Candidates for Friday Five

1. Parent-free Nation?

Amy Guliker  

https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/articles/parent-free-nation/?

OR

'Til Death Do Us Part' Might Delay Death

PETER STOCKLAND 



2. FRPN Webinar: Findings from FRPN-Funded Projects I: Home Visiting, Child Welfare Cases & a Meta-Analysis

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-webinar-findings-frpn-funded-projects-i-home-visiting-child-welfare-cases-meta-analysis




3. Why today's marriages are more likely to survive

Melanie Lawson  

https://www.news4jax.com/news/morning-show/divorce-rates-are-down-in-duval-county




4. https://www.facebook.com/groups/282113575727121/?multi_permalinks=298792677392544%2C296547900950355&notif_id=1539876081583505&notif_t=group_activity

OR

Dennison’s Bogie Book for Halloween (1920)




5. The impact of marriage on the overall survival of prostate cancer patients: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) analysis

https://www.urotoday.com/recent-abstracts/urologic-oncology/prostate-cancer/107652-the-impact-of-marriage-on-the-overall-survival-of-prostate-cancer-patients-a-surveillance-epidemiology-and-end-results-seer-analysis.html

OR

  T H E  M A R R I A G E  B E N E F I T: Why Marriage Is Healthy Except When It Isn’t  

  Tamara Sher, Ph.D., LCP 

 https://www.family-institute.org/sites/default/files/csi-marriage-benefit.pdf





6. How states can improve well-being for all children, from birth to age five

By Jimmy Sarakatsannis and Bryony Winn

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/how-states-can-improve-well-being-for-all-children-from-birth-to-age-five?


OR

Seminar focuses on importance of investing in parenting strategies

Amna Pervaiz Rao


or





7. Challenges Facing Rural America Deeply Rooted In Economic And Social Distress, Researchers Say

MIN XIAN



8. Children growing up in families under housing stress

https://aifs.gov.au/media-releases/children-growing-families-under-housing-stress


OR

Prison stress adversely affects mother-child relationships


 




9. What upticks in U.S. economic inequality and incarceration mean for marriage

Alix Gould-Werth


Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. How to Help Kids Consider Forgiveness

MARYAM ABDULLAH

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




2. AMERICA'S CHILDREN IN BRIEF: KEY NATIONAL INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING, 2018

https://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp




3. Teaching people about money doesn’t seem to make them any smarter about money – here’s what might

PHILIP FERNBACH & ABIGAIL SUSSMAN

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/financial-education-flunks-out-and-heres-whats-being-done-about-it-2018-10-10




4.  Keeping Your Family Strong

https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/strong_ts_2018.pdf




5. Family Strengthening Research (FY2017)

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/family-strengthening-research-fy2017?

OR

Putting Fathers and Families at the Center of ACF Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2018/10/putting-fathers-and-families-at-the-center-of-acf-programs




6. Kids' sleep may suffer from moms' tight work schedules

Katie Bohn  

https://news.psu.edu/story/541084/2018/10/16/research/kids-sleep-may-suffer-moms-tight-work-schedules




7. IMPROVED MARRIAGE TRENDS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MILLENNIALS

http://www.relationshipsca.org/blog/2018/10/improved-marriage-trends-not-just-about-the-millennials/




8. Researcher discusses on-again, off-again relationships

 Akhila Reddy

http://www.dailytoreador.com/lavida/researcher-discusses-on-again-off-again-relationships/article_dc1691ae-cdb5-11e8-bfc7-7734018c19c0.html




9. 40 percent of American children were born outside of marriage in 2015, UN study says

Alex Hider

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/40-percent-of-american-children-were-born-to-unmarried-mothers-in-2015-un-study-says

OR

https://www.concordmonitor.com/Almost-half-of-US-births-happen-outside-marriage-signaling-cultural-shift-20936400




10. Why Does Graduate School Kill So Many Marriages?

Kathryn R. Wedemeyer-Strombel  

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Does-Graduate-School-Kill/244796




11. CDR Investing in Fatherhood Process Study & Evaluation

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03710135



12. Commentary: Want more babies? Help couples build stronger marriages first

June Yong

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/want-more-babies-help-couples-see-the-joys-of-parenthood-10810354





13. Are Siblings More Important Than Parents?



BEN HEALY



https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/the-science-of-sibling-rivalry/570811/




thanks for separating the wheat from the chaff

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. What We Know about Military Family Readiness: Evidence from 2007-2017

Hawkins, Stacy A; Condon, Annie; Hawkins, Jacob N; Liu, Kristine; Melendrez Ramirez, Yxsel; Nihill, Marisa M; Tolins, Jackson  

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1050341.pdf

http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD1050341




2. The bride all dressed in white bows out [part 2]

ANATOLY LIBERMAN

https://blog.oup.com/2018/10/etymology-bride-origin-part-2/?




3. College Drinking:

Prevention Perspectives-Lessons Learned at Frostburg State University

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/College-Drinking-/All-New-Products/PEP18-FROSTBURG




4. Research affirms the power of 'we'

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181005111455.htm




5. Invest in Relationships

Relate and the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) 

https://www.relate.org.uk/investinrelationships 




6. Happily: 8 Commitments of Couples Who Laugh, …(coming out next week)

Kevin A.Thompson




7. Family Reunions and Tips on Planning
Carol Sanders 

https://uapbnews.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/family-reunions-and-tips-on-planning/




8. What Is the Actual Divorce Rate In America? It’s Complicated.

Virginia Pelley  

https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/what-is-divorce-rate-america/




9. Marriage in decline in America?

https://video.foxnews.com/v/5847177746001/?#sp=show-clips

OR

Scott Stanley, "Unequally Into Us" 2018 Family Process video abstract




OR

Are Millennials Better at Marriage?




10. Millennials and the Future of Marriage

Caleb Sutherlin

http://www.frcblog.com/2018/10/millennials-and-future-marriage/





11. The great partisan divide in the US is now deciding who Americans marry

Michael J. Coren

https://qz.com/1410962/political-partisanship-in-the-us-is-now-deciding-love-and-marriage/



Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. In light of Brett Kavanaugh, an indepth look at how and when character is formed in kids

Jennifer Graham

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900034708/in-light-of-brett-kavanaugh-an-indepth-look-at-how-and-when-character-is-formed-in-kids.html





2. WED OCT10

The forgotten Americans: An economic agenda for a divided nation

https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-forgotten-americans/?




3. https://www.opportunityatlas.org/




4. The Health of Parents and Their Children: A Two-Generation Inquiry

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/the-health-of-parents-and-their-children-a-two-generation-inquiry




5. The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) financial data tables, along with an interactive map and national and state pie charts.

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ofa/fy2017_tanf_and_moe_state_piechart.pdf




6. Hands-on fathers ‘less likely to break up with partners’

Mark Rice-Oxley  

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/30/hands-on-fathers-less-likely-to-break-up-with-partners-paternity-leave-childcare

OR

Every marriage has its rocky patches. And given good sense, survives

Harry Benson  

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/every-marriage-has-its-rocky-patches-and-given-good-sense-survives/




7. Learning Is a Complex and Active Process That Occurs Throughout the Life Span, New Report Says

http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=24783



8. 

A Good Marriage May Help You Live Longer. Here’s Why

http://www.foreverstatecollege.com/2018/10/03/a-good-marriage-may-help-you-live-longer-heres-why/

OR

http://time.com/5410260/marriage-helps-you-live-longer/?




9. How can we discuss sex ed without talking about marriage?

Andrea Mrozek   

https://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/8930155-how-can-we-discuss-sex-ed-without-talking-about-marriage-/




10. FRPN Webinar: Findings from FRPN-Funded Projects I: Home Visiting, Child Welfare Cases & a Meta-Analysis

http://frpn.org/asset/frpn-webinar-findings-frpn-funded-projects-i-home-visiting-child-welfare-cases-meta-analysis



Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

in other news today...


1. How black neighborhoods have changed 50 years after the civil rights movement

Marcus Casey and Bradley Hardy

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/09/25/50-years-after-the-kerner-commission-report-the-nation-is-still-grappling-with-many-of-the-same-issues/?




2.  The Jordan Institute for Families has launched its inaugural newsletter.

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/NEW-Jordan-Institute-for-Families-Newsletter-.html?soid=1110472552145&aid=AJZ8v6JqZfI

www.JordanInstituteforFamilies.org




3. DIVORCE RATE FOR NEWLY MARRIED COUPLES HALVES IN 25 YEARS

Chelsea Ritschel



OR

 Over a quarter of relationships are ‘sexless’ 



OR 


New CEO for Relationships Foundation




OR


Divorce rate falls to lowest level since 1973 - but how many couples have split since the year you got married?

 Patrick Scott & Ashley Kirk 





4. Pay and play: to enhance early childhood development, fathers should do both

Natasha J. Cabrera






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

The Family Institute


OR

Can a Video Game Boost Empathy?

By Marianne Spoon

Read More https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_a_video_game_boost_empathy_in_kids?




6. The Future for Cooperative Extension and What it Means for Military Families





7. In a few years we’re probably not going to have enough doctors to treat our aging population

By Katherine Ellen Foley






8. Millennials, Gen X committed to marriage and driving down divorce rates

Carla Wade



OR

The Not-So-Great Reason Divorce Rates Are Declining

JOE PINSKER





9.  Is student debt keeping Americans away from marriage?




10.  University of Texas study: What you know about finances is determined by your relationships

Nicole Villalpando





Thanks

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1.  Did we win the War on Poverty? 
Monday, September 24, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

http://www.aei.org/events/did-we-win-the-war-on-poverty/

OR


Thursday, September 27, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Child welfare and poverty in America: How welfare policies have created an intergenerational cycle of poverty and dysfunction







2.  What Makes a Good Life? 3 Lessons on Life, Love, and Decision Making from the Harvard Grant Study












4.   Communicating with older people can be difficult

Sam Asano






5.  The No. 1 Thing That’s Killing Your Happiness

David Schramm, Ph.D., CFLE








6. These Couples Are Putting Off Marriage Because Of Student Loan Debt

LUDMILA LEIVA





7.  Married men earn far more than any other American group






8. Marriage, what is it good for?






9. Researchers Explain How Arguing Can Improve Your Marriage





10. Trauma-Informed Approaches for Programs Serving Fathers in Re-Entry: A Review of the Literature and Environmental Scan





thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. 

Restoring Respect is the First Step to a Better Society


Richard V Reeves



https://aeon.co/essays/restoring-respect-is-the-first-step-towards-a-better-society?




2. How to make friends as an adult



https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2018/09/10/how-make-friends-adult/zBPGhmUsGq9uWGKHYzqe3K/story.html?






3.  Providing Healthy Marriage Education to Clients with Lower Literacy Skills

Charlotte Shoup Olsen, Ph.D., Professor and Extension Specialist, School of Family Studies and Human Sciences, Kansas State University

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/sites/default/files/Resource%20Files/Providing%20HMRE%20to%20Lower%20Literacy.pdf?

OR

My Family Album: Healthy Relationship Activity Book for Children

Cenizal, Robyn (2017). My Family Album. Fairfax, VA: National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families.

https://www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org/sites/default/files/Resource%20Files/Relc5H-2017-MyFamilyAlbum_forWeb_508c_0.pdf?utm_source=September+2018+Enews&utm_campaign=September+2018+e-news&utm_medium=email






4.   Resources for Weathering Hurricanes and Other Disasters

https://www.ncfr.org/news/resources-weathering-hurricanes-and-other-disasters

OR

Why do people stay put during hurricanes? Here’s what psychology says.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/12/why-do-people-stay-put-during-hurricanes-heres-what-psychology-says/?utm_term=.d45625a2770a






5.   A bagless approach in early intervention? What is that?

Crystal Williams

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/09/12/a-bagless-approach-in-early-intervention-what-is-that/





6.   

Why We Need Hopeful News


JILL SUTTIE 

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





7.  Understanding change in violence-related attitudes for adolescents in relationship education 
Rachel Savasuk-Luxtona, ∗, Francesca Adler-Baeder, Megan L. Haselschwerdtb

https://handouts-live.s3.amazonaws.com/5ab24bb7dfbb40e4be34730a9c5a4602?sessionId=5987701024749171991&participantId=700069





8.   

ALICE: A NEW LENS FOR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP


https://www.unitedwayalice.org/in-the-us




9. HA!

A marriage matching function with flexible spillover and substitution patterns


  • Ismael Mourifié
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00199-018-1148-2





10. Wedding Photography Stats | Your Survival Guide To The Changing Marriage Market

Danielle & Shaun King 

https://www.slrlounge.com/wedding-photography-stats-survival-guide/






11. 

FSU research highlights the love-hate relationship between testosterone and marriage

BY: DAVE HELLER 
https://news.fsu.edu/news/2018/09/11/fsu-research-highlights-the-love-hate-relationship-between-testosterone-and-marriage/





12.  What do Millennials think of Marriage?


Vimeo 





thanks
Be safe
Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

 1. Communication-Skills-Based Job Prep Program Boosts Confidence In Nailing The Interview

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/communication-skills-based-job-prep-program-boosts-confidence-in-nailing-the-interview-300705742.html




2.   Opening Lines of Communication: Asking Financial Questions before Marriage

Carol Church & David Lee Sexton, Jr.

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/08/13/opening-lines-of-communication-asking-financial-questions-before-marriage/





3.   Close ties with fathers help daughters overcome loneliness

The Ohio State University

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180828121422.htm


OR

Good Fathers Are Vital For Optimal Child Development – Report

https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/2018/08/good-fathers-are-vital-for-optimal-child-development-report/


OR

Playing with dad could make a big difference in  school

Pallavi Singhal

https://www.smh.com.au/education/playing-with-dad-could-make-a-big-difference-in-school-20180831-p500zx.html



4. Alabama’s Parenting Assistance Line (PAL) helps parents and caregivers across Birmingham

Patience Itson

https://bhamnow.com/2018/09/04/alabamas-parenting-assistance-line-pal-helps-parents-and-caregivers-across-birmingham/





5.   Is Conflict With Your Spouse Undermining Your Health?

Michael O. Schroeder, Staff Writer

https://health.usnews.com/wellness/family/articles/2018-09-04/is-conflict-with-your-spouse-undermining-your-health




6. Marriage protects against malnutrition in old age

https://www.fau.eu/2018/09/04/news/research/marriage-protects-against-malnutrition-in-old-age/




7.   In Sickness and in Health: Marriage and Chronic Illness

Marisa Zeppieri

https://lupusnewstoday.com/2018/09/04/lupus-sickness-health-marriage-chronic-illness-tips/





8.  Falling marriage rates of young adults

Chang Se-moon

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2018/09/652_254797.html





9.  How Not to Be a Helicopter Parent

By Mark Bertin

Parents can help their children most by getting back to the basics and not trying to solve everything.

Read More https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_support_your_kid_at_school_without_being_a_helicopter_parent?


OR

How to Raise a Kid with a Conscience in the Digital Age

By Caroline Knorr

Nudge kids to be their best selves by encouraging them to consume positive, inspiring media and online content.

Read More https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_raise_a_kid_with_a_conscience_in_the_digital_age





10.   Highlights and Resources from The Power of Family Mealtimes: Strategies to Promote Health and Wellbeing

 ROBIN ALLEN

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/09/05/highlights-and-resources-from-the-power-of-family-mealtimes/

OR

The Distance Between Two Hearts: Veteran Parenting Training

Bari Sobelson, MS, LMFT

https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2018/09/03/the-distance-between-two-hearts-veteran-parenting-training/





11. Cartoons: The Funny Thing About Marriage…

By: Post Editors

http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/08/30/humor/funny-marriage.html



Thanks.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. The Four Keys to Happiness at Work

EMILIANA R. SIMON-THOMAS 

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




2.  E M E R G I N G A D U L T S ’ R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH THEIR PARENTS

Jacob Goldsmith, Ph.D.

https://www.family-institute.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/csi-emerging-adults-relationships-with-parents.pdf




3.  On-again, off-again relationships might be toxic for mental health

University of Missouri






4.  HHS Blog Post: Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: Strengthening Family Bonds and Increasing Economic Independence


O R

Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: Strengthening Family Bonds and Increasing Economic Independence






5.  Episode 1, How to Disagree: A Beginner's Guide to Having Better Arguments - BBC Radio 4

Timandra Harkness 







6.Marriage: More than a Century of Change, 1900-2016





7.  2 officials want condoms distributed in all Montgomery Co. high schools





8 .    

Top Ten Parenting Blogs in 2018


Maria Rabinovich







9. Exceptional intelligence and easygoingness may hurt your prospects: Threshold effects for rated mate characteristics
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjop.12342






10.   

When We Don’t Apologize


Elizabeth A. Segal, Ph.D.







1 1. 

Study: Children of Divorce Less Likely to Earn Degree

By 

Greg Toppo



O R







1 2.   UNH Researchers Find Chaos at Home Can Adversely Affect Adolescents







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