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from CDC information on childhood obesity

Childhood Obesity Fact Sheet

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from The American Academy of Pediatrics partners with the White House

Let's Move!

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Judith Seltzer
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Intergenerational relationships: New questions call for new data

by Judith A. Seltzer, Professor, Department of Sociology and California Center for Population Research, UCLA. seltzerj@ucla.edu

I believe that we need new U.S. data to answer the following questions: When do parents and adult children help each other? Why do they help? How do they help? And what difference do intergenerational ties make for individual family members?

Ingrid Arnet Connidis, Ph.D., the University of Western Ontario
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Reflections on intergenerational relations

by Ingrid Arnet Connidis, Ph.D., the University of Western Ontario

Occasionally a concept comes along that resonates with the research community. A recent example is the idea of ambivalence. Despite some reservations, an impressive array of studies has used ambivalence in creative and thoughtful ways to enhance our understanding of intergenerational relations.

cdc brief
from CDC data brief on fertility changes

Childbearing Differences among Three Generations of U.S. Women

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Marilyn Coleman and Larry Ganong
from Family Focus on Intergenerational Relationships

Who gets custody of Grandma after the divorce?

by Marilyn Coleman, Ph.D. and Lawrence Ganong, Ph.D., University of Missouri

Most Americans agree that "adult children should take care of their parents when they get old." But suppose that your parents divorced when you were 10 years old and your mother moved far away. Would that affect how you would feel about helping her? Would that make a difference to you?

Raeann Hamon
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Building intergenerational relationships via an Elder Service Partner program

by Raeann R. Hamon, Ph.D., CFLE, Distinguished Professor of Family Science and Gerontology; Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Messiah College, rhamon@messiah.edu

Want to enliven your classroom and help students to develop intergenerational relationships? Consider intergenerational service learning!

Marie LaHaye
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Family stress and risk in grandparent-headed households

by Marie LaHaye, M.S. candidate and graduate research assistant, Project HOME, Family & Developmental Studies Program, Colorado State University

Imagine you have just retired from teaching and are looking forward to retirement and pursuing your own interests. Then, one afternoon, you receive a call from social services that your daughter has been arrested, so her two children are being placed in your care. What will you do?

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Fall 2011 NCFR Report Magazine

Family Focus on Intergenerational Relationships

In this issue of NCFR Report, your colleagues examine the many facets of intergenerational relationships—the joys and the ambivalence.

SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)

NREPP is a searchable online registry of more than 200 interventions supporting mental health promotion, substance abuse prevention, and mental health and substance abuse treatment. We connect members of the public to intervention developers so they can learn how to implement these approaches in their communities.