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





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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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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






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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





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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





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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





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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)




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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




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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








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

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






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