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New resource on discussing family violence with recently immigrated Hispanic couples now available
May 07, 2012
This resource provides tips for addressing family violence with recently immigrated Hispanic couples
New Resource on making connections between marriage, relationship quality and health
May 07, 2012
“Something Important is Going on Here!” Making Connections Between Marriage, Relationship Quality a...
The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage
Apr 18, 2012
Editorial on cohabitation in the Sunday New York Times
When new parents bicker, kids suffer later
Apr 18, 2012
The level of aggression between partners around the time a baby is born affects how the mother will...
Council on Contemporary Families Annual Conference
Mar 16, 2012
Crossing Boundaries: Public and Private Roles in Assuring Child Well-Being Chicago ~ APRIL 27-28, 2...
2nd Annual Conference: Mi Familia es Primero
Mar 15, 2012
On April 27 & 28, 2011, the first Mi Familia es Primero Conference will be held in Rockwall, TX. Sp...
Younger couples more stressed about divorce
Mar 12, 2012
Divorce at a younger age hurts people’s health more than divorce later in life, researchers have fo...
Mar 06, 2012
Study documents the importance of supportive spouses in coping with work-related stress
For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage
Feb 22, 2012
Once largely limited to poor women and minorities, motherhood without marriage has settled deeply i...
Researching Recruitment Challenges in Low-Income Marriage Education Programs
Feb 14, 2012
Newly posted report that summarizes four studies completed between the years 2007 – 2009 that were ...
U.S. marriage rate continues decline; men tie knot later
Feb 10, 2012
Scholar cites effects on civic culture
The Power of Partnerships: Findings from the Healthy Marriage Site Exchanges
Feb 06, 2012
This report, created by the Office of Family Assistance Healthy Marriage/Responsible Fatherhood Tec...
Feb 01, 2012
This report, created by the Office of Family Assistance Healthy Marriage/Responsible Fatherhood Tec...
Data-Driven Decision Making: Documenting Program Progress and Success
Jan 30, 2012
This report, created by the Office of Family Assistance Healthy Marriage/Responsible Fatherhood Tec...
Building Healthy Relationships: The Work of Local Grantees in Supporting Low-Income Married Couples
Jan 27, 2012
This report, created by the Office of Family Assistance Healthy Marriage/Responsible Fatherhood Tec...
School of Thought: Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Matters to Our Youth
Jan 26, 2012
The experiences of 15 state and community organizations in delivering group-based relationship educ...
Jan 25, 2012
Nagging - the interaction in which one person repeatedly makes a request, the other person repeated...
Can Marital Education Program Heal Wounds of Infidelity?
Jan 23, 2012
Researchers from the University of Colorado and the University of Denver evaluated 662 military cou...
Jan 10, 2012
Happy New Year from the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center!
Dec 01, 2011
NCFMR Releases New Family Profiles Series U.S. Families in 2010
Oct 24, 2011
The National Fatherhood Leaders Group (NFLG) and the National Association for Relationship & Marria...
Oct 24, 2011
Diane Sollee launched marriage education and stopped the divorce epidemic.
Married people less likely to commit crime says new study
Oct 20, 2011
People who marry are significantly less likely to engage in crime, because marriage enables them to...
Mexico City Lawmakers Discuss 2 Year Marriages
Oct 04, 2011
Couples unwilling to commit 'til death do they part will be able to sign short-term marriage contra...
Over $119 million in Grant Awards for Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood
Oct 03, 2011
The Administration for Children and Families awarded over $119 million in grants for Healthy Marria...
What Do Marriage & Fertility Have To Do With the Economy?
Oct 03, 2011
The National Marriage Project has released a new report entitled "The Sustainable Demographic Divid...
Launch of Private Couples Retreat for Executives in Canada
Oct 02, 2011
Inner Sync Systems Inc. (ISSI), a leading-edge Canadian provider of workshops and coaching to suppo...
Recession Changes the American Way of Life
Sep 22, 2011
The dismal economy is having a profound effect on the American way of life, from delaying marriage ...
NCFMR Releases Adoption Series of Data Resources
Sep 21, 2011
The National Center for Family and Marriage Research has released a series of data resources on ado...
Political Preferences Play Different Role in Dating, Mating
Sep 21, 2011
Online daters are reluctant to use partisan politics to attract a potential mate, according to new ...
Wasbands And Wives: Seven Reasons To Stay Married
Sep 19, 2011
Gigi Levangie Grazer gives seven reasons to avoid divorce and stay married.
Sep 06, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau released "Marital Events of Americans: 2009 - An American Community Survey R...
"Is Marriage for White People?"
Sep 01, 2011
A new book by Stanford Law professor Ralph Richard Banks examines the fate of the black family in A...
Married and Cohabiting Couples Pilot Data Released
Sep 01, 2011
Release of the Married and Cohabiting Couples pilot data via the Inter-University Consortium for Po...
Should Parents Marry for the Kids?
Sep 01, 2011
A New York Times Debate
Marriage is Not a Game of Perfect
Aug 31, 2011
Oklahoma's high divorce rate is being tackled by the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative
U.S. Child Brides Have More Mental Illness
Aug 31, 2011
Child brides more often face psychiatric disorders than women who marry after they turn 18, researc...
Marriage and Divorce Can Lead to Weight Gain
Aug 25, 2011
A recent study has found that both marrying and getting divorced can have a 'weight shock' effect t...
Marriage and Divorce Rates Higher in the South, Lower in Northeast
Aug 25, 2011
The report, from the U.S. Census, finds distinct regional differences, with states in the Northeast...
Aug 24, 2011
Web Browser Receives Award for “Dear Sophie” Film Highlighting Father Involvement
Marriage Helps Survival After Heart Surgery
Aug 23, 2011
A new study suggests that marriage can contribute to a better survival rate after heart surgery.
Report from The Economist: The Decline of Asian Marriage
Aug 22, 2011
Women are rejecting marriage in Asia. The social implications are serious.
3rd Edition of "Why Marriage Matters" Released
Aug 17, 2011
Co-sponsored by the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values and the N...
Divorce Reform Could Save Billions
Aug 16, 2011
Reform of divorce laws could save taxpayers billions of dollars
Couples Benefit from Stress Early in Marriage
Aug 16, 2011
Couples who face stressful events early in marriage are happier with their relationships later on, ...
Aug 16, 2011
Former NFL coach Dan Reeves speaks about ups, downs of marriage.
'Stayover Relationship' is the New Marriage
Aug 10, 2011
Today's generation are opting for "stayover relationships" that let them enjoy relationships withou...
"And iPhone Makes Three: Marriage in the Digital Age"
Aug 10, 2011
The digital era has clearly been a boon for romance. Online dating sites are a main way Americans n...
National Fatherhood Initiative
Aug 10, 2011
My dad always asks my wife, "Is he treating you right?" It reminds me of my responsibility to be a ...
New Legislation Helps Minnesotans Reconcile Marriages
Aug 10, 2011
A bill just passed (May 21, 2010) in Minnesota that will provide an "off ramp" for the divorce supe...
Gen X Marriages: Divorce Is Out, Monogamy's In
Aug 08, 2011
That's the latest news from the land of Gen X parenthood. Apparently, these children of the divorce...
Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children
Aug 08, 2011
Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children explores the relationship between parental m...
Aug 08, 2011
Separating Is Difficult, Success Is Hard to Predict; But for Some, It's a Last, Best Resort
Counting Couples, Counting Families
Aug 01, 2011
The National Center for Family and Marriage Research recently held a conference entitled, "Counting...
Jul 07, 2011
Shattering gender stereotypes, an international study has found that men need cuddling more than wo...
ACF Announces New Funding Opportunities
Jun 30, 2011
The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance has announced the availab...
Administration's Proposal Builds on Educational Approach to Strengthening Marriage and Family
Jun 30, 2011
Seth Eisenberg's Congressional testimony on the proposed Fatherhood, Marriage and Families Innovati...
BSF's Effects on Couples Who Attended Group Relationship Skills Sessions
Jun 27, 2011
Building Strong Families (BSF), a program of relationship skills education for unwed parents, has b...
CA Healthy Marriages Coalition Changes Its Name
Jun 24, 2011
California Healthy Marriages Coalition is capitalizing upon its prominence as a national leader in ...
Jun 22, 2011
A couple of months ago, Susan Gregory Thomas, a writer in Brooklyn, was at a friend's 40th birthday...
The Rules of Marriage Often Change After Bariatric Surgery
Jun 21, 2011
When Vincent Welch went to an orientation class before having weight-loss surgery at Henry Ford Hos...
Jun 17, 2011
The role of fathers in the modern American family is changing
Dad, Mom in Home is Essential, Americans Say
Jun 17, 2011
Americans strongly believe that having a father and a mother in the home is essential to a child's ...
Father's Day and the Importance of Marriage
Jun 17, 2011
For many Americans, poverty is hidden from view, and its reality is conveniently tucked out of sigh...
When Wives Can't Sleep, Marriage May Suffer
Jun 14, 2011
When wives can't fall asleep, that tends to trigger marital tensions the next day
The Impact of Healthy Marriage Programs on Low-Income Couples and Families
Jun 09, 2011
This paper is an endeavor to look at healthy marriage education programs funded by the Office of F...
Jun 09, 2011
The modern decline of marriage and family is well advanced. Whether measured by the increase in sin...
May 27, 2011
Join the NCFMR and our esteemed panel of scholars for the Counting Couples, Counting Families resea...
May 20, 2011
Back in the 1970s, before we met Dr. Phil; ate, prayed, and loved; and saw a British prince arrange...
May 11, 2011
When respondents in a Pew Research survey were asked to evaluate a battery of traits that make for ...
May 11, 2011
Across the country, your healthy marriage programs changed the level of communication between coupl...
Why Ask About Family? A Guide For Corrections.
May 10, 2011
VERA Institute of Justice has just released a guide for those working with inmates that shows that ...
Supporting Healthy Marriages Toolkit
May 09, 2011
The Supporting Healthy Marriage Toolkit: Resources for Program Operators from the Supporting Health...
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
May 03, 2011
Organized by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy, the tenth annual Nationa...
Want a Happier Marriage? Unrealistically Idealize Your Partner
Apr 27, 2011
If ignorance is bliss, then delusion is even better — if you’re in a new marriage, anyways.
70 ways boredom can kill a marriage (and women are more likely to lose interest than men)
Apr 27, 2011
Women are more likely to become bored in a marriage than men, according to a study.
Apr 27, 2011
Strong, healthy, long-lasting marriages don't just happen on their own.
Apr 22, 2011
Kate Middleton will not vow to 'obey' Prince William in her wedding vows - following Princess Diana...
The Marrying and Divorcing Kind
Mar 29, 2011
Compared with most other western nations, the U.S. has one of the highest marriage rates
Dr. Nicole Cross on the State of Black Marriages
Mar 24, 2011
Fox News of Houston interviewed Dr. Nicole Cross
For Millennials, Parenthood Trumps Marriage
Mar 17, 2011
Throughout history, marriage and parenthood have been linked milestones on the journey to adulthood...
The 7-year itch is now the 3-year glitch
Mar 09, 2011
The "three-year glitch" has replaced the "seven-year itch" as the tipping point where couples start...
Relationships Matter: Partnering to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy
Feb 21, 2011
The NHMRC, Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Innovation Center have just released their report outl...
Feb 16, 2011
The New York Daily News ran a special feature for Valentine’s Day
Exploring the Role of Partners and Spouses in the Decisions of Social Service Clients
Feb 10, 2011
Although social service programs have historically tended to focus on low-income parents as individ...
Exploratory Study of Decision-Making in Low-Income Couples
Feb 10, 2011
The Exploratory Study of Decision Making in Low-Income Couples (CDM) was designed to gather informa...
Blended Families Require Financial Planning
Feb 09, 2011
Life used to be so simple a generation or two ago. A mother, father and their kids, all living toge...
Study shows recession has weighed heavily on American marriages
Feb 08, 2011
Americans without a college degree bore the brunt of the recent recession, and so did their marriag...
Feb 07, 2011
Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson, journalists from The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times,...
Men and Women Flip Gender Expectations
Feb 04, 2011
new portrait of single Americans, drawn from a major new survey, suggests the attitudes and behavi...
Feb 04, 2011
National Marriage Week USA—from February 7th to 14th every year
NGA’s Report Points to Healthy Relationships as Key to Foster Youth
Feb 02, 2011
he National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) released a new report
No Longer Called “Step-Families”
Feb 01, 2011
Call them blended families, bonus families or para-kin. Just don't call them stepfamilies.
10 Minutes a Day Can Be a Marriage Saver
Feb 01, 2011
We've all speculated about that couple in the restaurant, the one that sits there in stony silence.
Jan 31, 2011
December may be a popular month for marriage proposals, but it hasn't been the season for universal...
Jan 31, 2011
The National Association for Relationship and Marriage Education (NARME) is seeking qualified and p...
First Lady Michelle Obama Talks about the Importance of Date Nights
Jan 31, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama talks about the importance of Date Nights as a way to connect as a couple...
Jan 31, 2011
The National Association for Relationship and Marriage Education (NARME) is seeking qualified and p...
Jan 13, 2011
Child Trends has released a new research brief entitled: Characteristics of Young Adult Sexual Rela...
Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation
Jan 12, 2011
The Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation - Early Lessons from the Implementation of a Relationshi...
For a Satisfying Marriage, Go for Exciting Over Pleasant
Jan 04, 2011
Results of a new study show that engaging in activities that you and your spouse view as exciting c...
Families Bear Brunt of Deployment Strains
Jan 04, 2011
Life changed for Shawn Eisch with a phone call last January. His youngest brother, Brian, a soldier...
Jan 03, 2011
The NCFMR seeks to fund up to four proposals ($20,000 per award) to support innovative research tha...
Time Spent with Family During the Holidays Should Not Be Stressful
Dec 23, 2010
Relationships can become strained and stressful during the holidays.
Dec 23, 2010
It's official; you're engaged! Congratulations.
"Marriage in Middle America in Trouble"
Dec 06, 2010
New York, NY - December 6, 2010: Drawing on the latest national data, the 2010 issue of The State o...
"I Don't: Divorce Rates by State"
Dec 02, 2010
Divorce rates in the United States vary state to state.
BSF and Child Support Partnership
Dec 01, 2010
Relationship Skills Education and Child Support: Evidence from a Program Partnership in Texas.
U.S. Congress Allocates $75 Million for Healthy Marriage Programs
Dec 01, 2010
The US Congress has passed TANF Reauthorization with $75 million allocated for healthy marriage
"25-Year Study Reveals Secrets to a Healthy, Happy Marriage"
Nov 23, 2010
DETROIT - It's the spring of 1986..."These Dreams" by Heart is playing on the radio. "Top Gun" help...
"The New Stigma -- Children of Divorce Are No Longer Stigmatized, Until They Start Dating"
Nov 19, 2010
A young man says, "When I go out with a woman I can always tell on the first date if she's from a d...
New Book Released to Help Couples Find Sexual Satisfaction
Nov 19, 2010
A new book, Enduring Desire: Your Guide to Lifelong Intimacy by Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy has...
"The Decline of Marriage and Rise of New Families"
Nov 18, 2010
The transformative trends of the past 50 years that have led to a sharp decline in marriage and a r...
Nov 17, 2010
President Obama declared November as Military Family Month
Nov 17, 2010
President Obama issued the following Proclamation on November 1, 2010 to mark National Adoption Mon...
Census Bureau Reports Nearly 1 in 3 Unmarried Women Who Give Birth Cohabit
Nov 10, 2010
The U.S. Census Bureau reported today that among the 1.5 million unmarried women who gave birth dur...
"Can an iPhone App Save Your Marriage?"
Nov 04, 2010
Smartphones are very useful if you're dating.
"Does 'Living in Sin' Still Lead to Divorce?"
Nov 01, 2010
Moving in together before marriage used to be associated with a higher risk for divorce. But now, a...
"Is the Recession Linked to Fewer Marriages?"
Oct 25, 2010
Imagine that you see two people in the distance walking alongside each other down a busy sidewalk. ...
Oct 25, 2010
The Ruth Institute, a project of the National Organization for Marriage Education Fund, is sponsori...
Fragile Families Journal Released by The Future of Children
Oct 20, 2010
The Future of Children, a collaboration of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Af...
"'Culture of Poverty' Makes a Comeback"
Oct 20, 2010
For more than 40 years, social scientists investigating the causes of poverty have tended to treat ...
"Ads Urge Fathers to 'Take Time' to Be a Dad"
Oct 20, 2010
A new series of public service ads, promoting greater involvement by fathers in their children's li...
CA Healthy Marriages Coalition Releases One-Page Facts
Oct 15, 2010
The California Healthy Marriages Coalition has recently released fourteen one-page fact sheets. Th...
Oct 08, 2010
In a reversal of long-standing marital patterns, college-educated young adults are more likely than...
10 Ways to Make Your Marriage Divorceproof
Oct 08, 2010
We have been hitched for almost 10 years now, and until recently our number one piece of advice wou...
Oct 06, 2010
Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM)
Sep 27, 2010
My Paper Boyfriend
Sep 01, 2010
Blame being tired, stressed, or over scheduled, but every couple at one time or another fights. But...
Sep 01, 2010
Cultivating Healthy Couple and Marital Relationships: A Guide to Effective Programming is now avail...
Aug 31, 2010
The National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) has released new data points on interr...
The Conversation: An Interview with Hill Harper
Aug 26, 2010
Award-winning actor and best-selling author Hill Harper gives a candid, personal interview
Oklahoma's Family Expectations Program Strengthens Relationships
Aug 25, 2010
Family Expectations released a comprehensive research report based on a large, rigorous federal stu...
Aug 04, 2010
We need to find our way back to civility. That begins with stepping out of our comfort zones
CA Healthy Marriages Coalition Releases New Booklet
Aug 01, 2010
The California Healthy Marriages Coalition has recently released the latest in their series of Heal...
Jul 27, 2010
If you fought with your sweetheart last night, does that mean that your relationship is on the rock...
Jul 23, 2010
Time: Shelly Sundstrom knew she didn't have much of it. Days, hours, minutes were slipping away - b...
Jul 13, 2010
This study uses Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study data to analyze the association of coupl...
Jul 13, 2010
One-in-seven new U.S. marriages is interracial or interethnic. Read More
Jul 13, 2010
The break-up of the 40-year marriage of former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper raises th...
Can Relationship Skills Education Help Unmarried Parents and Their Children?
Jul 13, 2010
Studies have consistently shown that children fare best when raised by both their biological parent...
Report: Marriages mix races or ethnicities more than ever
Jul 02, 2010
Marriages between spouses of different races and ethnicities are more common than ever before, say ...
The Rise of the 'Silver Divorce'
Jul 01, 2010
They are high-school sweethearts who seemed happily married for 40 years after raising four childre...
The Marriage Myth: Why do so Many Couples Divorce? Maybe They Just Don't Know How to be Married
Jul 01, 2010
As a punishing rain lashed across the narrow peninsula of Ocean City, Heidi and Kirk Noll stood fac...
Keeping Refugee Families Together
Jun 30, 2010
USCRI is helping refugee families build healthy, loving relationships, as they build a new life in ...
Jun 30, 2010
Proven controversial as its author's reputation as an iconoclast, yet today the Moynihan Report is ...
Spouses Face Challenges in Caring for Themselves and their Ailing Partners
Jun 30, 2010
Caring for a sick or disabled elderly relative exacts a toll
The National Marriage Project Offers Five tips for Marital Bliss
Jun 30, 2010
The 2009 State of Our Unions report reveals five ways to build fulfilling and lasting marriages.
Jun 30, 2010
Joining a social network creates all kinds of questions for married Facebookers.
What’s Reel? The Myths & Facts about Marriage
Jun 30, 2010
This series for teens teaches basic relationship skills that can help a couple form and sustain a h...
Jun 30, 2010
Legal case studies on adoption, divorce law reform, same-sex marriage, tax policy and unwed pregnan...
Jun 30, 2010
This social networking site is a place where military wives can go to connect with others in simila...
Early Head Start: Research Findings
Jun 30, 2010
This brief summarizes findings from a number of studies related to Early Head Start and Head Start ...
How Abstinence, Marriage, and Fatherhood Programs Can Strengthen Each Other Web Cast
Jun 30, 2010
The presenters share the requirements for effective healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood pro...
Joshua DuBois, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Jun 30, 2010
You'll notice that the fund that we are proposing to support local efforts is called the Fatherhood...
Jun 30, 2010
What I realize as I get older is that Michelle is less concerned about me giving her flowers
Jun 30, 2010
Forty-five years ago this month, Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan began quietly...
NY Legislators to Consider Easing Divorce Laws
Jun 30, 2010
As the last state in the country without a no-fault divorce law, New York seems somewhat divorced f...
Policies that Strengthen Fatherhood and Family Relationships
Jun 30, 2010
The research evidence suggests that parents' relationship with each other should be a fundamental c...
Do You Have a Good Marriage? Predictors of a Couple's Success
Jun 23, 2010
Tara Parker Pope (who writes The New York Times' Well blog) explores the scientific evidence that e...
Education, Income and Relationships
May 07, 2010
A Pew Research Center report this year noted a surge in women between the ages of 30 and 44 making ...
Are Marriage Statistics Divorced from Reality?
May 07, 2010
Now divorce statistics are coming under scrutiny — and not just because of their unromanticity.
Policies that Strengthen Fatherhood and Family Relationships:
Apr 27, 2010
The research evidence suggests that parents' relationship with each other should be a fundamental c...
Co-parenting in Fragile Families
Mar 16, 2010
The increase in fragile families reflects changes not only in the initial context of births but als...
Intergenerational Relationships and Union Stability in Fragile Families
Mar 01, 2010
Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2,656), the authors examined th...
How Representative Are the Fragile Families Study Families?
Jan 12, 2010
This working paper assesses the representativeness of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Stud...