Candidates for Friday Five

10. The decision to reject marriage but embrace the financial decisions a married couple would make together — like buying a house or combining finances — can prove tragic in separation.

Kylie Moore

https://www.charlotteagenda.com/124344/when-unmarried-couples-make-marriage-like-financial-decisions-things-get-murky/

11. A millennial talks marriage

By Shelbie Harris

https://idahostatejournal.com/opinion/columns/a-millennial-talks-marriage/article_38149bb8-3eab-5639-9a51-4429d1751a70.html

12. South Korea is fighting its low birth rate with a marriage class for singles

Monica Castillo

https://www.thelily.com/south-korea-is-fighting-its-low-birth-rate-with-a-marriage-class-for-singles/

Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. AH-TP1-18-001

FY18 Announcement of Availability of Funds for Phase I Replicating Programs (Tier 1) Effective in the Promotion of Healthy Adolescence and the Reduction of Teenage Pregnancy and Associated Risk Behaviors
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=302757

Also see https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7644600173483667202

2. Mastering the Mysteries of Love workshops are for Dating, Engaged, Married and Remarried Couples.

http://relationshipenhancement.org/workshops-for-couples/

3. Behavioral Intervention Materials Compendium

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/behavioral-intervention-materials-compendium?

OR

Family Strengthening Scholars

HHS-2018-ACF-OPRE-PR-1366

https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2018-ACF-OPRE-PR-1366

4. Upcoming FRPN Webinar: State Approaches to Including Fathers in Programs and Policies

https://join.onstreammedia.com/register/49718514/b2usa3t

OR

NCFR Webinar
Circumplex Model and PREPARE/ENRICH:
Bridging Research, Theory, and Practice

Thursday, May 10 // 12:30–2 p.m. CT

Join David H. Olson, Ph.D., as he provides an overview of his two well-known and highly respected innovations for family researchers and professionals. By learning these concepts you will be able to better assess prevention and intervention methods when working with families, and help couples better understand and build a stronger relationship.

learn more and register

https://www.ncfr.org/events/circumplex-model-and-prepareenrich-bridging-research-theory-and-practice

5. The Impact of Complex Family Structure on Child Well‐being: Evidence From Siblings

Tarek Mostafa

Ludovica Gambaro

Heather Joshi

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jomf.12456

6.

The Number of Single Moms in America Is at a Record Low. Here's Why

MAHITA GAJANAN

http://time.com/5255654/single-mothers-unmarried-parents-cohabit/

OR

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/marriage-crisis-17-million-unmarried-parents-one-third-of-all-kids-impacted

7. SC: Kids Fest comes to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

Camp Lejeune Globe - April 26, 2018

"This event is a partnership between the Marine Corps and the community. We held it out in town so we could help spread more awareness for why this month is important," said Megan Grabowski, a prevention and education specialist with the Family Advocacy Program. "Military members are also community members so it's crucial that we recognize that bond and help highlight its importance."

http://www.camplejeuneglobe.com/news/kids-fest-comes-to-marine-corps-air-station-beaufort/article_e5395e0a-48b4-11e8-b9d3-efc632a6591a.html

OR

http://www.dcmilitary.com/south_potomac_pilot/features/upcoming-credo-events---register-now/article_cf398049-9288-5289-9bfb-7bdf8bdcd9da.html

8.

Men May Experience Weight Stigma as Much as Women

April 24, 2018 - Daniel P. Jones, UConn Rudd Center

https://today.uconn.edu/2018/04/men-may-experience-weight-stigma-much-women/

9.

Divorce in decline as couples work on staying together

NICOLA BERKOVIC

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/divorce-in-decline-as-couples-work-on-staying-together/news-story/7a0fe48d644e633b5275ce39e306098b

10. TPC Releases Updated Marriage Penalty and Bonus Calculator For 2018, Including The TCJA

Daniel Berger

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/tpc-releases-updated-marriage-penalty-and-bonus-calculator-2018-including-tcja

Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Siblings' experiences in middle childhood predict differences in college graduation status

Society for Research in Child Development

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180417115808.htm

2. Number of births outside marriage rise in EU

Alice Tidey

http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/16/number-of-births-outside-marriage-rise-in-european-union

3. Jordan introduces free pre-marriage counselling to lower divorce rates

https://thearabweekly.com/jordan-introduces-free-pre-marriage-counselling-lower-divorce-rates

4. Federal Funding of Social and Behavioral Science Research, by State

http://www.cossa.org/resources/state-fact-sheets/

5. 2018 Prevention Resource Guide

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/2018-prevention-resource-guide

6. “Survey Says”… The Effectiveness of Program Satisfaction and Learning Questionnaires at Predicting Later Marital Quality

Jennifer Griffith

http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/survey-says-the-effectiveness-of-program-satisfaction-and-learning-questionnaires-at-predicting-later-marital-quality/

7. Are Helicopter Parents Ruining a Generation?

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/557696/home-school-episode-1/?

8. Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility

A Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 04/13/2018

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/13/2018-07874/reducing-poverty-in-america-by-promoting-opportunity-and-economic-mobility

Also see https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/04/18/trumps-vitally-important-anti-poverty-initiative/?

9. How Leaders Can Balance Marriage With Running A Business

Ken Gosnell

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2018/04/19/how-leaders-can-balance-marriage-with-running-a-business/#a40d877d70bc

10. Marriage Means 'I Do' for Skin Cancer Detection

https://health.usnews.com/health-care/articles/2018-04-18/marriage-means-i-do-for-skin-cancer-detection

11. Timing of Cohabitation and Marital Outcomes

Dr. Scott Stanley

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2018/03/citations-for-tests-of-inertia_26.html

Thanks Alysse.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Helping couples approaching retirement

https://www.marriagecare.org.uk/helping-couples-approaching-retirement/

2.

Portfolio of Research in Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency: Fiscal Year 2017

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/portfolio-of-research-in-welfare-and-family-self-sufficiency-fiscal-year-2017

OR

Self-Regulation Snap Shot #6: A Focus on Young Adults

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/self-regulation-snap-shot-6-a-focus-on-young-adults

3.

Is There A "Right Time" To Bring Up Marriage When You're Dating?

CORY STIEG

https://www.refinery29.com/talking-about-marriage-in-relationship-dating?

4.

Are Millennial Dads More Active In Child-Rearing Than Gen X Dads? There Are Some Important Differences

Alana Romain

https://www.romper.com/p/are-millennial-dads-more-active-in-child-rearing-than-gen-x-dads-there-are-some-important-differences-8692290

5.

Ep 43: The Work To End Father Absence, With Chris Brown Of The National Fatherhood Initiative

https://parentsondemand.com/podcasts/fit-dad-fitness/ep-43-the-work-to-end-father-absence-with-chris-brown-of-the-national-fatherhood-initiative/

6.

Marriage reduces depression in couples earning less than $60,000 per year, study finds

Georgia State University

https://news.gsu.edu/2018/04/09/marriage-reduces-depression-in-couples-earning-less-than-60000-per-year-study-finds/

7.

The Social Assistance of Marriage

PETER JON MITCHELL with PETER STOCKLAND

https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-social-assistance-of-marriage

8.

Attending these 35 Pa. colleges will most likely lead to tying the knot

Sara K. Satullo

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/04/the_pa_students_most_likely_to.html

9.

'No One Meant To Be In My Office': A Divorce Lawyer's Tips On Staying Together

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/08/600255711/no-one-meant-to-be-in-my-office-a-divorce-lawyers-tips-on-staying-together

10.

Covenant Military Chaplain Organizes Large Army Marriage Retreat

Stan Friedman

http://covenantcompanion.com/2018/04/06/covenant-military-chaplain-organizes-large-army-marriage-retreat/

11.

Korea's Marriage Rate Dips Below Japan's

By Kim Dong-seop

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/04/05/2018040501502.html

Thanks Alysse

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. Register for the 2018 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS)

https://ers.snapuptickets.com/ers/online-registration-conference.cfm?y=ZWlkPTE5OTcmbGFuPWVuZw

2. Research building relationships between schools, Latino families

http://cyfs.unl.edu/news/?p=2016

3. The associations of intimacy and sexuality in daily life

Jacques van Lankveld, Nele Jacobs, Viviane Thewissen,

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0265407517743076

4. Within- and Between-Family Associations of Marital Functioning and Child Well-being

Kayla Knopp, University of Denver

Galena K. Rhoades, University of Denver

Elizabeth S. Allen, University of Colorado Denver

Aleja Parsons, University of Denver

Lane L. Ritchie, University of Denver

Howard J. Markman, University of Denver

Scott M. Stanley, University of Denver

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382797/pdf/nihms809643.pdf

5. Design for an Impact Study of Five Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs and Strategies

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/design-for-an-impact-study-of-five-healthy-marriage-and-relationship-education-programs-and-strategies?

6. Daily Health & Non-Marital Partnerships in Later Life Study

https://www.loveafter60lab.com/daily-health--non-marital-partnerships.html

7. CHURCH SCHOOL REPORT: 10 OUT OF 10 ON MARRIAGE, BUT NEXT TIME SHOW YOUR WORKINGS!

Harry Benson | Director of Research

http://marriagefoundation.org.uk/church-school-report-10-10-marriage-next-time-show-workings/

8. S.B. 54 Marriage and Premarital Counseling and Education Amendments

STATE OF UTAH

https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0054.html

9. Voices from the Field: The Committee on the Well-being of Military Families (Public Information-Gathering Session)

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/bcyf/military-families-well-being/index.htm

10. Does Faith Reduce Divorce Risk?

Glenn Stanton

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/03/20935/

11. How reading to babies helps their brains develop

Elise Franco

http://www.goupstate.com/news/20180321/how-reading-to-babies-helps-their-brains-develop

12. Strong Relationality and Ethical Responsiveness: A Framework and Conceptual Model for Family Science

Adam M. Galovan

David G. Schramm

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jftr.12238

Thanks Alysse

Bill

"Elite Eight" Candidates for Friday Five

1. THE MAGIC TOUCH

https://www.family-institute.org/behavioral-health-resources/magic-touch

2. Parents and Children Together: The Complex Needs of Low-Income Men and How Responsible Fatherhood Programs Address Them

https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/publications/parents-and-children-together-the-complex-needs-of-low-income-men-and-how-responsible-fatherhood?

OR

There’s More to Life than Test Scores: Measuring Social and Emotional Skills to Support Student Success

https://mathematica-mpr.com/commentary/theres-more-to-life-than-test-scores-measuring-social-emotional-skills-to-support-student-success?

3. Troop Divorce Rate Unchanged; Marriage Rate Continues Fall

Amy Bushatz

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/21/troop-divorce-rate-unchanged-marriage-rate-continues-fall.html

OR

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2018/03/journal-of-family-psychology-special.html

4. First Things First: Failing our boys through fatherlessness

Julie Baumgardner

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/life/entertainment/story/2018/mar/18/failing-our-boys-through-fatherlessness/466013/

Also see

5. Students who think their parents approve of drinking may drink more

Katie Bohn

http://news.psu.edu/story/510248/2018/03/16/research/students-who-think-their-parents-approve-drinking-may-drink-more

6. Symposium looks at the many facets of black marriage

By DIVA PAREKH

http://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2018/03/symposium-looks-at-many-facets-of-black-marriage

7. OFA "Dear Colleague" letter on TANF and Healthy Marriage/Responsible Fatherhood Social Capital Programs

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/dear-colleague-tanf-hmrf-integration

8. Marriage Has Become a Trophy

ANDREW CHERLIN

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/03/incredible-everlasting-institution-marriage/555320/

OR

Marriage in Europe, 1400-1800 by Silvana Seidel Menchi

https://www.europenowjournal.org/2018/03/20/marriage-in-europe-1400-1800-by-silvana-seidel-menchi/

Thanks Alysse.

Bill

Candidates for Friday Five

1. NTI Mental Health Training Pilot Launch in March 2018

http://adoptionsupport.org/national-training-initiative/nti-mh-pilot-2018/

2. WHY IS LEAP NEEDED?

https://leapinstitute.org/why-is-leap-needed

3.

Parents and Children Together: The Complex Needs of Low-Income Men and How Responsible Fatherhood Programs Address Them

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/parents-and-children-together-the-complex-needs-of-low-income-men-and-how-responsible-fatherhood-programs-address-them?

OR

FRPN Research Brief: Attendance in Community-Based Fatherhood Programs

Jessica Pearson, Jay Fagan and Rebecca Kaufman

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

4.

Knowing Your Partner's Mood

https://www.smu.edu/News/2018/Chrystyna-Kouros-Fox4-12march2018

5. https://www.soulmates.academy/bestselfatwork

6.

How much will your spouse suffer if you become unemployed?

Milena Nikolova and Sinem H. Ayhan

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2018/03/13/how-much-will-your-spouse-suffer-if-you-become-unemployed/

7.

How family fun impacts student wellbeing

Rebecca Vukovic

https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/articles/how-family-fun-impacts-student-wellbeing

8. A Good Marriage May Help Keep You Thin, Study Says

JAMIE DUCHARME

http://time.com/5192008/marriage-weight-gain-study/

9. Spread the Word: All of Us Releases Downloadable Materials for Communities

https://allofus.nih.gov/news-events-and-media/announcements/spread-word-all-us-releases-downloadable-materials-communities

10.

The promise of prevention science for addressing intergenerational poverty

Van Ryzin, Mark J., Fishbein, Diana, Biglan, Anthony

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, Vol 24(1), Feb 2018, 128-143

http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/773dc1_6ecc44d5b7a2420da271ca5d1e2a45ee.pdf

11.

Effects of Religiosity, Forgiveness, and Spousal Empathy on Marital Adjustment

James E. McDonald,Jonathan R. Olson,Ann H. Lanning,H. Wallace Goddard &James P. Marshall

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01494929.2017.1403992

12.

2018 Prevention Resource Guide

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/resources/resource-guide/

Thanks Alysse

Bill

"Elite Eight" Candidates for Friday Five

http://www.freebracketgenerator.com/

1. Cycling and Sensuality

https://www.rfva.org/events/cycling-and-sensuality/

OR

This Couple Found Love Through Cycling And Are Still Biking Together 60 Years On

By Natasha Hinde

2. Re-marriage on the rise as over-50s buck the decline

Olivia Rudgard

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/28/re-marriage-rise-over-50s-buck-decline/

3. RELATIONSHIPS & SEX EDUCATION: A new report from the Centre for Social Justice and Family Stability Network

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/

4. Can Relationship Checkups Work?

Jennifer Griffith

http://relationshipeducator.org/blog/research/can-relationship-checkups-work/#more-284

5. Harvard Business Review, AEI's President on Measuring the Impact of Ideas (February 22, 2018)

Arthur C. Brooks

https://hbr.org/2018/03/aeis-president-on-measuring-the-impact-of-ideas

6. Millennials are in denial on how to mix marriage and career

Suzanne Venker

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/millennials-are-in-denial-on-how-to-mix-marriage-and-career/article/2650678

7. Two things you can do to improve your marriage

http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Two-things-you-can-do-to-improve-your-marriage-476251913.html

8. Is Gratitude Good for Your Health?

SUMMER ALLEN

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

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2763101-march-madness-2018-top-bracketology-predictions-from-around-the-web

Thanks Alysse

Bill

Re: Candidates for Friday Five

12.

Parents as Partners

https://tavistockrelationships.org/relationship-help/parents-as-partners-programme

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Bill Coffin <billcoffin68@gmail.com> wrote:

1. Marriage At An All Time Low

Harry Benson

http://marriagefoundation.org.uk/marriage-time-low/

2. GRANDPARENTHOOD

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles-series/Grandparenthood.html

3. Symposium on Black Marriage, Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies
Bound/Unbound

http://krieger.jhu.edu/africana/events/bound-unbound-contemporary-black-marriage-in-research-policy-practice/

4. http://www.narme.org/conferences/8th-annual-narme-summit/

5. Marriage, Labor Supply and the Dynamics of the Social Safety Net

Hamish Low, Costas Meghir, Luigi Pistaferri and Alessandra Voena

https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/camcamdae/1817.htm

6. WHAT THE HISTORY OF FOOD STAMPS REVEALS

PETER FEUERHERD

https://daily.jstor.org/what-the-history-of-food-stamps-reveals/

7. Is Work-Life Balance Even Possible? (Infographic)

Rose Leadem

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/309121?

8. Millennials projected to overtake Baby Boomers as America’s largest generation

BY RICHARD FRY

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/01/millennials-overtake-baby-boomers/?

9. MY PARENTS DON’T UNDERSTAND ME. DOES IT MATTER?

http://famfound.net/my-parents-dont-understand-me-does-it-matter/

10. How to Calculate the Paid-Leave Tax Credit

Megan G. Holstein © Jackson Lewis

https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/benefits/Pages/how-to-calculate-the-paid-family-leave-tax-credit.aspx?

11. NEW CENSUS DATA SHOWS FEWER CHILDREN LIVING WITH MARRIED PARENTS

Andrea Mrozek

Peter Jon Mitchell

https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/publications/5177/new-census-data-shows-fewer-children-living-with-married-parents/?

THANKS Alysse

Bill