious upbringing is
about 10% less likely to end in divorce within the first 15 years of marriage than the …





7. Present But Absent: The Truth About Modern Fatherhood

The Dr. Chris Harper Show








8. One-Third of Teens Experience Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours

 Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)

One-third of teens experience suicidal thoughts and behaviours







9. Rebuilding the domestic church: Why housing affordability is a pro-family cause

Jason Adkins

https://www.osvnews.com/rebuilding-the-domestic-church-why-housing-affordability-is-a-pro-family-cause/




10. 'Mankeeping' Is Exhausting Women. How Do We Teach Our Sons to Do Better?

 Dana Dickey

https://www.purewow.com/family/mankeeping-proof-teen-boys





11. The rise of online dating and heterogamous marriages

Yujung Hwang, Fangzhu Yang,  Áureo de Paula

Another IFS https://ifs.org.uk/publications/rise-online-dating-and-heterogamous-marriages



12. Late marriage the new norm in South Korea






Thanks
Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2223315 2025-09-11T22:07:39Z 2026-01-10T17:19:58Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. The 2024 ACS 1-year estimates are now available

U.S. Census






2. Polling Gen Z: The Great Divide on What Defines a Successful Life

Emily Zanotti, NCR

https://www.ncregister.com/news/nbc-newsdesk-poll-gen-z-happiness?




3. Lifetime trends in happiness change as misery peaks among the young – new research

Alex Bryson, David Blanchflower, Xiaowei Xu 





4. Portfolio of Research in Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency – FY 2024

https://acf.gov/opre/report/portfolio-research-welfare-and-family-self-sufficiency-fy-2024

OR

Beyond the Early Years: The Long-Term Effects of Home Visiting on Mothers, Families, and Children. Results from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE)

https://acf.gov/opre/report/beyond-early-years-long-term-effects-home-visiting-mothers-families-and-children




5. Financial Stress and Coparenting Among Lower-Income Couples: A Dyadic Exploration

by Heidi E. Stolz *, Rebecca G. Renegar, Shailey Curtis, and Jessica L. McCaig

https://www.mdpi.com/3042-6693/1/1/7




6. Before They Can Read

 Robert Pondiscio, AEI

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/before-they-can-read/




7. Ideal family size: How many children do U.S. adults want?

 Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/family/2025/09/09/ideal-family-size-how-many-children-do-us-adults-want-gallup-poll/




8. Kids? Marriage? Young adults are delaying these key milestones

Sara Chernikoff, Jennifer Borresen




9. Fatherhood is more important than golf

Victor Penney

https://theinterim.com/columnist/victor-penney/fatherhood-is-more-important-than-golf/



10. Next Session of Online Initiative to Develop Fatherhood Skills Begins September 30

https://www.loudoun.gov/fatherhood





Thanks
Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2221927 2025-09-04T22:09:11Z 2026-01-10T17:19:16Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Impacts of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program: Pilot study with married couples in China






2. Engaged Fathers, Flourishing Children

interview with Steven J. Davis, Brad Wilcox, Ian Rowe

https://www.hoover.org/research/engaged-fathers-flourishing-children




3. Reimagining Fall learning: Playful, purposeful, engaging


Sweta Shah, Brookings

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/reimagining-fall-learning-playful-purposeful-engaging/




4. 'We couldn't apply for a BTO': The pains and joys of marrying young in Singapore


https://www.channelnewsasia.com/today/ground-up/young-couples-early-marriages-singapore-youths-tying-knot-family-5319031




5. California bishops, marriage ministry partner to strengthen family life

 , OSV News







6. The group behind Project 2025 wants a ‘Manhattan Project’ for more babies

, WAPO

https://wapo.st/3I3gZAB





7. Ask Wirecutter: Why Can’t My Partner See How Right I Am?








8. America's young people are delaying adulthood milestones

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/23/young-adults-delay-marriage-kids-jobs-census






9. The Country Where Men Raise Babies—and Love Every Minute of It






10. Research Highlights Mental Health Risks For New Fathers

AIFS





Thanks
Bill

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2220597 2025-08-28T15:44:49Z 2026-01-10T17:18:51Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Reflections of the Nation’s Former Marriage Czar - Dr. Wade Horn

Stronger Marriage Webinar Recording, 

Utah Marriage Commission 







2.   Child Welfare System Myths vs. Facts
 
Brett Drake | American Enterprise Institute 





3. Thick Community & Why We Need It

Soren and Ever Johnson, Trinity House Community







4. The Emerging Marriage Renaissance

Carl Caton, NARME Plenary 2025











6. Maintaining Relationship Safety While Promoting Relationship Health: Family Service Referrals Among Veterans Screened for Intimate Partner Violence
Dev Crasta , Grace B. McKee, Nicole M. Caulfield, Hajra Usman, Nicole Trabold, Cory A. Crane, Jennifer S. Funderburk, Katherine M. Iverson, Scott D. McDonald
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-53389-001.html





7. From Family Dynamics to Adolescent Social Functioning: A Longitudinal Study of Parental Depression and Emotional Insecurity

Reyhaneh S. Razavi, Rebecca Y. M. Cheung, Patrick T. Davies, E. Mark Cummings

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7295938/v1




8. People are having fewer babies: Is it really the end of the world?







9. Understanding America Study

The Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR), the University of Southern California.







10. DoDEA and CNIC Partner to Expand Non-Medical Counseling Support in Overseas Schools

Jasmine McLeod, HQ Chief, Student Support Services, DoDEA HQ






11. In Pursuit: Marriage, Motherhood, and Women’s Well-Being

By Brad Wilcox | Wendy Wang | Jean Twenge | Jenet Erickson







12. Divorce rates are down, marriage rates are up, contrary to popular belief

By Alexander Batman, BYU-Idaho Radio





Thanks
Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2219252 2025-08-21T21:39:17Z 2025-08-21T21:39:18Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate

Will Croxton






2. Tonight!

Reflections of the Nation’s Former Marriage Czar - Dr. Wade Horn
Date: August 21, 2025
Time: 6:00 MDT





3.  No boom in ‘no fault’ divorce 

Harry Benson







5. What the latest studies say about marriage and dating trends in the U.S. today

Ayesha Rascoe






6.  Enhancing Confidence and Teaching Efficacy in Youth Relationship Education Practice Through Service-Learning 

Lindsey Almond,  Silvia Vilches, Francesca Adler-Baeder, 
Department of Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University

https://www.familyscienceassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FSR-V29-1-Almond.pdf




7. A Marriage Skills Intervention to Improve the Marital Competencies of Couples in Multicultural Resource-Limited Communities in South Africa

Maretha Visser &Marilyn C. Saunders





9. A Skill to Help Soothe Teens’ Back-to-School Anxiety

 Tyralynn Frazier, Blake Colaianne |

Jonathon Van Maren

https://wng.org/opinions/repopulating-the-playground-1755560343




12. Parents in positive relationships with their partner have children with stronger friendships

Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)




Thanks
Bill



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2217786 2025-08-14T21:18:35Z 2026-01-10T17:10:24Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Marriage rates and outcomes: What’s education got to do with it?

John V. Winters, professor of economics, Iowa State University.






2.  A longitudinal mediation analysis of relationship catastrophizing, perceived partner support, and sexual well-being in couples seeking medically assisted reproduction

 Grace AWang1 , Katherine Pe´loquin2 , Meghan A Rossi1 , Quinn M MacDonald1 , Audrey Brassard3 , Sophie Bergeron2 , Renda Bouzayen4 and Natalie O Rosen1,4

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13591053251351686



3.  Who Remains Single? Educational Gradients in Long-Term Singlehood Across Ethnic Groups

 Kasimir Dederichs1 | Evelina Akimova1,2,3,4,5 | Nan Dirk de Graaf1





4. Meeting partners online is related to lower relationship satisfaction and love: Data from 50 countries

Marta Kowal a, Piotr Sorokowski b, Adam Bode c, Michal Misiak b, W.P. Malecki d, Agnieszka Sorokowska b, S. Craig Roberts a e

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585325000711



5. Religious/spiritual struggles and sanctification of relational sexuality: ties to sexual satisfaction among Jewish Israeli in marital or committed relationships






6.  Saying no to marriage: A topic modeling approach to Korean social big data on “bi-hon” 

Jeenkyoung Lee 1 | Jaerim Lee 2,3 | Jee Hoon Lee 2






7. What young adults need to know about AI

American Psychological Association

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-young-adults-need-know-ai-american-psychological-association-dsyge/




8. Do Couples With Similar Personalities Have Happier Relationships?

Jill Suttie 






9. Home Visiting Recruitment and Uptake Evidence Review







10. When Love Becomes a Ledger: How Keeping Score Can Hurt Your Relationship

Haeyoung Gideon Park and Emily A. Impett





11. The Consumer Culture Of Marriage

Bill Doherty, PhD, The Doherty Relationship Institute, LLC

https://thedohertyapproach.com/the-consumer-culture-of-marriage/






12. Print beats digital for preschoolers learning to read, study finds

by Madeline Strauss, Michigan State University





13.  Marriage Health in America study

Focus on the Family

https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SOTF-MarriageHealth-2025.pdf




Thanks
Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2216205 2025-08-07T13:17:16Z 2025-08-07T13:17:17Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Quick Lessons, 15 minutes on popular topics  

USU EXTENSION  




2. Most Young Adults Have Not Achieved Key Adulthood Milestones by 2024  

Paul Hemez and Jonathan Vespa  





3. More teenagers are saying they use AI for friendship. Here’s why researchers are concerned  






4. Statistics and Facts About Dating in 2025  

Emily Phares  





5. From Adversity to Resilience: A Framework for Hope  

When: Wednesday, August 13 @ 1:00pm Pacific Time/4:00pm Eastern Time  
Speaker: Jessica Herzog-Hall; Director, ACEs Indiana Coalition  






6. How Prenatal and Early Childhood Programs Can Engage Fathers from Day One  

By Erik Vecere  





7. Growing diverse and immigrant populations drove the nation’s post-pandemic demographic rebound, new census data show  

William H. Frey  






8. Interventions in High-Conflict Divorces/Separations from Children’s Perspective: A Scoping Review 

Susanna Rautioa , Anna Nikupeterib , and Merja Laitinenb






9. Enhanced Afterplay Can Save Relationships from Erosion: A Comprehensive Research Synthesis and Framework for Future Inquiry 

Khan Tahsin Abrar





10.  Risk factors of military spouse suicide: An exploratory analysis 

Grace E. Seamon- Lahiff, Marcie Goeke-Morey





11. Investigating bidirectional relationships between parenting stress and child maltreatment from early childhood to adolescence: A random intercept cross-lagged panel model

Dan Wang a, Ami Mariko Hood Frost a, Zheng Wang b






12. Mindfulness techniques help birthing parents manage stress of parenthood

Mary Campbell





13. Where Are the Pro-Family Senators?

By Brad Wilcox | Maria Baer








Thanks
Bill
still at OBX




Bill Coffin  
301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com  

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2214589 2025-07-31T20:48:06Z 2025-07-31T20:48:08Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Taylor Swift, Adele, and Our Marriage-Haunted Culture

Tom Hoopes




2. Mindfulness and daily sexual function: a dyadic diary study 

Emily Jarvis, MSc, Jackie S Huberman, PhD, Natalie O Rosen, PhD




3. Australia’s divorce rate is lowest in 50 years and marriages are lasting longer, according to ABS data






4.  What Marriage Ministry Sometimes Gets Wrong 

Ron & Nan Deal, with Terry & Sharon Hargrave






5. See the Best in Your Teen
Ken Ginsburg

https://parentandteen.com/author/ginsburg/




6. Marriage Makes a Comeback—and Not a Moment Too Soon

Seth Eisenberg





7. Coming to Terms with Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: A Scoping Review

Lisa Norén,Martin Bergström &Lisa Wallander

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26408066.2025.2469670?src=recsys#d1e150




8. The New FCS Family Resource Center will aim to serve CSULB students with dependents  

By Jonathan Murrietta





10. Number of newborns hit 14-year high, as marriage, birth numbers rise 11 months in a row

KOREA NOW






Thanks
Bill
from OBX, NC


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2212844 2025-07-24T17:49:54Z 2025-07-24T17:49:54Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Decade of the Child

Diana Fishbein, PhD, and Christina Bethell, PhD 

https://www.npscoalition.org/projects/decade-of-the-child





2. Which Program Elements Are Associated with Better Outcomes for Fathers?

OPRE/ACF

https://acf.gov/opre/report/which-program-elements-are-associated-better-outcomes-fathers




3. Cognitive functioning and depressive symptoms in the aging population: The buffering role of marital status

M. Ciziceno , G. Maggio 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953625007567






4. [PDF] Interparental conflict and relationship expectations: exploring potential mediators

AL Garcia, W Goodfriend, D Barnett, T Hack - Interpersona: An International Journal, 2025
… experienced high interparental conflict, with the hope that relationship education
could minimize the adverse effects often associated with … the status of their parents’
romantic relationship, nearly half reported their parents as married (49.6%), followed …






5. Celebrate marriage jubilee!

https://cacatholic.org/marriage/



6. Kids are asking AI companions to solve their problems, according to a new study. Here’s why that’s a problem
Analysis by Kara Alaimo



https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/16/health/teens-ai-companion-wellness




7. New marriage mentorship program pairs couples to walk ‘Side by Side’





8. Bread and Honey

Sometimes, marriage is about learning how to braid the bitter with the sweet.
by Diana Saverin







9. 5 times 'Everybody Loves Raymond' nailed American family life

Vinita Jain





11. Ohio's new budget includes $20M to promote the role of fathers in families



12. Social Security payments have become an increasingly relevant income support for children

Simran Kalkat, Tara Watson, and Jonathon Zars
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/social-security-payments-have-become-an-increasingly-relevant-income-support-for-children/




THANKS
Bill


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2211392 2025-07-17T19:03:59Z 2025-07-17T19:04:01Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. You can view the new grant opportunities at the following links: 





2. Is Ring by Spring Still a Thing, or Was It Just a Fling?

by Brandon Kevin Burr *, Emma Christensen, Brian Camp, Clint Broadbent, Rachel Arocho, Rachel Ann Augustus, Bobby Kern, Daniel Huble, and Josi Woodhouse


https://www.mdpi.com/3042-6693/1/1/2




3. Fertility Rate Near Historic Low in the United States

Elizabeth Wildsmith

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/fertility-rate-united-states



4. Family Hubs expansion creates opportunity to improve support for families

OnePlusOne

https://www.oneplusone.org.uk/news/family-hubs-expansion-creates-opportunity-to-improve-support-for-families




5. Using American Community Survey Data for Grant Writing





6. I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend

by Victoria Song


Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/517937/attendees-leave-family-conference-with-wealth-resources





8. How to disagree better





9. Understanding relationship development: Towards a more rigorous approach

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1091332


OR

New study uses cutting-edge modeling to rethink how romantic relationships evolve

By Elizabeth Hess

https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-new-study-uses-cutting-edge-modeling-to-rethink-how-romantic-relationships-evolve/



10. Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders





11. Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families




12. Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Program Evaluation Toolkit





Thanks
Bill



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2209792 2025-07-10T21:17:59Z 2025-07-10T21:17:59Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Understanding Hoarding

Mindspring Mental Health Alliance

https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/oKy698UB6cLdyFDyxISf5wHCbPYbCWWbXvGol3-eyaLInzeP-J3NcFUsHJczE_Ac.Ydqo3oWug1KJK0a-




2. Saturday, July 12, at 2 pm ET Families and Politics -Online


OR

At this event in Minnesota, Braver Angels co-founder Bill Doherty walked through some of the do’s and don’ts of talking about politics with kids.

Read: Talking Sense: MPR News: How to talk to kids about politics without divisive rhetoric





3. Married People Are Much Happier

By Kasandra Brabaw






4. MarriageREADY: Build a Stronger Relationship Before You Say “I Do”


Daniel Lilley for Jubilee Centre





6. Bridget Phillipson urges more young people to have children amid ‘worrying’ birth rates

Millie Cooke, Political Correspondent, Kate Devlin

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bridget-phillipson-more-children-birth-rate-labour-b2779510.html

OR

Decline in marriage and children continues in Switzerland

20/06/2025 By Le News

https://lenews.ch/2025/06/20/decline-in-marriage-and-children-continues-in-switzerland/




7. Divorce, Family Arrangements, and Children's Adult Outcomes

Andrew C. Johnston, Maggie R. Jones & Nolan G. Pope

https://www.nber.org/papers/w33776



8. Breakthrough in relationship research: This is the secret that guarantees a happy marriage

NEWS AGENCIES/MAARIV





9. What Does It Actually Mean to Forgive?

By Robert Enright

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_does_it_actually_mean_to_forgive?




10.  Effectiveness of relationship education among high school youth: the role of context 

Esra Şahin, Joshua J. Turner, J. Scott Crapo, Kay Bradford, and Brian Higginbotham

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02673843.2025.2496446

OR

'Situtationships' Are the New Teen Romance—Here's What Parents Need to Know

By Lydia Wang





































]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2206107 2025-06-24T16:55:04Z 2025-06-24T16:55:05Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Passenger Parenting: When Dad Is Just Along for the Ride

Daniel Dashnaw

OR

Speaking of Psychology: ‘Dad brain’: How becoming a parent changes the brain, with Darby Saxbe, PhD



2. Prenatal stress and children’s behavior: What expectant parents should know

Irene Tung






3. A Majority of Hispanic Children in Households With Low Incomes Live in Two-Parent Families

https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resources/a-majority-of-hispanic-children-in-households-with-low-incomes-live-in-two-parent-families/




4. 

🎙️ Episode #155

Why Prioritizing Your Spouse Makes You a Better Parent

LISTEN NOW
 Episode #155

Why Prioritizing Your Spouse Makes You a Better Parent











5. Childhood Predictors of Dispositional Forgivingness in Adulthood: A Cross-National Analysis with 22 Countries


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11482-025-10451-z

Also see https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/forgiveness





6. Adopted Resolutions – 93rd Annual Meeting (Tampa, 2025)

Children, Health, and Human Services





7. Important Update on ACF Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grants https://www.narme.org/policy-information



8. Research examining parents’ well-being, communication in families with autistic children

By Chuck Green | CYFS

https://news.unl.edu/article/research-examining-parents-well-being-communication-in-families-with-autistic-children




9. Decline in marriage and children continues in Switzerland

https://lenews.ch/2025/06/20/decline-in-marriage-and-children-continues-in-switzerland/



10. Making time for marriage: Tips for military couples
  • By Derika Upshaw, Fort Hood Public Affairs



OR

81 Years of Marriage, Separated Briefly by World War II








11. Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds

Ellen Barry

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/health/youth-suicide-risk-phones.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE8.GovH.PO3swfPPVVUv&smid=url-share




Thanks Alysse!
Bill



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2204942 2025-06-19T19:23:07Z 2025-06-19T19:23:07Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Associate Director | Notre Dame Strengthening Families Research Initiative





2. Prenatal stress and children’s behavior: What expectant parents should know

By Irene Tung






3. Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Behavioral Health Disorders: Report Dissemination Workshop


June 27, 10-5

https://www.nationalacademies.org/en/event/45186_06-2025_blueprint-for-a-national-prevention-infrastructure-for-behavioral-health-disorders-report-dissemination-workshop




4. The Free Father Friendly Check-Up™ for Organizations and Agencies

NFI


OR

New Scholarly Fatherhood Report Offers Important New Insights

by Glenn T. Stanton




5. How Can I Get My Kids to Do Chores?

by Christina Frank








7. From “Likes” to Love: The Influence of Social Media on Forming Relationships






8.  Development of the Couple Financial Conflict Scale: A Pilot Study

 Megan R. Ford, University of Georgia, Joseph W. Goetz, University of Georgia, Kristy L. Archuleta, University of Georgia










9.  EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF PREMARITAL COUNSELING ON LONG-TERM MARITAL SATISFACTION: A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND RELATIONAL OUTCOMES 

Faith Boggs1 , Dr. Kelly Arney2




OR

Perspective: Parents, encourage your engaged children to invest in premarital education


Alan Hawkins


https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2025/06/14/perspective-parents-encourage-your-engaged-children-to-invest-in-premarital-education/



10. 

Ten Things You Need to Know About Hospice

When: Wednesday, June 26, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Pacific time)

Where: ONLINE

Cost: No charge

Registration: Click here







Thanks
Bill



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2203277 2025-06-12T15:05:00Z 2025-06-12T15:05:01Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. What experts think about the $1,000 ‘Trump accounts’ for babies

Hannah Grabenstein

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-experts-think-about-the-1000-trump-accounts-for-babies





2. 
HHS-2025-ACF-OFA-ZJ-0014 Family, Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engagement – Fatherhood (FORGE Fatherhood)


HHS-2025-ACF-OFA-ZD-0013 Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life)
HHS-2025-ACF-OFA-ZB-0109 Helping Every Area of Relationships Thrive - Adults (HEART)

will likely be released this week

Search "Marriage" at the Dept of HHS https://www.grants.gov/search-grants




3. Does having sex before marriage make people happier?

https://lovemeansmore.org/what-is-love/willing-the-good/unity/sexual-relationships/chastity/premarital-sex-cohabitation/#:~:text=Married%20people%20are%20also%20more%20likely%20to%20report%20being%20in%20a%20loving%20and%20supportive%20relationship





4. Beyond tax credits: A path to meaningful paid family leave

Elena Patel

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/beyond-tax-credits-a-path-to-meaningful-paid-family-leave/?






5. The Great Relationship Reset

https://www.singlesinamerica.com/





6. Understanding the dynamics of strategic renewal across domains: A work–home resources model perspective
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joop.70027


OR

https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-025-07757-z





7. Study reveals long-term mental health benefits of healthy relationship skills program for adolescents

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-reveals-term-mental-health-benefits.html




8. The Role of Relationship Education in Strengthening Attachment: Findings from the ELEVATE Program

E Coffman, R Goodrich, T Gollery, J Rujimora… - The Family Journal, 2025

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10664807251346974



9.  We need to talk about marriage 

Harry Benson, Research Director, Marriage Foundation

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MF-note-We-need-to-talk-about-marriage.pdf



10. How Does Being Phubbed Affect Commitment? Exploring the Roles of Emotional Loneliness and Relationship Satisfaction

A Aslanturk, C Arslan - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2025

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jmft.70027




11. 20 Children's Books About Dads to Celebrate Father's Day

https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/bhf-book-lists/picture-books-about-dads




12.  Non-pharmacological interventions for mental health among partners of military members and Veterans: A systematic review 

Mijung Leea , Sunyoung Hwanga and Joohee Leea

https://utppublishing.com/doi/pdf/10.3138/jmvfh-2023-0111




13. Romantic Relationships in Japan: A Lens for Social Policy Recommendation





Thanks

Bill
https://bio.site/billcoffin






Bill Coffin

301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com

billcoffin.org

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]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2202036 2025-06-05T22:49:21Z 2025-06-05T22:49:22Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. FREE COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP FOR ESTABLISHED MARRIED COUPLES

Susan Barth, Noted Marriage Educator, Founder & President, "Together in Happiness"





2. We need to talk about marriage





5. Dyadic Reports of Interparental Relationship Quality and Intentions to Continue Fostering Among Coupled Foster Caregivers

Evin Winkelman Richardson 1,✉, Jacquelyn K Mallette 2, Ted G Futris 1, Rachel Brown 1, Jessica Starke 1, Shuangyue Cui 1, Lydia Shepherd 1

 






6. Top 5 states of the USA with highest divorce rates

Kritika Priya


Business Upturn doesn’t guarantee the accuracy of the information.




7. Mind the Children: A Book Event

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 4:00 PM to 5:15 PM ET

With Timothy P. Carney | Naomi Schaefer Riley | Sally Satel

https://www.aei.org/events/mind-the-children-a-book-event/




8. One in three Australian men report using emotional or physical violence

https://7news.com.au/news/one-in-three-australian-men-report-using-emotional-or-physical-violence-c-18919371

OR 'Loving' fathers can help reduce violence

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/pm/-loving-fathers-can-help-reduce-violence/105373022

https://www.apa.org/topics/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/health-advisory-ai-adolescent-well-being




10. 5 Types of Intimacy in a Healthy Marriage (Hint: 4 of Them Have Nothing to Do With Sex)









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