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Scott Stanley and Galena Rhoades
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Sliding vs. Deciding: Understanding a Mystery

By Scott M. Stanley, Research Professor and Co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies, and Galena K. Rhoades is a senior researcher at the Center for Marital and Family Studies, University of Denver.

There are many fundamental shifts in how people do relationships in industrialized nations, and the increase in the prevalence of cohabitation instead of marriage or prior to marriage would be near the top of the list. The mystery is this: The belief that cohabiting prior to marriage lowers one's odds of divorce has no evidence going for it, yet it is a strongly held belief.

Beth Van Horn, Wally Goddard, Margaret Arcus
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Margaret Arcus Award Address - Video Recording

According to conference evaluations, all who attended this presentation by Wally Goddard at the 2010 Annual Conference shared the same opinion...this was not a speech to be missed if you care about family life education and University outreach.

This video is for you...set aside some time to hear why skills, although the focus of much FLE, are only a small part of what enables people to sustain healthy relationships. Hear more about: perceptual systems and interpretive biases; cultural norms that support or challenge relationships, and processes that family life educators can encourage to help people manage bias, ferret out cultural nonsense, and build strong family relationships.

H. Wallace Goddard, Ph.D., University of Arkansas Extension, 2010 Arcus Award Winner

Presider: Beth Van Horn

Stephanie Coontz
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Divorce and dissolution: recognizing reality

by Stephanie Coontz, Evergreen State College

To help individuals and society cope with [divorce], we need to move beyond sweeping generalizations about the "average" outcome of divorce and conduct more fine-tuned investigations into the full range of family processes and events that increase the risks of damage or augment the resilience of children and adults.

Daniel Lichter, Ph.D., and Julie Calmalt, Ph.D.
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Cohabitation and the rise in out-of-wedlock childbearing

by Daniel T. Lichter, Ph.D., and Julie H. Carmalt, Ph.D., Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University

Should we therefore be concerned about the accelerated uncoupling of marriage and childbearing? The statistical correlations seem clear. But interpretations also have been made ambiguous by the rise in cohabitation. A growing share - perhaps even a majority share - of children born outside of marriage live with both biological parents.

Robert M. Milardo, Ph.D.
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Other family caregivers for children: aunts and uncles

by Robert M. Milardo, Ph.D., Professor of Family Relations, University of Maine

I did not intend to write a book about aunts and uncles or their nieces and nephews, at least not initially. I began with a simple interest in uncovering instances of men in caregiving roles, other than fathers. My own uncles were positive influences in my life, and I simply wondered if uncles were important in the lives of others.

Isolina Ricci, Ph.D.
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Divorce from the Kids’ Point of View: From Damage Control to Empowerment

by Isolina Ricci, Ph.D., LMFT

Conventional wisdom and research strongly suggest that when divorced parents can eventually co-parent, protect their children from their unresolved conflicts, incorporate authoritative parenting skills and maintain good mental health, their children have a good chance to fare well in the long term. These are ideal goals for any family, not just those of divorce. But, during the stressful period prior to the separation-and often for several years afterward-even the most dedicated parents are unsteady.

Phyllis Moen
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Between the career mystique and reality: minding the gap

by Phyllis Moen, Ph.D., McKnight Presidential Chair, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota

The Career Mystique embodies the work ethic. It epitomizes the American Dream.

Paul Amato
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Divorce and the well-being of adults and children

by Paul R. Amato, Ph.D., Arnold and Bette Hoffman Professor of Family Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University

Research has consistently demonstrated that children and adults who go through a divorce experience declines in subjective well-being and physical health, on average.

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Spring 2010 NCFR Report Magazine

Family Focus on Mentoring Stories

In this issue of NCFR Report, we are covering a unique topic in our Family Focus section. To this point, there's never been an edition that didn't cover an aspect of family studies, per se. This time we will focus not on our field but on how we came to develop professionally in our field. Many, many NCFR members will tell you that the reason they found their chosen career-or have advanced in it-is in part a result of the nurturing guidance of a mentor. NCFR is known for colleague generativity. Read these grateful and fond tributes that mentees have for their mentors.

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Fall 2009 NCFR Report Magazine

Family Focus on Immigration / Migration

Immigration and migration are creating major public policy discussions. They are also the basis for an important part of the family studies field. In this issue of NCFR Report, your colleagues share their research on immigrant and transnational families, their practice experience with these special populations.... and some personal journeys as well.