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by Jane Wirth, CFLE
I started with The Children's Cabinet in November of 2009. One of my many responsibilities is to help families find affordable, quality child care. 
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by Rebecca Rogers
As a licensing specialist, I work closely with families who are interested in becoming foster and/or adoptive parents.
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by Jon-Eric Garcia, M.A., CFLE
Some of the most well-suited and rewarding employment opportunities for CFLEs are those available at military family service centers.
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by Scott MacGregor, CFLE, CSAC-R
While my years in IT consulting were financially rewarding, the work held little intrinsic meaning.
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Your colleagues' articles for the spring 2014 Family Focus section of NCFR Report concentrate on the effects of incarceration on families.
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by Tasseli McKay, MPH, Research Analyst, RTI International; Anupa Bir, ScD, Director, Women, Children, & Families Program, RTI International; and Christine Lindquist, Ph.D., Senior Research Sociologist, RTI International
Efforts to help families affected by incarceration require a clear understanding of their needs and assets.
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by Anthony James, Ph.D., Department of Family Studies & Social Work, Miami University, Ohio
My hope is that this article compels other family life educators to become proximate to the issue of mass incarceration.
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by Joyce A. Arditti, Ph.D., Department of Human Development, Virginia Tech
In my book, Parental Incarceration and the Family, I advance a family perspective for thinking about the ways in which mass incarceration impacts the world.
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by Linda G. Bell, Ph.D., ABPP, LMFT, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Family education affects multiple relationships within the family, especially for the children of prisoners.
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by Kristin Turney, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology, University of California, Irvine
I briefly review this growing literature on the consequences of incarceration for family life, focusing on the consequences of men's incarceration.
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by Lindsay Larson Call, M.S., Brigham Young University–Idaho; Angela R. Wiley, Ph.D., University of Illinois; W. Justin Dyer, Ph.D., Brigham Young University; Randal D. Day, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
Researchers and practitioners are turning their attention to a wider range of life skills necessary for successful reentry to society.
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by Kellie G. Randall, M.A., and Preston A. Britner, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Debates about whether to handle adolescents' problematic behaviors in the court system or outside such formal systems have been with us for decades.
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by Alan C. Acock, Professor, Oregon State University; and Delores A. Acock
A colleague asked, "Why study the reentry to society of incarcerated men? Why care about them? They are criminals."
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by Javiette Samuel, Ph.D., CFLE, Associate Professor, Kentucky State University; and Margaret Machara, Ph.D., CFLE, Assistant Professor, Tennessee State University
Land grant universities are particularly positioned to help meet the needs of children and families affected by incarceration.
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by Sandra M. Stith, Ph.D., professor, School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University
Although intimate partner violence occurs among all age groups, younger couples are more at risk.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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by Kennon Rider, Ph.D., CFLE, associate professor, Zayed University, private practitioner of marriage and family therapy, Dubai
In the East, including the Middle East, arranged marriages are the norm.
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This Bureau of Labor Statistics article examines entry into and out of long-term spells of unemployment.
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Reviewed by Christopher Keown Belous, MA, CFLE, and Jessica A. Topor, MA
Close Relationships is a text purely focused on intimate relationships.
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Interpersonal Relationships
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The 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides a detailed picture of how children are faring in the United States.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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The Princeton-Brookings Future of Children's spring 2013 journal is on the subject of Postsecondary Education in the United States.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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NCFR members examine data and trends in family-related topics such as multi-generational households, children and media use, and more.
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by Sandra Hofferth and Ui Jeong Moon, University of Maryland, Maryland Population Research Center
The development of new technologies has transformed the ways families live and work. This transformation has been most notable for children and adolescents.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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by James M. Raymo, Ph.D. professor of sociology, director, Center for Demography and Ecology, and director, Concentration in Analysis and Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison
In Japan, marriage is changing in fundamental ways.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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by Bernhard Nauck, Ph.D., professor, Institute of Sociology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany; and Daniel Fuss, Ph.D., Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
The German Family Panel pairfam is a comprehensive panel survey providing an extended empirical basis for advances in family research.
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