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https://www.ncfr.org/news/negative-effects-separating-families-us-mexico-border
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National Council on Family Relations
Research published and cited by the National Council on Family Relations demonstrates the importance of keeping families together.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-international-intimate-partner-violence
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NCFR Family Focus
Perspectives on intimate partner violence from around the world, including in the countries of Sweden, Mexico, Kenya, Turkey, China, and more.
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Interpersonal Relationships
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/ncfr-report/spring-2019/family-first-prevention-services-act
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NCFR Family Focus
Unintended consequences of The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) could benefit or harm stakeholders.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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Family Focus, Winter 2018
Gun violence moved to the forefront of national news after the 2018 shooting in Parkland, Florida, and gun violence has strong implications for families.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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Family Focus, Winter 2018
News and social media, politics, and implicit biases greatly affect our understanding of gun violence.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Science Education
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Examining the Evidence to Guide Sound Public Policy
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Family Focus, Winter 2018
The pervasive narrative linking mental illness to gun violence is harmful to individuals, families, and communities.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/ncfr-report/winter-2018/fatherlessness-associated-gun-violence
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Family Focus, Winter 2018
Media reports often connect violent crime to family structure, especially fatherlessness, however there are no studies that clearly support this argument.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/ncfr-report/winter-2018/preventing-gun-and-gang-violence-black-community
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Family Focus, Winter 2018
Gun violence could be a symptom of past intergenerationally transmitted injustices; increased access to treatment in could reduce violence.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/ncfr-report/winter-2018/who-gets-be-victim-gun-violence
Examining the Marginalized Trauma and Grief of Boys and Men in Black Families
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Family Focus, Winter 2018
Family professionals can best support Black boys, men, and families affected by gun violence by using an inclusive approach to research, policy, and practice.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Life Education Methodology
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/ncfr-report/winter-2018/living-gun-and-dying-gun-editors-reflections
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Family Focus, Winter 2018
Recommendations for family professionals include direct interactions with individuals and families, improved training of professionals, and public policy advocacy.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Life Education Methodology
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/ncfr-report/winter-2018/how-militarism-teaches-our-children-violence-normal
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Family Focus, Winter 2018
Militarism has long been perpetuated through popular culture, and “killology” shows that willingness to kill must be instilled in people.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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CFLE Network, Fall 2018
What does it mean that the “likelihood of committing violence is greater for people with a major mental disorder than for those without?”
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Life Education Methodology
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/cfle-network/fall-2018-gun-violence/weve-had-enough
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CFLE Network, Fall 2018
Tens of thousands of people are killed annually as a result of gun violence in the U.S., a rate 25 times higher than 22 other high-income countries.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/cfle-network/fall-2018-gun-violence/gun-home-role-family-education-era-gun-violence
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CFLE Network, Fall 2018
Family-owned firearms are used in both accidental and suicidal deaths on a daily basis, resulting in family crisis, unresolved guilt and grief, and dissolution.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/cfle-network/fall-2018-gun-violence/deliberating-classroom-student-perspective
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CFLE Network, Fall 2018
In this article, student Katrina Schlechte provides her reflection on the learning experience.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Science Education
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/cfle-network/fall-2018-gun-violence/disarming-teaching-and-learning-process
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CFLE Network, Fall 2018
In this article, Dr. Melissa Kozak shares her experience in teaching about gun violence.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Science Education
Family Life Education Methodology
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/cfle-network/fall-2018-gun-violence/spotlight-erie-pa
What One Community Is Doing to Combat Local Gun Violence and What Family Life Educators Can Learn for Their Own Communities
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CFLE Network, Fall 2018
With a background in sociology and family studies, I was interested in finding out what community members were doing regarding gun violence.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Life Education Methodology
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/cfle-network/fall-2018-gun-violence/role-cfle-movement-save-families
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CFLE Network, Fall 2018
Coming from a family that likes to hunt, guns were part of my upbringing. But after Sandy Hook, something in me changed.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/cfle-network/fall-2018-gun-violence/disrupting-unhelpful-social-narratives
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CFLE Network, Fall 2018
There are different motivations when pulling a trigger and different strategies for processing the violence.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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https://www.childtrends.org/child-trends-5/5-questions-families-should-ask-about-school-safety
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Child Trends
With new state and federal legislation to help educators improve student safety, families should watch out for new initiatives that are not evidence-based.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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/ncfr-report/focus/sleep-overview-and-introduction
How did you sleep last night? Don’t lose any sleep over it. Let me sleep on it. Sleep well! — we talk about sleep a lot in day-to-day conversation!
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Health
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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/ncfr-report/focus/effects-work-travel-sleep-patterns
Work often influences sleep and sleep is associated with health outcomes.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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Family Resource Management
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EU Project Families and Societies Final Recommendations
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International Federation for Family Development
The project’s aim is to address changing families and sustainable societies, policy contexts and diversity over the life course and across generations
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Internal Dynamics of Families
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http://iffd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IFFDPapers65EN.pdf
Helping Parents to Fulfill Their Role in the Development of Children
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International Federation for Family Development
This year’s International Day of Families focused on the role of families and family oriented policies in promoting education and overall well being
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Parent Education and Guidance
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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