Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability in the United States: Dating, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce

Kasey Eickmeyer, Paul Hemez, Wendy D. Manning, Susan L. Brown, and Karen Benjamin Guzzo





2. What we do and don't know about kindness

Claudia Hammond





3. Mental health of children and parents —a strong connection





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Impact Findings from an Evaluation of a Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Curriculum for High School Students

Explore this report from the Strengthening Relationship Education and Marriage Services (STREAMS) evaluation, which shares impact findings from delivering the Relationships Smarts PLUS(RQ+) Version 3.0 curriculum in two high schools in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. The impact study compared groups of students who were offered two different versions of the curriculum—the full 12-lesson, 18 hour version and a shortened 8-lesson, 12 hour version developed for this study—against a control group of students who were not offered any HMRE programming.

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5. Navigating family disputes takes willingness to listen

By Dan Holtz Leader-Telegram staff





6. What are "daddy issues" and how they can be harmful in today's society

By Claire Hoppe, claire.hoppe@iowastatedaily.com





7. Reconciliation Bill is an Assault on Marriage and Families

 VANCE GINN, PH.D.





8. Married Couples Often Suffer Same Medical Problems, Study Finds

Michael Martin




9. Soldiers strengthen marriages on island Strong Bonds trips

Monica K. Guthrie
Special to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Public Affairs





10. The Problem of Marital Loneliness

By Agnes Callard





11. The Qualities Of Strong Families




Thanks

Bill in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada