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Planning for Adoption: Knowing the Costs and Resources
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
For families interested in adoption, this factsheet explains the wide range of expenses associated with the various types of adoption and offers multiple resources
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Reunification: Bringing Your Children Home From Foster Care
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
For families working toward reunification, this factsheet offers a general overview of the entire process, from foster care to returning and living at home.
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Lessons Learned From Three States
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Zero to Three
The states of Indiana, Oregon, and Vermont participated in a project to develop cross-sector infant-toddler policy priorities.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Family Law and Public Policy
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Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D., CFLE Emeritus, Professor Emerita, Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue University
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
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Paul C. Rosenblatt, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota
Any change in either partner, their relationship, or their environment may disrupt their system of bedsharing, and then they are beginners again.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
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Douglas M. Teti, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
The topic of how parents should structure their infants’ sleep has been highly controversial and, for parents and professionals alike, very confusing.
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Parent Education and Guidance
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Wendy Middlemiss, Ph.D., CFLE, Associate Professor, and Kaylee Seddio, M.S., CFLE, doctoral candidate, Department of Educational Psychology, University of North Texas
A variety of different safe sleep routines are recommended for infants, and many of them identified as the only safe routine.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Parent Education and Guidance
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Elaine S. Barry, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State Fayette
“Bedsharing” refers to a parent (usually the mother) and infant sharing the same adult bed for all or part of the night.
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Caroline Wall, B.S., Child Life Intern, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, and Jenell Kelly, Ph.D., CFLE, Part-Time Temporary Faculty, College of Education and Human Services, Central Michigan University
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that preschoolers sleep 10 to 13 hours daily to maximize their health, well-being, and development.
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Nicola D. Rodrigues, Ph.D., CFLE, former Visiting Professor, Department of Family Science and Social Work, Miami University
As a mother of three growing boys—ages 9, 5, and 3 years—I can honestly say that my husband and I have not had an uninterrupted night of sleep since 2007.
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Julia L. Mendez; Danielle A. Crosby; Lina Guzman; Michael López
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The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
High-quality early childhood programs can have a positive impact on children’s development, and are often more pronounced for Hispanic children
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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EU Project Families and Societies Final Recommendations
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Livia Sz. Oláh, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Demography at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University
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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
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Yingxia Caoa and Jeanny Liu
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Journal Of Financial Counseling And Planning
Social media play a role in the lives of young adults, but motivators and influences of this and similar sources on their money handling are not as well understood
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Family Resource Management
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Michael López; Todd Grindal; Wladimir Zanoni; Robert Goerge
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National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
A new report about the participation rates of low-income Hispanic 3 & 4-year-olds in center and home-based early care & education in Chicago.
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By Susan D. Stewart
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Susan D. Stewart
This book draws on original research and interviews to explore co-sleeping practices among diverse families in the U.S. and its effects.
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U.S. Office of Adolescent Health
The U.S. Dept of Health and Human services Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) has released a new video that highlights the latest research on the adolescent brain.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Family Health
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Max Zubatsky, Ph.D., LMFT, assistant professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University
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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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Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center examines data that shows that the divorce rate has roughly doubled for adults in the U.S. age 50 and over since the 1990s.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Child Welfare Information Gateway launched a suite of online resources to help child welfare professionals stay abreast of the realities of human trafficking.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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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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This week's video is a three-for-one package: a collection of short videos that provide tips to help parents encourage their children to be lifelong learners.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Parent Education and Guidance
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Happy back-to-school! If you find yourself needing a little enthusiasm boost, look no further than Kevin and his excitement about his first day of fourth grade.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Editors: Stephen T. Russell and Stacey S. Horn
This book synthesize the practice and policy implications of research on sexual orientation, gender identity, and schooling.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Human Sexuality
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It's okay if you don't succeed. Don't hide it — shine a bright light on it and figure out why it didn't work. That's where big breakthroughs come.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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