Candidates for Friday Five

1. PEI Fatherhood Evaluation: Community and Statewide Efforts to Support and Engage Fathers. Final Evaluation Report. [Texas]. 

Child and Family Research Partnership   

https://childandfamilyresearch.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/CFRPReport_R0180918_PEIFatherFinalRpt.pdf



OR

Special Three Kings' Day Fatherhood Event







2. Improving Care to Prevent Suicide Among People with Serious Mental Illness: Proceedings of a Workshop

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25318/improving-care-to-prevent-suicide-among-people-with-serious-mental-illness?




3. Anchored Podcast Series: Year in Review 2018

Military Families Learning Network  

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/12/17/anchored-podcast-series-year-in-review-2018/




4. LET'S TALK: OVERCOMING RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES FOR DUAL-INCOME COUPLES | PODCAST

Neil Venketramen, AMFT , Emily C. Klear, LMFT
OR

HOW TO UTILIZE THE RESEARCH ABOUT CHILDREN AND SCREEN TIME

Benjamin Rosen, Ph.D





5. Outstanding Free Home Visiting Resource

Christopher A. Brown  

https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/outstanding-free-home-visiting-resource






6.  Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01)

Department of Health and Human Services


https://www.grants.gov/custom/viewOppDetails.jsp?oppId=308948





7. The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2018

KIRA M. NEWMAN, JEREMY ADAM SMITH, JILL SUTTIE, AMY L. EVA, JAMES MCCONCHIE

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_top_10_insights_from_the_science_of_a_meaningful_life_in_2018?




8. Implementation of Relationship Smarts Plus in Georgia
OPRE Report #2018-121

https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/publications/implementation-of-relationship-smarts-plus-in-georgia

OR

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/implementation-of-two-versions-of-relationship-smarts-plus-in-georgia



9. Here are 10 things studies taught us about the family in 2018

By Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900048166/here-are-10-things-studies-taught-us-about-the-family-in-2018.html




10. Fathers’ mental health ‘finally acknowledged’, says charity

Julie Griffiths





11. OPRE 2018 in Review

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/opre-2018-in-review




Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Program Helps New Moms Thrive
CBS




2. Your Brain Works Against You When You Argue With Your Significant Other. Here’s How to Fix That, According to an Expert

BELINDA LUSCOMBE
http://time.com/5469804/couples-researcher-spouse-signficant-other-fight-argument/




3. Do Responsible Fatherhood Programs Work? A Comprehensive Meta-analytic Study

Erin Holmes, Alan Hawkins, Braquel Egginton, Nathan Robbins & Kevin Shafer 

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-grantee-report-do-responsible-fatherhood-programs-work-comprehensive-meta-analytic-study
 




4. A place to grow

Exploring the future health of young people in five sites across the UK

Martina Kane,  Jo Bibby

https://www.health.org.uk/publications/a-place-to-grow




5. Five Truths About Marriage All Couples Need to Understand

Forrest Talley Ph.D.






6. Children of problem drinkers are more likely to marry someone with a drinking problem, study finds


https://news.vcu.edu/article/Children_of_problem_drinkers_are_more_likely_to_marry_someone




7. How to Help a Student in a Mental-Health Crisis

David Gooblar  

https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-Help-a-Student-in-a/245305?




8.  Call for Applications: Research-to-Policy Coordinator

https://www.research2policy.org/hiring-rpc-coordinator




9. A Father's Lifelong Impact

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/ocsevoiceblog/2018/12/a-fathers-lifelong-impact?

OR

Organizational Culture in TANF Offices: A Review of the Literature


https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/organizational-culture-in-tanf-offices-a-review-of-the-literature





10. Do military women have higher rates of infertility than civilians?

Karen Jowers  

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2018/12/14/do-military-women-have-higher-rates-of-infertility-than-civilians/


OR

STRONG COMMITTED RELATIONSHIPS CAN BUFFER MILITARY SUICIDES
 
JESSI ADLER-MICHIGAN STATE 

 



11. Trump tax rule change has some rushing to divorce before 2019
 
Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press  

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/life/trump-tax-rule-change-has-some-rushing-to-divorce-before-2019/69-0de8df0f-6342-43bc-bb1a-8253d434f056



Merry Christmas to all!


Candidates for Friday Five

1. Business Engagement to Promote Healthy Communities Through Child and Family Well-Being

Sara D. Watson, Mary Ann McCabe, Nathaniel Z. Counts
https://nam.edu/business-engagement-to-promote-healthy-communities-through-child-and-family-well-being/




2. The Job Characteristics of Low-Income Hispanic Parents

Elizabeth Wildsmith; María A. Ramos-Olazagasti; Marta Alvira-Hammond
http://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/publications/the-job-characteristics-of-low-income-hispanic-parents/



3. The Breakdown of Family and Religion Explains France’s Social Unrest

Star Parker
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/12/the-breakdown-of-family-and-religion-explains-frances-social-unrest/



4. How to Leverage a Deadly Sin to Help Dads

Christopher A. Brown
https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/how-to-leverage-a-deadly-sin-to-help-dads?



5. Investing in a Resilient Generation
Mental Health Policy Commission 

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/research/policycommission/Investing-in-a-Resilient-Generation-Executive-Summary-and-Call-to-Action.pdf 



6. ACF-ACF-IM-18-01 (Integrating Approaches that Prioritize and Enhance Father Engagement)
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/acf-acf-im-18-01-integrating-approaches-that-prioritize-and-enhance-father-engagement



7. Holidays not a happy season for all

By Emeline Rodenas erodenas@kpcmedia.com

https://www.kpcnews.com/newssun/article_b86e07cb-2044-5c89-ab16-ad886abfd13a.html




8. Can Americans today afford to have kids?
Michelle La Rosa

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/can-americans-today-afford-to-have-kids-20325


OR

Press Conference to present the International Observatory on the Family, 06.12.2018 

 http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/12/06/181206g.html




9. Study: ‘Marriage Has Declined Dramatically’ Among ‘Working Class’

Robert Kraychik

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/study-marriage-has-declined-dramatically-among-working-class/



10. The Unlikely Marriage of Alexander Hamilton and His Wife, Eliza  
BARBARA MARANZANI
https://www.biography.com/news/alexander-hamilton-eliza-schuyler-love-story-marriage




11. RESEARCHERS FOUND ONE WAY THAT LONG-TERM MARRIAGES GET HAPPIER

Lila MacLellan
https://qz.com/quartzy/1488362/researchers-found-one-way-that-marriages-get-happier-over-time/




12. Behavioral Health Workforce Projections, 2016-2030: Marriage and Family Therapists

 National Center for Health Workforce Analysis 

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bhw/nchwa/projections/marriage-and-family-therapists-2018.pdf



Thanks 
  
Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Call for Papers - ‘Transitions into Parenthood: Childbearing, Childrearing, and the Changing Nature of Parenting’

https://www.ncfr.org/news/call-papers-transitions-parenthood-childbearing-childrearing-and-changing-nature-parenting

OR

Call for Feedback: How the American Community Survey Collects Information


https://www.ncfr.org/news/call-feedback-how-american-community-survey-collects-information

OR

3 NCFR Members Recognized for Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families






2. Two Surprising Ways to Make Your Holidays Less Stressful

By Christine Carter  

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


OR

Protecting your marriage during the holidays

Angela Davis, Julie Siple, Manda Lillie

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/12/03/davis-protecting-your-marriage-during-the-holidays




3. Bush had ‘storybook’ marriage

Michael Graczyk, Associated Press

https://www.milescitystar.com/content/bush-had-%E2%80%98storybook%E2%80%99-marriage




4. 

Dec. 11th Roundtable Discussion 


Improving Children's Health and Well-being through Private Sector Investments






5. Fatherhood Program Participants with Higher Dosage Levels Show Stronger Positive Outcomes

Jessica Pearson, Jay Fagan and Rebecca Kaufman

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-research-brief-attendance-in-community-based-fatherhood-programs



OR

Who’s the bloke in the room?
Fathers during pregnancy and at the birth in the UK






6.Good News about Innovative Delivery of Brief RE Programs

Alan J. Hawkins

http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/good-news-about-innovative-delivery-of-re-programs/




7.  Michael Spezio and Team Find Humility is Key to Flourishing Communities and Functioning Democracy

http://ou.edu/flourish/news/archive/2018/spezio-and-team-find-humility-key-to-flourishing-communities-and-democracy?



8. Live the Life: Marriage enrichment nonprofit helps save relationships, reduce Duval divorce rate
  
Beth Reese Cravey
 
https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20181119/live-life-marriage-enrichment-nonprofit-helps-save-relationships-reduce-duval-divorce-rate



9. The Father Factor: A Critical Link in Building Strong Families and Communities

Watch the LIVESTREAM:
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/the-father-factor/







10. TANF reform on the congressional radar





11. Child Support Cooperation Requirements in Child Care Subsidy Programs and SNAP: Key Policy Considerations


Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb



Emmie Martin 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/05/millennials-prioritize-buying-a-home-over-marriage-or-kids.html



13. Stanford Marriage Pact takes second stab at mastering love algorithm




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Candidates for Friday Five

1. Emotional suppression has negative outcomes on children

Sara Waters, Department of Human Development, WSU Vancouver

http://news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/emotional-suppression-has-negative-outcomes-on-children 



2. Kindness, emotions and human relationships: The blind spot in public policy

Julia Unwin 

https://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications/kindness-emotions-and-human-relationships-the-blind-spot-in-public-policy/




3. Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients, Fiscal Year 2017

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/characteristics-and-financial-circumstances-of-tanf-recipients-fiscal-year-2017

OR

US: Statewide Data Indicators for Child and Family Services Reviews: Request for Public Comment (Public notice) 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/27/2018-25835/statewide-data-indicators-for-child-and-family-services-reviews-request-for-public-comment


OR


https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/opre-research-in-60-seconds-parents-and-children-together-evaluation-findings?



4. Americans Value Their Family Identity over Religion, Race, Political Party, or Career, New National Survey Finds 

https://www.deseretnews.com/media/misc/pdf/afs/2018-AFS-News-Release.pdf

to be discussed Friday at https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-2018-american-family-survey/



5. Congressional Briefing (next week)

Preventing Child Maltreatment through CAPTA

http://solutionsnetwork.psu.edu/congressional-briefing




6. Integrating Healthy Relationship Education: A Course for Stakeholders
The National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families is excited to announce the launch of its revised online course

https://training.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/login/index.php




7. Evidence-Based Policymaking at the State Level A Guide for Governors

 Kathryn Reynolds & Kriti Ramakrishnan, Urban Institute 

https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/99293/evidence-based_policymaking_at_the_state_level.pdf



8.  FRAGILE FAMILIES AND CHILD WELLBEING STUDY FALL 2018 PUBLIC DATA RE-RELEASE MEMO

https://fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/sites/fragilefamilies/files/re-release_memo_20181119.pdf




9. Watson panel extols virtues of marriage

Profs point to social, economic benefits of marriage, some audience members raise concerns

SPENCER SCHULTZ

http://www.browndailyherald.com/2018/11/09/watson-panel-extols-virtues-marriage/




10. Prescribing social activities to lonely people prompts ethical questions for GPs

Kimberley Brownlee and David Jenkins

https://theconversation.com/prescribing-social-activities-to-lonely-people-prompts-ethical-questions-for-gps-105439




11. ’Tis the season for proposals. And no, the bride’s parents aren’t obligated to pay for the wedding.

Michelle Singletary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/21/tis-season-proposals-no-brides-parents-arent-obligated-pay-wedding/?utm_term=.3429ac23af96 




12. The Concept Creep of ‘Emotional Labor’

The term has become a central part of an important conversation about the division of household work. But the sociologist who coined it says it’s being used incorrectly.

JULIE BECK

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/arlie-hochschild-housework-isnt-emotional-labor/576637/



13. Enhancing Parenting Effectiveness, Fathers' Involvement, Couple Relationship Quality, and Children's Development: Breaking Down Silos in Family Policy Making and Service Delivery
First published: 08 November 2018
 
https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12301


Thanks!
Bill

Tomorrow you can Watch the LIVESTREAM

The Father Factor: A Critical Link in Building Strong Families and Communities

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/the-father-factor/

Candidates for Friday Five

1. FRPN Grantee Report: Evaluating Mother and Nonresidential Father Engagement in Coparenting Services in a Fatherhood Program

Nov 2018 | Sarah Whitton, Kimberley Sperber, Karen Ludwig, Aaron Vissman & Harold Howard

http://www.frpn.org/asset/frpn-grantee-report-evaluating-mother-and-nonresidential-father-engagement-in-coparenting




2. Child Trends News Service: Engaging Parents Through Social Science and Television News

https://www.childtrends.org/videos/child-trends-news-service-engaging-parents-through-social-science-and-television-news




3. The truth behind long-term relationships revealed: Half of millennials make out their relationship is happier than it really is

https://www.relate.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/2018/11/05/truth-behind-long-term-relationships-revealed-half-millennials-make-out-their-relationship-happier-it-really

OR

80 relationship tips





4. A SIMPLE WAY TO DE-ESCALATE COUPLE CONFLICTS

The Family Institute at Northwestern University  

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/simple-way-de-escalate-couple-conflicts




5. Multiple Intelligences Theory: Widely Used, Yet Misunderstood

Youki Terada



8. The Bridesmaids Are Multiplying

CAROLINE KITCHENER
 
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/american-weddings-bridesmaids/575404/




9. THREE GOOD THINGS

https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/three-good-things?#




10. Research Grants
To support research on the self, virtue and public life, approximately 10 new research projects will be funded
https://selfvirtueandpubliclife.com/initiatives/grants/?mc_cid=9dcfa9aafa&mc_eid=d7ca4578e9




11. How Do the Best Films of 1968 Look Today?

ARMOND WHITE










Speaking of 1968, Pat and I celebrate our 50th anniversary this Fri (Nov 16)

Posted by Bill Coffin on Friday, May 20, 2016


Bill

Candidates for Friday Five






3 . For Families: 5 Tips for Cultivating Empathy


OR

WHAT'S STOPPING YOU FROM RAISING KIND AND EMPATHIC CHILDREN?




4. A  new report by the Early Intervention Foundation describing the value of early intervention, including in the three major risks of substance misuse, risky sexual behaviour and child maltreatment. In order to realise the potential of early intervention, says the Foundation, government should:

·        Establish a new long-term investment fund to test the impact of a whole-system approach to early intervention in a small number of places

·        Establish a new What Works Acceleration Fund to support a wider set of places across England to deliver effective early intervention

·        Set up a new cross-government taskforce on early intervention to coordinate the work of relevant Whitehall departments and to oversee the delivery of these commitments


OR

New FI project with Fulham FC supports dads and daughters



OR


Italy's populist government plans to reward fertile families with state land in bid to boost birth rate

 Andrea Vogt





5. Pregnancy Center Builds Stronger Fathers in Just 15 Minutes with New Initiative

   





6. Start a Home Group






7.  101 Ways to Thank a Veteran



OR

ASU instructor and former Army wife creates close-knit culture for students to advocate for veterans

Marshall Terrill, Reporter, ASU Now





8.  Keys to Integrating Relationship Education into Safety-Net Delivery Systems  

  Amy Laura Arnold, Ph.D., CFLE, Kristin Abner, Ph.D., and Robyn Cenizal, CFLE  






9. Friday, November 16, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Saving international adoption



OR

November 15, 2018

2018 Antipoverty Forum






10. Premarital Cohabitation and the Odds of Divorce: The Latest

11. FOR THE LOVE OF RELATIONSHIPS – The retreat from marriage

Joneen Mackenzie






12. When the Military Takes a Toll on Your Marriage: Reflections on 'Indivisible'

Gary Chapman 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/11/01/when-military-takes-toll-your-marriage-reflections-indivisible.html





Thanks!
Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Education and Enrichment sessions at NCFR conference

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-2018/conference-schedule?f%5B0%5D=section%3Aeducationenrichment



2. Divorce Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2017

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/schweizer-divorce-rate-2017-fp-18-21.html




3. When you are unhappy in a relationship, why do you stay? The answer may surprise you

University of Utah via ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022122848.htm




4. UTEP professor highlights the struggles of being a student parent


Brianna Chavez


https://www.theprospectordaily.com/2018/10/29/utep-professor-highlights-the-struggles-of-being-a-student-parent/




5. U of M program tracks conversations between parents and children


WMCActionNews5.com Staff  

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2018/10/29/u-m-program-tracks-conversations-between-parents-children/




6. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/33/the-marriage-of-the-virgin




7. How Expectations Affect One's Happiness in Marriage

Dianne Grande Ph.D.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-it-together/201810/how-expectations-affect-ones-happiness-in-marriage




8. Pathways to high-quality jobs for young adults

Martha Ross, Kristin Anderson Moore, Kelly Murphy, Nicole Bateman, Alex DeMand, and Vanessa Sacks

https://www.brookings.edu/research/pathways-to-high-quality-jobs-for-young-adults/




9. Participation in Responsible Fatherhood Programs in the PACT Evaluation: Associations with Father and Program Characteristics

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/participation-responsible-fatherhood-programs-pact-evaluation-associations-father-program-characteristics




10. How Early Head Start Prevents Child Maltreatment

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/how-early-head-start-prevents-child-maltreatment





Thanks

Bill