The Princeton-Brookings Future of Children organization just released its latest journal volume, themed Literacy Challenges for the Twenty-First Century.
Have you ever struggled with ethical issues in your work as a family professional? Would you like to learn a process for thinking about and responding to such challenges? Help is at hand!
by Jacki Fitzpatrick, Associate Professor, Texas Tech University, and Ryan Gerrity, student, James Madison University
Although commercial films are not written, directed, or produced specifically for the college classroom, instructors might find that such films are a valuable way to elicit students’ attention.
Military families...research, historical overviews, practice and programs. Introduction by Shelly MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D. CFLE, Purdue University.
Special access: Since the well-being of military families has re-emerged as an important topic for our nation during the last decade, this issue of NCFR Report is available to all readers.
The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization's prestigious Ernest Osborne Award to long-time NCFR member, Terrance Olson, Ph.D., Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University (BYU). He has served as the Chair of his department, as an Associate Dean of the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, as Associate Director of the World Family Policy Center, and as Associate Director of The Faculty Center, all at BYU.
New Ground-breaking Article on Family Life Education Published
September 23, 2011
The National Council on Family Relations, in its October issue of Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, published a ground-breaking article in the field of family life education "Reconceptualizing the Domain and Boundaries of Family Life Education." Authors are Judith A. Myers-Walls from Purdue University, Sharon M. Ballard from East Carolina University, Carol Anderson Darling from Florida State University and Karen S. Myers-Bowman from Kansas State University. This work sets forth a new model to illustrate how family life education is unique from the fields of family therapy and social work case management.
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.
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?
by Christina M. Bobesky, M.S., doctoral student in Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University
Political and economic turmoil have challenged the stability of family life and national heritage in Ukraine for several decades. In an effort to highlight my Ukrainian roots and shed light on a unique group of White ethnics, I discuss intergenerational relationships, such as that of grandparent and grandchild, within the context of Ukrainian-American culture.
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