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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
This issue of NCFR Report's Family Focus provides some hints to build family strengths in spite of geographic separation.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
It is estimated that more than 100,000 students around the world study abroad at the high school level each year.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Changes in global labor markets have driven the feminization of migration from Latin America, increasing the number of mothers leaving children behind.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
People migrating to the U.S. may leave their families — spouse, children, aging parents, and extended family — in their home country.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
At any time, more than 2% of U.S. children under age 18 have a parent who is incarcerated.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Divorced parents often experience difficulties staying up to date with what is going on in their children’s lives.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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/ncfr-report/focus/doing-family-at-a-distance/military-families-and-deployment-communicating-distance
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Military service places particular and extraordinary demands on its employees and their families, most notably because of extended periods of separation.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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/ncfr-report/focus/doing-family-at-a-distance/commuting-caregiver-finding-resilience-through-long-distance-care-challenges
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Belief systems, organizational patterns, and communication processes help to guide understanding of long-distance caregiving.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Forming and maintaining family relationships at a distance is another form of family diversity.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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/ncfr-report/focus/doing-family-at-a-distance/bridging-distance-commuter-families
Although we might think of commuter marriage as an unconventional type of marital arrangement, it is one that affects the whole family.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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https://childandfamilyblog.com/east-west-parenting/
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Children and Family blog
Parents from different societies have different expectations for their children. A look at how parenting styles are open to cultural exchanges.
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https://family-studies.org/aggression-in-twentysomethings-cohabiting-dating-and-marriage-relationships/
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Family Studies, the blog of the Institute for Family Studies
Family Studies compares studies showing that cohabiting couples are more likely to experience physical aggression in their relationships than married couples.
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/cfle-network/current-issue/book-review-african-american-father-survey-recent-scholar-research
Reviewed by Anthony James, Ph.D., CFLE
This text is most appropriate for introductory practitioners.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/cfle-network/current-issue/cfle-perspectives-changing-perspectives-through-study-abroad
by Brenda Cortes, Edalyn Cayetano, Norel Ebriani, and Gabriela Arroyos
This essay highlights aspects of family life education in the international contexts of New Zealand, Fiji, and Australia.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/cfle-network/current-issue/cfle-perspectives-international-educational-experiences-global-family-lif
by Roudi Nazarinia Roy, Ph.D., CFLE, and Nilufer Medora, Ph.D., CFLE
Immersing the students in another culture is the preferred and ideal way to learn about different cultures.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Science Education
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by Tyler Smith, Ph.D., CFLE
I am writing this article to help cast a vision, and seek input, for global family life education.
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/cfle-network/current-issue/pursuit-gender-equality-and-empowerment-women
by Luz Van Meek, Ph.D., CFLE
This article highlights the contribution of the U.S. National Committee for UN Women's work toward achievement of gender equality.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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The fall 2016 issue of CFLE Network is about Global Family Life Education. Read the whole issue in PDF format here.
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by Adrienne Anderson-Burdine, CFLE-P
My career path developed over time because of my exposure to a diverse sampling of families and personal experiences.
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-entrepreneurship-and-family-business/entrepreneurship-and-family-busi
by Giovanna Gianesini, Ph.D., Researcher; Serena Cubico, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management; and Giuseppe Favretto, Ph.D., Full Professor of Management, Department of Business Administration, University of Verona, Italy
Family businesses must be examined within the cultural contexts in which they operate.
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http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/11/10/grief-loss-after-the-election/
Psych Central has created a guide to grief and loss in light of the 2016 U.S. elections.
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http://www.ncai.org/about-tribes/indians_101.pdf
A guide provided by the National Congress of American Indians.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-families-and-human-rights/borders-between-them-statelessness-causes-s
by Maureen Lynch, Ph.D., Independent Humanitarian Advocate and Researcher, Washington; and Member, International Observatory on Statelessness, Kingston University
Around the world, individuals or entire groups of people are denied the right to a nationality and family unity.
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by Bahira Trask, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Delaware
The adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989 marked a pivotal point in recent social history.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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