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/ncfr-report/focus/immigration-migration/changing-discourse-immigrants-culture-race-and-ethnicity-amo
Allison Gibbons, Ph.D., CFLE, Assistant Professor of Family and Child Studies, McNeese State University
I challenge the old assumptions that immigrants are a homogeneous group coming to the U.S. for economic reasons alone, fixed forever at the lower end of society.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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Website
http://www.bcadoption.com
AFABC provides support and advice for those thinking about adoption or those who already have had a child or children join their family.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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/ncfr-report/focus/child-abuse-neglect/domestic-violence-and-child-abuse-what-connection-do-we-know
By Michael P. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus, Penn State University
One of NCFR's leading scholars on domestic violence examines the link between Intimate Partner Violence and child abuse.
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Family Health
Family Law and Public Policy
Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
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Curriculum
http://www.familyworksinc.com/
The Parenting Wisely curriculum focuses on prevention and early intervention of juvenile substance abuse and behavior problems.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Parent Education and Guidance
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Podcast
/ncfr-2008/watch-and-listen/focus-poverty-research-national-poverty-centers-audio-recording
From the 2008 NCFR conference
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Family Law and Public Policy
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https://www.routledge.com/Families-in-a-Global-Context/Hennon-Wilson/p/book/9780789027085
Each chapter in Families in a Global Context describes customary types of family patterns within each country's social organization and culture.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
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http://taylorandfrancis.com/index.php/books/details/9780415805841/
Insights from Policy-Minded Researchers and Research-Minded Policymakers
The book is pragmatic, drawing on advice from some of the best and brightest informants from both the research and policy communities.
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Family Law and Public Policy
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1412939097
by Robbyn Wacker & Roberto, K. A.
Due to population explosion and a global increase in average life expectancies, an unprecedentedly high percentage of the world's population is aging.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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/ncfr-2008/watch-and-listen/child-well-being-us-improving-or-declining-video-recording
From the 2008 NCFR conference. Paul Amato is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography, the Pennsylvania State University.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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/ncfr-2008/watch-and-listen/valuing-children-rethinking-economics-family-video-recording
Nancy Folbre, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. How can we measure and value the time and money that parents devote to children?
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Family Law and Public Policy
Family Resource Management
Parent Education and Guidance
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Podcast
/ncfr-2008/watch-and-listen/what-works-diverse-families-audio-recording
From the 2008 NCFR conference
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
Interpersonal Relationships
Parent Education and Guidance
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/ncfr-2009/watch-and-listen/adoption-plenary-session-video-recording
From the 2009 NCFR conference
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Family Law and Public Policy
Parent Education and Guidance
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/ncfr-2009/watch-and-listen/marriage-go-round-partnership-turnover-us-and-other-western-countries-vid
From the 2009 NCFR conference. Andrew J. Cherlin, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. Americans today marry more repeatedly than people in any other Western country.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
Parent Education and Guidance
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Podcast
/ncfr-2009/watch-and-listen/whanau-and-family-aotearoa-new-zealand-bicultural-approaches-family-resea
From the 2009 NCFR conference. Like many indigenous peoples, the Maori of New Zealand are a tribal people.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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http://www.futureofchildren.org
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Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/extension/family/
Parenting Piece by Piece is a curriculum guide for a series of eight parenting education sessions and three optional sessions.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Internal Dynamics of Families
Parent Education and Guidance
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https://www.un.org/development/desa/newsletter/feature/2011/01/
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Family Law and Public Policy
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http://web.stanford.edu/group/scspi/index.html
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Family Law and Public Policy
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http://www.rand.org/news/press/2010/05/13.html
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Family Law and Public Policy
Family Resource Management
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739137905
by Emily M. Douglas ( Ed.)
Innovations in Child and Family Policy tackles many of the common problems and challenges that are considered to be at the heart of child and family policy.
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Family Health
Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Research Brief
/ncfr-report/focus/cohabitation/cohabitation-and-rise-out-wedlock-childbearing
by Daniel T. Lichter, Ph.D., and Julie H. Carmalt, Ph.D., Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
Should we be concerned about the accelerated uncoupling of marriage and childbearing?
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
Human Sexuality
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/ncfr-report/focus/transition-adulthood/hollowing-out-middle-how-young-people-became-heartland-s-most
by Maria J. Kefalas, Ph.D., Saint Joseph's University, and Patrick Carr, Ph.D. Rutgers University
Without enough young people to purchase homes, hold jobs, pay taxes, and raise children, communities cannot survive.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
Family Resource Management
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Podcast
/ncfr-2010/watch-and-listen/innovations-evidence-based-policy-making-audio-recording
From the 2010 NCFR conference. This session presents innovative methods and approaches for building family policy and programs.
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Family Law and Public Policy
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/sites/default/files/Burton-Cherlin%20Trust%20Typology%20graphic.pdf
by Linda M. Burton, Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, Duke University, and Andrew J. Cherlin, Ph.D., Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
Trust is jiggly, and it can look like something it is not.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Interpersonal Relationships
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