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from New report released on teens with lesbian mothers

Article: Adolescents with Lesbian Mothers Describe Their Own Lives

from Pew report: How the faithful voted

Report: How the Faithful Vote: 2012 Preliminary Analysis

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Childhood Trauma and its Effect on Healthy Development

This brief discusses healthy child development and how it is impacted by trauma. The brief also discusses how resilience and the presence of one or more "protective factors" such as social connections and knowledge of parenting and child development in "the family, community, and greater environment helps combat the negative outcomes of child abuse, neglect, and other types of trauma."

Parenting Styles and Children's Obesity Research: Theoretical and Methodological
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Parenting Styles and Children's Obesity Research: Theoretical and Methodological Issues - Video Recording

Thomas Power, Ph.D., Washington State University

Burgess Award Address: Replication in Family Research
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Burgess Award Address: Replication in Family Research - The Family Stress Model and Mexican American Families

Presented by Rand Conger, Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 2012 Burgess Award Winner

from Future of Children—fall 2012 journal on literacy released

Journal: Literacy Challenges for the Twenty-First Century

Pew Charitable Trusts
from What’s new at PEW?

Loaded with Uncertainty: Are Prepaid Cards a Smart Alternative to Checking Accounts?

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Megan Haselschwerdt, M.S., doctoral candidate in Human Devel. & Family Studie
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Who cares about the rich folk? An argument for more research on affluent families and communities

by Megan Haselschwerdt, M.S., doctoral candidate in Human Development and Family Studies

If we don’t study parent-child relationships in affluent communities, we ignore unhealthy patterns that may set these youth up for failure. If we as a society continue pointing out potentially problematic parent-child interactions in low-income communities without acknowledging that these same patterns appear similar in affluent communities, we aren’t doing anyone any service.

Angela Wiley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Applied Family Studies and Extension
from Family Focus - "Open Mic"

Obesity and the family context

by Angela Wiley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Applied Family Studies and Extension Specialist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The complex problem of childhood overweight and growing desperation to find effective interventions have led to hand wringing and occasional blaming of everything from parents, to schools, to individual food and beverage items. The family context is of primary importance for the younger generation, and effective intervention involves identifying and building on the strengths inherent in family contexts.

from News from NIH

Stresses of poverty may impair learning ability in young children

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