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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
Family Health
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Jeremy B. Yorgason, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Family Life, Brigham Young University; Amber Seidel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University–York; Amy Rauer, Ph.D., Associate
Multiple indicators are linked with marital outcomes, including sleep quality, sleep disturbances, sleep disorders, and even congruence of spousal sleep patterns.
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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
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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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Lindsay E. Wright, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, and Alicia Deaver, M.S., CCLS, Visiting Instructor, Department of Child and Family Studies, College of Education and Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi
Two major changes after the birth of a child among married couples in developed countries are increased fatigue and decreased marital satisfaction.
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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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Internal Dynamics of Families
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Adrienne Riegle, Ph.D., CFLE, Graduate of Sociology, Iowa State University
Most Family Science literature overlooks the “forgotten third” of parenting, that is, the approximately eight hours of “sleep” needed per day.
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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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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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Karen Oehme, Anthony J. Ferraro, Nat Stern, Lisa S. Panisch, and Mallory Lucier-Greer
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The Institute for Family Violence Studies
An overview of the advent and proliferation of statutorily mandated divorce education classes in the United States as well as their goals.
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Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D., CFLE Emeritus, Professor Emerita, Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue University
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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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Internal Dynamics of Families
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Karen S. Myers-Bowman, Ph.D., CFLE, associate professor, Department of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University
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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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Megan Barolet-Fogarty, MA, doctoral candidate, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Delaware
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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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Kamala Ramadoss, Ph.D., CFLE, associate professor, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Syracuse University
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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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Kevin Roy, Ph.D., associate professor; Laura Golojuch, MS, doctoral student, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland College Park
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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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Melinda Stafford Markham, Ph.D., CFLE, associate professor, School of Family Studies & Human Services, Kansas State University
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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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Erin Sahlstein Parcell, Ph.D., associate professor, [email protected]; Benjamin M. A. Baker, MA, doctoral candidate; and Ronald L. Johnson II, MA, doctoral candidate, Department of Communication, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
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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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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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Catherine W. O’Neal, assistant research scientist, Department of Human Development and Family Science, the University of Georgia; Jay A. Mancini, professor emeritus, Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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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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Karla Mason Bergen, Ph.D., associate professor, Communication Studies, College of Saint Mary
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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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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By Wendy Middlemiss, Ph.D., CFLE & Kaylee Seddio, M.S.
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CFLE Network, Winter 2017
Understanding the impact of trauma and engaging in trauma-informed practice are two steps by which FLEs support families who face challenges and system disruptions
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Counseling and Therapy
Internal Dynamics of Families