Candidates for Friday Five

1.

Single Mother Statistics That Will Shock You





2. What Mums want and what Dads need to know







3. The Disappointing Reality of 19th-Century Courtship

Erin Blakemore 





4. HHS Publishes 2019 Update of the Poverty Guidelines, February 2019
This Federal Register notice is an update of the poverty guidelines by income and size of household. This new set of guidelines reflects a 2.4 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index between calendar years 2017 and 2018 and is used as an eligibility criterion by Medicaid and other Federal programs.

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/hhs-publishes-2019-update-poverty-guidelines

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The Unique Contributions of Fathers to Their Children's Development, February 2019
The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a webinar on February 20, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET to discuss the correlation between involved fathers and positive developmental outcomes for children.
 






  Samuel J. Abrams, Karlyn Bowman, Eleanor O’Neil, and Ryan Streeter 







6. PROTECTING ME, HARMING US? WHY INDIVIDUALS OF LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS MAY EXPERIENCE LOWER ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP QUALITY

Rebecca Horne  














8. Preventing miscommunication: lessons from cross-cultural couples



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Oral sex is good for older couples










9. Home visiting and early childhood education can benefit families by broadening their strategies for family engagement

MANICA F. RAMOS, SARAH SHEA CROWNE
 





10. New Army Policies Aim to Enhance Quality of Life







11. The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Richard V. Reeves



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Study provides new insight into the link between maternal depression and childhood obesity





12. Podcast: Marriage and Fertility Trends and the Future of Banking





13. Couples Creating Art or Playing Board Games Release ‘Love Hormone’ — but Men who Paint Release Most