Candidates for Friday Five

1. Opinion: We need a national prevention strategy for health and behavioral health problems

Jeffrey Jenson

https://coloradosun.com/2020/05/10/colorado-coronavirus-behavioral-health-public-opinion/ 




2. The Production of Inequality: The Gender Division of Labor Across the Transition to Parenthood

Jill E. Yavorsky  Claire M. Kamp Dush  Sarah J. Schoppe‐Sullivan

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jomf.12189 




3. Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus Crisis
 
Rachel Ehmke 

https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/




4. https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-of-families

OR

National Families Week@HOME






5. How Social Capital Helps Communities Weather the COVID-19 Storm



https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2020/05/63479/ 




6. Working Together, Supporting Relationships
 
https://www.marriagecare.org.uk/press-release-working-together-supporting-relationships/ 




7. Being A Couple Again

https://www.mhanational.org/being-couple-again 




8. Canadians becoming less concerned about healthcare, more about relationships during COVID-19: survey
 

Dayne Patterson


https://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/National_News/Canadians_becoming_less_concerned_about_healthcare_more_about_relationships_during_COVID_19_survey/ 




9. How the pandemic can strengthen bonds between fathers and daughters
 
Laurie D. Willis

 https://news.wfu.edu/2020/05/13/how-the-pandemic-can-strengthen-bonds-between-fathers-and-daughters/





10. Psychologists Recommend We Parent in "Shifts," and It Is Single-Handedly Saving Our Marriage

KATE SCHWEITZER 

https://www.popsugar.com/family/benefits-parenting-in-shifts-alternating-bedtime-47458971 




11. Families in lockdown, some struggle while others thrive

Caitlin Fitzsimmons



OR

Quarantine Is Making My Difficult Marriage Worse

https://firstthings.org/quarantine-is-making-my-difficult-marriage-worse/ 




12.  How We Strengthen our Marriage During Hard Times with Andrew Jackson [Episode 108]

Megan Dilworth   

https://thrivinginmotherhoodpodcast.com/2020/05/12/how-we-strengthen-our-marriage-during-hard-times-episode-107/  


OR


How to Improve Your Marriage Without Leaving the House

Kelsey T. Chun  



Candidates for Friday Five

1. All I Want for Mother’s Day Is an Equitable Division of Labor

CHRISTINE CARTER  

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


OR

A working mom’s quarantine life

Ellen McCarthy, Caitlin Gibson, Helena Andrews-Dyer, Amy Joyce





2. Inside, Outside, Round and Round: Sustaining Engagement in Responsible Fatherhood Programs

ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/inside-outside-round-and-round-sustaining-engagement-in-responsible-fatherhood-programs?  





3. “This Is What Happens to Couples Under Stress”: An Interview with Esther Perel

 Rachel Syme

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/this-is-what-happens-to-couples-under-stress-an-interview-with-esther-perel 





4. 10 ques­tions to ask your part­ner to get to know them even bet­ter dur­ing lockdown
 
https://toucantogether.com/blog/10-questions-to-ask-your-partner-to-get-to-know-them-even-better-during-lockdown 




5. Emotionally Supportive Parenting Can Help Disadvantaged Children Stay On The Rails

Xutong Zhang, Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/early-childhood-development/supportive-parenting-disadvantaged-children/  





6. Harry reads a short extract from 'Commit or Quit - The Two Year Rule and Other Rules for Romance'

 




7. What is Marriage Week?
 
https://marriage-week.org.uk/marriage-week-home/ 





8. 
28th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues

http://www.pop.psu.edu/event/3719/28th-annual-national-symposium-family-issues  



9. Marlo Thomas, Phil Donahue share the secrets of celebs’ successful marriages

New book by the couple, wed 40 years, gathers advice from famous spouses from Jesse Jackson to Jamie Lee Curtis.

By Miriam Di Nunzio  May 5, 2020, 6:19pm CDT

https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2020/5/5/21247290/marlo-thomas-phil-donahue-marriage-book-secrets-celebrities-what-makes-last-anniversary 





10. In our opinion: Take note of declining marriage rates
 
 Deseret News Editorial Board  

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/5/4/21244484/marriage-rates-cdc-covid-19-economy 




11. What Comes First: Marriage or Kids?

https://population-europe.eu/research-news/what-comes-first-marriage-or-kids 




Thanks. Happy Mothers Day!

Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. Do Adults in Couples Have Better Mental Health During the COVID‑19 Pandemic?

Ana Fostik and Jennifer Kaddatz 

https://vanierinstitute.ca/do-adults-in-couples-have-better-mental-health-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/


OR

Couples Find Support in One Another During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ana Fostik, Jennifer Kaddatz and Nora Spinks 

 

 

2. Children's Mental Health and the Life Course Model: A Virtual Workshop Series
 
NAS

https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/04-16-2020/childrens-mental-health-and-the-life-course-model-a-virtual-workshop-series#sl-three-columns-fa6c4b62-54a3-496c-90ac-627699620847 




3. Is California’s ACEs Questionnaire ‘Trap’ For Poor Families?

Richard Wexler

 


https://youthtoday.org/2020/04/is-californias-aces-questionnaire-trap-for-poor-families/





4. How to Support Children (and Yourself) During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University  

https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/how-to-support-children-and-yourself-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/ 


OR

UNL professors develop website to keep children engaged at home

Becca Holladay



5. Call for Manuscripts: COVID-19 and Implications for Families
 
NCFR

https://www.ncfr.org/news/call-manuscripts-covid-19-and-implications-families 

OR

https://www.ncfr.org/resource-library  



6.  Let's Talk… More

https://marriage-week.org.uk/lets-talk/ 




7.  Play Could Help Reduce ‘Covid-19 Slump’ In Learning

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta M. Golinkoff

https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/child-development/covid-19-slump-in-learning/ 


OR

Parenting During A Pandemic

Parenting During A Pandemic

Gary Bingham 

https://news.gsu.edu/2020/04/23/parenting-during-a-pandemic/ 




8. Coronavirus: New working day has obliterated work-life balance in US

Michelle Davis, Jeff Green

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-us-work-life-balance-working-hours-covid-19-a9484791.html  


OR

COVID-19 AND AMERICAN FAMILIES


Artika Casini  

https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2020/april/bahira-trask-coronavirus-covid-19-american-families/  



9. Marriage Rates in the United States, 1900–2018

National Center for Health Statistics  

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/marriage_rate_2018/marriage_rate_2018.htm 

Also, https://www.cso.ie/en/csolatestnews/pressreleases/2020pressreleases/pressstatementmarriages2019/




10.  The significance of resilience in mental health promotion of marriage immigrant women: a qualitative study of factors and processes

Yeonjae Jo

https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-020-00945-3 




Thanks. Stay safe
Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. Take-Home Skill: Gratitude Questions for Kids

https://ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/take-home-skill-gratitude-questions-for-kids/ 



2. SURVIVING SHELTER-IN-PLACE WITH YOUR PARTNER 

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/surviving-shelter-place-your-partner 



3. Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Jessica Dym Bartlett, Rebecca Vivrette

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/ways-to-promote-childrens-resilience-to-the-covid-19-pandemic  




4. WHEN FORGIVENESS IS HARD, SPEND MORE TIME TOGETHER

by Courtney Walsh





5. 10 Top Tips for managing Sex and Intimacy during the Covid-19 Crisis

Emma Waring

https://marriage-week.org.uk/10-top-tips-for-managing-sex-and-intimacy-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ 




6. Op-ed: The coronavirus lockdown has given us the chance to strengthen our family bonds
 
https://www.qf.org.qa/stories/op-ed-the-coronavirus-lockdown-has-given-us-the-chance-to-strengthen-our 




7. Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences launches faculty-led initiative to support families during COVID-19 pandemic
 
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q2/purdue-college-of-health-and-human-sciences-launches-faculty-led-initiative-to-support-families-during-covid-19-pandemic.html  





8. FRPN Grantee Report: Fatherhood Programs: Factors Associated with Retention, Completion, and Outcomes

Mar 2020 | Solveig Spjeldnes, Jennifer Shadik, Anirudh Ruhil, Daniel Kloepfer & Zarek Bell

https://www.frpn.org/asset/frpn-grantee-report-fatherhood-programs-factors-associated-retention-completion-and-outcomes 




9. General kid-friendly resources
 
https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360040327592-General-kid-friendly-resources/ 




10. 12 Days of Wellbeing eBook

https://www.6seconds.org/emotional-intelligence/ebooks/free-wellbeing-ebook/ 




11. 81st Readiness Division couples to test relationship strengthening online tools

By Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Espinosa

https://www.usar.army.mil/News/Article/2154544/81st-readiness-division-couples-to-test-relationship-strengthening-online-tools/ 




12. When the Grandparents Don’t Visit
 
Bridget Shirvell  

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/parenting/grandparents-visit.html  




Thanks.


Candidates for Friday Five

1. What Makes a Father?

Jennifer Rainey Marquez 

https://news.gsu.edu/research-magazine/spring2020/what-makes-a-father-evolution-of-fatherhood?



2. Generosity, Good News Resources, Gratitude, and Connection in the Corona Age

https://giveandtakeinc.com/blog/culture/good-news-resources/ 



3. Now Open to All: Past NCFR Webinars & Conference Recordings
 
https://www.ncfr.org/news/resources-about-novel-coronavirus-covid-19#open 



4. Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19
 
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/09-04-2020-children-s-story-book-released-to-help-children-and-young-people-cope-with-covid-19  



5. Happy Habits for Hard Times Series

John and Rita Sommers-Flanagan

https://coehs.umt.edu/happy_habits_series_2020/default.php  




6.Men in Quarantine: 3 Ideas for Rediscovering Marriage

John Cuddeback  

https://life-craft.org/men-in-quarantine-3-ideas-for-rediscovering-marriage/  



7. Corona and the case for marriage

ByHarry Benson

https://conservativewoman.co.uk/corona-and-the-case-for-marriage/ 



8. The Anatomy Of A Marriage Fight

Katie Pace
 
https://www.thecandidly.com/2019/the-anatomy-of-a-marriage-fight 




9. Marriage—a life-extender?

 Dennis Thompson 

https://www.wktvjournal.org/marriage-a-life-extender/ 
 



10. How can exhausted parents motivate kitchen table learners?

Frederick M. Hess

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/how-can-exhausted-parents-motivate-kitchen-table-learners/  




11. How Parents Can Help Kids Thrive in an Uncertain Future

JILL SUTTIE

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_parents_can_help_kids_thrive_in_an_uncertain_future 



12. Stress and Coping

CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/managing-stress-anxiety.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprepare%2Fmanaging-stress-anxiety.html



13.  “Nightly News Kids Edition”Nightly News: Kids Edition (April 15, 2020) | NBC Nightly News




Thanks.
Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. ‘The Femsplainers’: Season 6, Episode 11: Love in the time of coronavirus

https://www.aei.org/multimedia/the-femsplainers-season-6-episode-11-love-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/?



2. Virtual Meetings for Couples Offer Tips, Strategies to Cope with COVID-19

AJ Taylor  

https://kiow.com/2020/04/08/virtual-meetings-for-couples-offer-tips-strategies-to-cope-with-covid-19/ 



3. 

Over 50 Webinars and Dozens of Conference Sessions Free Through June 30



To support the professional activities of family researchers and practitioners during this unprecedented time, NCFR has opened access to digital content previously only available to NCFR members.

Now through June 30, these on-demand webinars and past conference sessions are free to everyone through the NCFR website:
 



4. Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Mental Health

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25711/educating-health-professionals-to-address-the-social-determinants-of-mental-health 



5. Free Mind Matters Online Series

https://www.dibbleinstitute.org/free-mind-matters-online-series/



6. Incoming Podcast: Army Veteran And Author Kayla Williams On War And Marriage After War

Justin Hudnall

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/apr/08/incoming-podcast-army-veteran-and-author-kayla-wil/ 

 


7. Administration for Children and Families Assistant Secretary Interview at Fathers & Families Coalition of America Conference
 
https://fathersandfamiliescoalition.org/posts/administration-for-children-and-families-assistant-secretary-interview-for-fathers-families-coalition-of-america.html 



8. How to keep quarantine from ruining your marriage

Carol Bruess

https://ideas.ted.com/how-to-keep-quarantine-from-ruining-your-marriage/  




9. Marital Interventions: Participation, Helpfulness, and Change in a Nationally Representative Sample

Thomas Jack Esplin White Stephen F. Duncan Jeremy B. Yorgason Spencer L. James Erin K. Holmes

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.12403  



10. http://www.narme.org/conferences/10th-annual-narme-summit/




Happy Easter

Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. WHEN LOW EXPECTATIONS ARE AN ADVANTAGE IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS

 Giulia Zoppolat and Francesca Righetti

http://spsp.org/news-center/blog/zoppolat-righetti-low-expectations-romantic-relationships 




2. Resources About the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
 
NCFR

https://www.ncfr.org/news/resources-about-novel-coronavirus-covid-19  




3. ‘FEELING OBLIGATED’ CAN IMPACT RELATIONSHIPS DURING SOCIAL DISTANCING

Caroline Brooks, William Chopik, Jeewon Oh

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2020/feeling-obligated-can-impact-relationships-during-social-distancing/ 





4. BRUCE MOOSE AND THE WHAT-IFS

By Gary J. Oliver, Ph.D.

http://liferelationships.com/resources/articles/?id=3479 




5. Protecting Your Relationship in the Shadow of Coronavirus
 

Scott M. Stanley Ph.D.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/sliding-vs-deciding/202003/protecting-your-relationship-in-the-shadow-coronavirus 




6.  Inspiring Change: Creating impact with evidence-based implementation

The Center for Implementation  

https://thecenterforimplementation.teachable.com/p/inspiring-change  




7. In the age of coronavirus social distancing, marriage skills are reaching new audiences

Seth Eisenberg

https://fatherhoodchannel.com/2020/03/31/in-the-age-of-coronavirus-social-distancing-marriage-skills-are-reaching-new-audiences-33120/ 




8. New UC Davis Research Suggests Parents Should Limit Screen Media for Preschoolers

By Karen Nikos-Rose  

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/new-uc-davis-research-suggests-parents-should-limit-screen-media-preschoolers 




9. ‘Are the kids alright?’: Societal shifts, youth actions
 
Erica Gelman  

https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2020/03/are-the-kids-alright-societal-shifts-youth-actions  



10.  FAMILY AND SOCIETY
Move to curtail underage online porn epidemic

 Chris McCormack

http://www.newsweekly.com.au/article.php?id=58929  




11. Exploring Key Policy Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Care for People with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: A Workshop

NASEM

https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/exploring-key-policy-challenges-and-opportunities-to-improve-care-for-people-with-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorders-a-workshop  




12. How G. E. M. Anscombe revolutionised 20th-century western philosophy

https://blog.oup.com/2020/04/how-g-e-anscombe-revolutionised-20th-century-western-philosophy/  




13. Spouse getting on your nerves? Help your marriage through stress of quarantine
 
Kevyn Burger

https://www.startribune.com/quarantine-can-stress-your-closest-relationship-how-to-stay-calm-and-carry-on-with-your-marriage/569278702/  





14 April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/ 




Thanks

Bill 


Candidates for Friday Five

1. HOMESCHOOLING WHILE WORKING FROM HOME DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC BINGO

by KIMBERLY HARRINGTON

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/homeschooling-while-working-from-home-during-a-global-pandemic-bingo  



2. Get FREE Access To Online Relationship Classes!

First Things First
 
https://learn.firstthingsu.org/categories/index_responsive?locale=en

OR

http://healthyrelationshipsutah.org/selectcounty  




3. COVID-19 – Family Social Science offers coping resources

https://news.cehd.umn.edu/covid-19-family-social-science-offers-coping-resources/ 




4. Fatherhood & Coparenting

 Armon R. Perry, Aaron Rollins & Abby Perez

https://www.frpn.org/asset/fatherhood-coparenting 




5. CORONAVIRUS: SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES ARE BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, STUDY FINDS 

Sarah Young  

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/coronavirus-social-distancing-communities-help-neighbours-elderly-vulnerable-a9418156.html 


OR

COVID-19: our advice and tips for healthy relationships





6. How to stay married through coronavirus

By Hayley Gleeson

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-21/how-to-stay-married-through-coronavirus/12073778 




7. Navy Boot Camp Trainers Must Spend 90 Days Away from Families in Lockdown Measure

Military.com | By Gina Harkins and Hope Hodge Seck  

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/26/navy-boot-camp-trainers-must-spend-90-days-away-families-lockdown-measure.html 

Also, see https://www.militaryonesource.mil/data-research-and-statistics/military-community-demographics/2018-demographics-profile




8. How can parents help children cope with COVID-19 disruptions?
  
SHARITA FORREST  

https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/807420 

OR

Ten tips for on keeping your family on track during the COVID-19 pandemic


https://www.register-herald.com/health/ten-tips-for-on-keeping-your-family-on-track-during/article_04ca2609-fec7-51ac-ab7a-8f469dc3db13.html




9. Generation 'Coronial': Will Self-Isolation Lead To A Baby Boom?
 

Antoinette Lattouf


https://10daily.com.au/lifestyle/a200319xrsuj/generation-coronial-will-self-isolation-lead-to-a-baby-boom-20200320 




10.  Can your marriage survive the coronavirus?

By Matt Villano, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/health/marriage-coronavirus-wellness/index.html  




11. For Black Marriage Day, Charlotte couples share lessons in love and marriage

Katrina Louis  

https://qcitymetro.com/2020/03/22/for-black-marriage-day-charlotte-couples-share-lessons-in-love-and-marriage/ 

 


12. Partners for a Healthy Baby: A Curriculum Home Visitors Can Trust

https://www.cdacouncil.org/newsletter/1761-partners-for-a-healthy-baby-a-curriculum-home-visitors-can-trust  




13. Greater Good’s Guide to Well-Being During Coronavirus

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/greater_good_guide_to_well_being_during_coronavirus  





Thanks. Stay safe

Bill


Candidates for Friday Five

1. Tips and Tools for Online Presentations and other NCFR resources

https://www.ncfr.org/events/tips-and-tools-online-presentations 

https://www.ncfr.org/resources/resource-collections/how-do-i-move-my-classes-online 

 https://www.ncfr.org/news/resources-about-novel-coronavirus-covid-19




2.  Family Policy and Complex Contemporary Families: A Decade in Review and Implications for the Next Decade of Research and Policy Practice
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12650  





3.Resources for children on COVID-19 and staying healthy

 https://www.childtrends.org/publications/resources-for-supporting-childrens-emotional-well-being-during-the-covid-19-pandemic#resources

OR

3 Tips For Talking To Kids About Coronavirus And The National Shutdown

Frederick Hess

https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickhess/2020/03/18/3-tips-for-talking-to-kids-about-coronavirus-and-the-national-shutdown/?


 

4. Preventing and Addressing Intimate Violence when Engaging Dads (PAIVED): Challenges, Successes, and Promising Practices from Responsible Fatherhood Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/preventing-and-addressing-intimate-violence-when-engaging-dads-final-report 



5.  How School Closures Can Strengthen Your Family

 Christine Carter

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_school_closures_can_strengthen_your_family 

OR

Realistic ways for parents and families to cope with being stuck at home

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q1/realistic-ways-for-parents-and-families-to-cope-with-being-stuck-at-home.html 


 

6. Social Distancing Gone Wrong: Couples in Corona Crisis
 

Michele Weiner-Davis LCSW


https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/divorce-busting/202003/social-distancing-gone-wrong-couples-in-corona-crisis? 




7. Emotions & Coronavirus: Navigating Uncertain Times

 



8. Berlin 2020: Helping Families through Separation and Divorce: Collaboration, not Confrontation, in Social Plurality

66th ICCFR Conference

Date: 29-30 October 2020 in Berlin
 
https://iccfr.org/berlin-2020/



9. Marriage Is What Brings Us 6 Feet Apart

https://www.wnyc.org/story/marriage-what-brings-us-6-feet-apart/  




10. Welcome to Marriage During the Coronavirus

Remember: Both of you are right.

 Jennifer Senior

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/opinion/coronavirus-relationships.html 




11. Getting sick of your screen? Try these 11 family-friendly board games
 
 LAUREN STEELE 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90478874/the-11-best-family-friendly-board-games 



Thanks.
Bill