By Jeff Mullin, columnist Enid News and Eagle Oklahoma is No. 1. That is not unusual. The Oklahoma Sooners’ football team, for the 10th time in the history of the Associated Press college poll, begins the 2011 season ranked No. 1. That is more than any other team, ever. It is good to be ranked […]
National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) has honored Google Chrome with a Fatherhood Award™ for its “Dear Sophie” film, which highlights the importance of involved fatherhood. “Dear Sophie” features a father enhancing his engagement in his daughter’s life by using technology and online tools made possible by a modern web browser such as Google Chrome. He uses […]
Even with an African American couple in the White House, the fate of the black family in America has never been so precarious. That's the message behind Is Marriage for White People?, a new book by Stanford Law professor Ralph Richard Banks. Researched and written over the past 10 years, Banks' book explores the unpleasant […]
Their work is the first to try to gauge the mental toll of child marriage, which has already been tied to several health problems, such as pregnancy complications and an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections. So far, most research has focused on child marriages in low- and middle-income nations in Africa and Asia, where […]
Over the last 6 years, we have learned a lot about the opportunities and challenges Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (MRE) programs raise for our work to end domestic violence. As the federal government readies to release a large number of new MRE grants, please join us for this timely webinar on September 19. FOR […]
NCFMR has released the Married and Cohabiting Couples pilot data via the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). The data were collected between July and October 2010 by teams of researchers from across the country. The NCFMR contracted with the large, web-based household survey Knowledge Networks panel to provide the research teams with […]
Online daters are reluctant to use partisan politics to attract a potential mate, according to new research co-authored by Brown political scientist Rose McDermott. The study, published in Evolution and Human Behavior, shows that singles are more likely to admit they are overweight on their online dating profiles than to say they are politically liberal […]
The National Center for Family and Marriage Research has released a series of data resources on adoption. According to the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NCFMR tabulations), American families include 1.8 million adopted children. One quarter (25%) of these children are adopted internationally, while 37% are adopted from the public foster care system, […]
HHS’ Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA) announced $119,393,729 in grant awards to 120 grantees to promote healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood. Authorized by the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (CRA), the grant awards will help fathers and families build strong relationships to support the well-being of their children. “A […]
Relationships are hard, not only do they impact on how you concentrate and how you feel they also have a staggering effect on your appetite. A recent study has found that both marrying and getting divorced can have a 'weight shock' effect that leads to rapid weight gain, especially in the over-30s. The research tracked […]