Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. A Conversation with Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT): The Future of Conservative Family Policy

Thursday, July 28, 2022 @ AEI

https://www.aei.org/events/a-conversation-with-sen-mitt-romney-r-ut-the-future-of-conservative-family-policy/



2. Networks of opportunity: Social capital and economic mobility

Wednesday, Aug 03, 2022,10:30 AM EDT - 11:45 AM EDT

https://www.brookings.edu/events/networks-of-opportunity-social-capital-and-economic-mobility/



3. New online tool offers roadmap to financial independence

https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/state/new-online-tool-offers-roadmap-to-financial-independence/article_305bdc3b-1318-5ed5-98a5-5c2d96d80156.html



4. Low-Conflict Marriage: Why I Tell My Clients It’s Good Enough

Jolie Warren, Marital and Family Therapist

https://www.divorcemag.com/articles/low-conflict-marriage-why-i-tell-my-clients-its-good-enough



5.  Discernment in Daily Family Life 

by Soren & Ever Johnson

https://www.romefamily2022.com/en/press-kit/




6. Why marriage prep isn’t (just) about learning things: Interview 

Fr. Rosini, Rome's vicar for vocations

https://aleteia.org/2022/07/27/why-marriage-prep-isnt-just-about-learning-things-interview/



7. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: MAST Center’s 2023 Graduate Internship Program

APPLICATIONS DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 BY 5:00 PM ET

https://mastresearchcenter.org/call-for-applications-mast-centers-2023-graduate-internship-program/




8. Marriage Advance strengthens marriages, builds community

Story by Monica K. Guthrie

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/425869/marriage-advance-strengthens-marriages-builds-community



9. 50% of Japanese women think work hampers married life

KYODO NEWS

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/23/national/social-issues/women-work-life-balance-marriage/



10. From our trip to the Canadian Rockies/Lake Louise

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6UQPJgCpdQD8PPAB8



Thanks
Bill


 

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. A Conversation with Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT): The Future of Conservative Family Policy

Thursday, July 28, 2022 | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM ET



https://www.aei.org/events/a-conversation-with-sen-mitt-romney-r-ut-the-future-of-conservative-family-policy/




2. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Forum for Children’s Well-Being, 

The National Academies 

https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6943427/Forum-for-Children-s-Well-Being



3. Family Strengthening Research Report 2021

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/family-strengthening-research-2021

OR

Home Visitor Professional Well-Being: What It Is and Why It Matters



4. Study: Dads’ money woes can set stage for family conflict

By Erin Blakemore, WAPO

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/18/conflict-fathers-money-trouble/?tid=ss_tw




5. FOR THE LOVE OF RELATIONSHIPS – SECRETS OF LOVING WELL

https://villagerpublishing.com/for-the-love-of-relationships-secrets-of-loving-well/



6. NRCDV’s Storytelling Institute is a FREE live two-day virtual training 

 on August 11 and August 12, 12:00pm – 4:00pm (ET).





7. MOAA, Military Family Groups Seek Solutions to Quality-of-Life Concerns

By: Jen Goodale

https://www.moaa.org/content/publications-and-media/news-articles/2022-news-articles/advocacy/moaa,-military-family-groups-seek-solutions-to-quality-of-life-concerns/?

OR

Mind-Body Mental Fitness

Jennifer Arellano, Work and Family Life Specialist at FFSC Sigonella

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/425181/mind-body-mental-fitness



8. 5 Tips for Cultivating Empathy

https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/resources-for-families/5-tips-cultivating-empathy



9. Is Your Child Economically Literate?

Gail F. Melson Ph.D.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-the-wild-things-are/202207/is-your-child-economically-literate



10. What “Family” Means to New York Elites

Naomi Schaefer Riley

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/what-family-means-to-new-york-elites/



11. Where Are the Parents?

Michael Torres

https://www.city-journal.org/youth-crime-and-family-structure



12. Marriage on Purpose is a podcast

Christin and Jaren Risselman



Baker's Dozen
13. Medieval Europeans Didn’t Have Tupperware, They Had Pastry Coffins

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-made-first-pie?


Thanks
Bill

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Love doves: The enduring marriage of Willie and Angela Scott

 Courtland Milloy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/12/willie-and-angela-scott-and-their-enduring-marriage/



2. Congressman Johnson announces $1.5M grant for Conyers nonprofit helping youths to build healthy relationships

 ON COMMON GROUND NEWS

https://ocgnews.com/congressman-johnson-announces-1-5m-grant-for-conyers-nonprofit-helping-youths-to-build-healthy-relationships/



3. 2022 Healthy Marriage Conference: The Gathering for Growing Relationships
Saturday, July 30, 2022 9:00 AM

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-healthy-marriage-conference-the-gathering-for-growing-relationships-tickets-354860014857?




4. Illuminating the origins of the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology with a novel genetically informed design

S. Alexandra Burt
D. Angus Clark and
Jenae M. Neiderhiser

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/development-and-psychopathology/article/illuminating-the-origins-of-the-intergenerational-transmission-of-psychopathology-with-a-novel-genetically-informed-design/0437362CAD1E77A18C6B077DF1A08878

or 

When dad is sad: Depression in fathers and children linked, regardless of genetic relatedness

John Anderer

https://www.studyfinds.org/depression-fathers-children-genetics/




5. Keep Marriage Alive: How to Avoid Relational Apathy

Wendy L. Patrick, J.D., Ph.D.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202207/keep-marriage-alive-how-avoid-relational-apathy



6. 3 JMF Articles Named Finalists for Kanter Award

NCFR

https://www.ncfr.org/news/3-jmf-articles-named-finalists-kanter-award



7. What Is Friendship?

Views from around the world

https://comment.org/what-is-friendship/



8. Poor diet, household chaos may impair young children’s cognitive skills

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, NEWS BUREAU

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/958622



9. 2021 MILITARY FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMMING SURVEY RESULTS

The Military Family Advisory Network 

https://www.mfan.org/research-reports/2021-military-family-support-programming-survey-results-2/



10. Hasbro and New York Times Games Are Bringing Wordle to Life in a New Board Game

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220714005705/en/



Thanks...till next week

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Median Age at First Marriage, 2021

Christopher A. Julian

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/julian-median-age-first-marriage-2021-fp-22-15.html



2. Costs of Evidence-Based Early Childhood Home Visiting: Results from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation

OFFICE OF PLANNING, RESEARCH & EVALUATION, An Office of the Administration for Children & Families

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/costs-evidence-based-early-childhood-home-visiting-results-mother-and-infant-home



3. Young people need more than Relationship Sex Education (RSE) in the classroom to achieve the relationships they want

https://www.fastn.org/news/rse-day-2022



4. Adults undervalue teen friendships. Here’s how to support them.

Emily Laber-Warren

https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022/07/05/teen-friendships-important/



5. 10 Things Kids Learn from Their Parents’ Marriage

By Doug Fields

https://thrivingmarriages.com/10-things-kids-learn-from-their-parents-marriage/



6. Fatherhood Programs Can Support Fathers’ Healthy Relationships With Children and Coparents

Lisa Kim,Elizabeth Karberg

https://www.childtrends.org/blog/fatherhood-programs-can-support-fathers-healthy-relationships-with-children-and-coparents



7. Focusing on Families: How Districts and States Can Support Families to Form Strong Partnerships with Schools

Jaimie Grazi Orland

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/rel/Products/Blog/100303




8.  OFA Webinar: TANF and Relationship Education: Lessons Learned from Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grantees Providing Stability Through Challenging Times (PPT)

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/public/uploaded_files/HMRE%20Webinar%20PPT-508_0.pdf




9. Children Living with at Least One Foreign-Born Parent More Likely to Live with Two Parents than Children with Native-Born Parents

LYDIA ANDERSON AND PAUL HEMEZ

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/02/over-quarter-of-children-lived-with-at-least-one-foreign-born-parent.html?




10. 1 in 4 Britons don’t think they will meet the ‘right’ person to marry, survey shows

Kate Ng

https://news.yahoo.com/1-4-britons-don-t-124414868.html


Thanks...off to see Top Gun with one of my grandsons.
Bill








































Candidates for IFS Friday Five

I'll be on vacation the next two Thursdays in the Canadian Rockies and won't be providing input 

1. Perspective | Dads answer: What does it mean to be a man?

Amy Joyce

https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022/06/14/fathers-day-define-modern-manhood/




2. How Paternity Leave Helps Dads and Babies Bond

By Maryam Abdullah

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



3. Unhappy Father’s Day: the dad-shaped hole in UK postnatal services

http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/2022/unhappy-fathers-day/

OR

Bringing Baby Home: UK fathers in the first year after the birth 

Adrienne Burgess & Rebecca Goldman

http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Bringing-Baby-Home-Main-Report.pdf   



4. HOW TO AVOID DISTRACTED PARENTING

Children’s National Hospital psychologist Eleanor Mackey, PhD

https://riseandshine.childrensnational.org/how-to-avoid-distracted-parenting/



5. The kids who have never known life without Covid-19

 [Vox / Anna North]

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23148897/covid-pandemic-kids-toddlers-babies-preschool-school



6. 





Tuesday, June 28, 2022

2:00-2:45 p.m. Eastern Time


https://kauffmaninc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcO-tpzMiGd1w5xbbVfxdX7KKSYIwxrQ0



7. These Fathers are Unseen and Unsupported

Posted by Christopher A. Brown

https://www.fatherhood.org/championing-fatherhood/these-fathers-are-unseen-and-unsupported



8. Vatican releases suggestions for lengthier, revamped marriage preparation

By Cindy Wooden

https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2022/06/vatican-releases-suggestions-for-lengthier-revamped-marriage-preparation



9. 4 Reasons to Get Premarital Counseling

Stephen J. Betchen D.S.W.





10. Romney Revamps His Family Security Act


Patrick T. Brown


https://thedispatch.com/p/romney-revamps-his-family-security




11. 1 in 4 singles in 30s not willing to marry: Japan gov't survey

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/071c165ec1a5-1-in-4-singles-in-30s-not-willing-to-marry-japan-govt-survey.html


Thanks.  I'll provide my next input on July 7

Bill

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Professional Development Grants

APPLICATIONS DUE JULY 15, 2022 BY 5:00 PM ET

https://mastresearchcenter.org/for-emerging-scholars/professional-development-grants/



2. Strengthening Partnerships Between Fatherhood and Human Services Programs to Improve Father Engagement

https://www.mathematica.org/publications/strengthening-partnerships-between-fatherhood-and-human-services-programs-to-improve-father?



3. Forget the Great Resignation: The Great Renegotiation Has Begun as Parents Prioritize Employer-Sponsored Child Care Benefits

https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/business/forget-the-great-resignation-the-great-renegotiation-has-begun-as-parents-prioritize-employer-sponsored-child/article_f7399128-00f9-5a09-a731-4d1ede1eeac1.html



4. How mother-youth emotional climate helps adolescents cope with stress

by Marianne Stein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-06-mother-youth-emotional-climate-adolescents-cope.html



5. What North Carolina counties have the highest marriage rates?

by: Braley Dodson

https://www.wbtw.com/didyouknow/what-north-carolina-counties-have-the-highest-marriage-rates/



6. Getting Married? Let's Talk Taxes

Rocky Mengle

https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/tax-planning/604763/married-vs-single-taxes




7. Why does this family-focused tax credit emphasize marriage and employment?

By  Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/2/23148531/child-tax-credit-earned-income-eitc-proposal-marriage-work-employment-american-enterprise-institute



8. Season of birth is not related to risk of developing anxiety or depression

By Emily Reynolds

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2022/06/08/season-of-birth-is-not-related-to-risk-of-developing-anxiety-or-depression/



9. 

Upcoming Webinar

Reimagining Black Family and Child Well-Being in Research, Programming, and Public Policy
Wednesday, June 15, 2:00pm-3:30pm Eastern | Register here.


OR

WEBINAR Replay: The Success Sequence: New Research Findings

https://www.dibbleinstitute.org/event/webinar-the-success-sequence-new-research-findings/




10. When you're the mom of a high school senior

Suzanne Hayes

https://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/untitled_1653493741



Thanks
Bill

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Marriage, Divorce, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.

Krista Westrick-Payne & Wendy D. Manning

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/westrick-payne-manning-marriage-divorce-covid-pandemic-fp-22-12.html




2. The Success Sequence: New Research Findings

 Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 4:00 pm Eastern/1:00 pm Pacific

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6902423260368866829



3. The Challenging Future of Long-term Care for Older Adults

Stuart M. Butler, PhD1

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2792871




4. Agency: A Book Event with Ian Rowe and Yuval Levin

https://www.aei.org/events/agency-a-book-event-with-ian-rowe-and-yuval-levin/




5. Leading the DRIVE: A Fatherhood Summit on Diversity, Reentry, Inclusion, Vision, and Employment

National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse Virtual Event , Jun 15, 2022 --Jun 16, 2022

https://www.fatherhood.gov/events/2022-virtual-event




6. 5 workplace behaviors that hurt your marriage

Mary Jo Rapini

https://www.fox26houston.com/houstons-morning-show/5-workplace-behaviors-that-hurt-your-marriage




7. Perspective: The benefits of marriage shouldn’t only be for elites

By Brad Wilcox and Chris Bullivant

https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/1/23148736/perspective-the-benefits-of-marriage-shouldnt-only-be-for-elites-success-sequence-child-tax-credit




8. Coparenting and Healthy Relationship and Marriage Education for Dads (CHaRMED) Project

Child Trends

https://www.childtrends.org/project/coparenting-and-healthy-relationship-and-marriage-education-for-dads-charmed-project



9. Finding Love (and Marriage) by Accident in Upstate New York

Aileen Weintraub

https://lithub.com/finding-love-and-marriage-by-accident-in-upstate-new-york/



10. 11th Annual NARME Summit   Salt Lake City, UT

https://www.narme.org/projects-3



Thanks
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. The 21st Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) will be held virtually on June 1–3, 2022

http://recsconference.net/



2. Who Is Receiving Social Safety Net Benefits?

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/05/who-is-receiving-social-safety-net-benefits.html?



3. Tell The Post for Father's Day: What does it mean to you to be a man?

https://hosted-washpost.submissionplatform.com/sub/hosted/628beb51cb1b6f0030acaec5?



4. People Are Dating All Wrong, According to Data Science

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
ETH STEPHENS-DAVIDOWITZ
https://www.wired.com/story/data-marriage-behavior-love-psychology-romance/



5. Marriage rates for opposite-sex couples drop to lowest on record


By Laura Mowat, news reporter


https://news.sky.com/story/marriage-rates-for-opposite-sex-couples-drop-to-lowest-on-record-12616647


OR

Before you go down the aisle — the growth of marriage prep

Abigail Frymann Rouch

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/20-may/features/features/before-you-go-down-the-aisle-the-growth-of-marriage-prep




6. Is there finally some good news on the birthrate front?

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2022/5/24/23139597/u-s-fertility-birth-rate-covid-pandemic-cdc-teen-pregnancy-2-1-replacement-economy-education




7. 7 important life lessons learned from 'This Is Us'

Elizabeth Wellington - The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

https://www.hastingstribune.com/ap/health/7-important-life-lessons-learned-from-this-is-us/article_2347a088-b1c0-5d1a-bd05-234aee3cdd76.html

OR

Call the Midwife star explains why Turner marriage resonates with fans




8. Does Living Together Before You're Married Make Divorce Less Likely?

Kate H. Choi Ph.D.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-fabric/202205/does-living-together-youre-married-make-divorce-less-likely



9. Seven Spring Date Ideas

Marlee Arnold

https://marriage.winshape.org/resource/seven-spring-date-ideas/



10. Realizing the Dream: What Does the Success Sequence Have to Do with the Economic Welfare of Black and Hispanic Young Adults?

Thursday, May 26, 2022 | 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM ET



https://www.aei.org/events/realizing-the-dream-what-does-the-success-sequence-have-to-do-with-the-economic-welfare-of-black-and-hispanic-young-adults/





Thanks. Have a great weekend!
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Nine Tips for Talking With Kids About Trauma

After a tragedy, kids will have questions. How do we respond?

BY KIRA M. NEWMAN

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




2. Panel Discussion: Addressing the Children's Mental Health Crisis

HOSTED VIRTUALLY by  The Family Institute at Northwestern University 
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022, 12:00 PM CST - 1:00 PM CST

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=XLBqAhbEMUyb0Ohu7haneMwxia35ZJJKgf_bCewc6YBUMVpKR05IWERNOUFXVkw1M0VLUVE2T0k0Wi4u



3. The Importance of Family in Human Development—Interview with Delano Squires | VIEWPOINT

https://www.aei.org/multimedia/the-importance-of-family-in-human-development-interview-with-delano-squires-viewpoint/

OR

The Key to a Good Parent-Child Relationship? Low Expectations.

Arthur C. Brooks






4. How Married Couples Make Decisions about Charitable Giving

Stewardship is the operating name of Stewardship Services (UKET)

https://www.stewardship.org.uk/resource/how-married-couples-make-decisions-about-charitable-giving



5. The nuclear family has failed

There is nothing conservative about atomisation

BY YORAM HAZONY

https://unherd.com/2022/05/the-nuclear-family-has-failed/




6. Military Families Push the Army to ‘Normalize Parenthood’

 Mariel Padilla

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2022/05/military-families-push-army-normalize-parenthood/366852/




7. ‘Not been a great time for romance,’ with the fewest marriages in the United States since 1963

By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/5/18/23126072/marriage-down-cdc-covid-pandemic

OR

States Where Marriage Rates Plummeted During the Pandemic

Overall, the total number of marriages recorded in the U.S. in 2020 was the lowest it had been since 1963.


https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2022-05-18/states-with-the-biggest-drop-in-marriage-rates-in-2020



8. National Families Week – 15 to 21 May

https://nfw.org.au/



9. Brad Wilcox: The Impact of COVID-19 on Family Trends in America

https://ricochet.com/podcast/she-thinks-iwf/brad-wilcox-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-family-trends-in-america/



10. Are there data-inspired parenting ‘hacks’ — and should you use them?

Experts say data on child-rearing is complicated and may tell the average story, but not necessarily yours

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2022/5/13/23071049/data-parenting-studies-research-educaiton-health-where-to-live-sociology-poverty-inequality




11. How many marriages and divorces took place in 2020? 

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20220516-2



Enjoy the rest of your day! Thanks.
Bill