Explaining your research is vastly different than writing about it for publication. A journal editor offers some guidance on how to write an article for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Predicting when someone will commit suicide is extremely difficult. Seeing computer science as an opportunity to understand and address the causes of suicide, this study uses machine learning algorithms to classify subjects into three groups, with 85% accuracy.

Learn why the United Nations states that investing in 10 year-old girls would lead to a payoff of $21 billion a year!

As parenting in the United States has shifted to become more time-intensive and child-centered, it's assumed that it's beneficial for healthy child development. But what about parents health?

Mathematica Policy Research is seeking studies for the systematic review of the evidence base on programs that impact teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and associated sexual risk factors.

The Human Development and Family Studies department at the University of Wisconsin - Stout is hosting a Family Life Education (FLE) service-learning study abroad program in Ireland in 2017. 

A new Pew Reserch Center report looks at the long-term trends in U.S. births, particularly the differences between the rates of birth among U.S. born and foreign-born women. 

The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is announcing the 2017 Frances Degan Horowitz Millennium Scholars Program, to be held on April 5 in Austin, Texas.

Family Studies, the blog of the Institute of Family Studies, examines why students in Eastern Asian and Pacific countries complete secondary school at higher rates than students in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is a dramatic change from 50 years ago.

Where do teachers, education leaders and decision makers turn when they need evidence-based instructional practices that may work to help struggling readers, or want to use research to address other educational challenges?

The more you connect, the less you connect. Find out how technology can affect Family life. 

October is Disability Awareness Month. healthychildren.org takes a look at how a child's chronic illness or disability affects a family.

While American students may be falling behind in social skills, in Denmark one simple classroom tradition works.

The Organizing Committee invites the community to submit proposals to the 2nd International Symposium on Qualitative Research to be held in Salamanca, Spain on July 12-13, 2017.

Catherine Sprong talks about the Zika virus and why we need to study its long-term effects on pregnancy & children infected in the womb in this Reddit AMA.

Using data from the National Survey of Family Growth (1995 and 2011/13), this profile presents changes in the experiences of marrying and cohabiting among young adult women (aged 25-29) between 1995 and 2011/13.

The ESS welcomes submissions, drawing on every methodology, addressing any and all issues of interest to sociologists.ESS president John Torpey (CUNY Graduate Center) has proposed that the 2017 meeting will focus on the theme "The End of the World as We Know It?":

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is proud to recognize Diamond Y. Bravo as the 2016 recipient of the John L. and Harriette P. McAdoo Dissertation Award, which provides support for the recipient to complete an approved doctoral dissertation with a focus on issues impacting ethnic minority families.

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is proud to recognize Emma G. Hooper as the 2016 recipient of the Ruth Hathaway Jewson Award, which funds the best dissertation proposal submitted by a doctoral candidate in Family Science.

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is proud to recognize James Kale Monk as the 2016 recipient of the NCFR Student Award, which is given to an NCFR graduate student member who has demonstrated excellence as a student and shows great potential for contributing to Family Science.

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is proud to recognize Dr. Jennifer Randles as the 2016 recipient of the Jessie Bernard Contribution to Feminist Scholarship Paper Award, which is given to a graduate student or new professional who has published or is about to publish a paper using feminist frameworks and methodologies in research. 

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is proud to recognize Dr. Katherine R. Allen as the 2016 recipient of the Ernest W. Burgess Award, which recognizes an NCFR member's outstanding scholarly achievement in the study of families

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is proud to recognize Dr. Marisa Young, Dr. Jean E. Wallace, and Alicia J. Polachek as the 2016 recipients of the Reuben Hill Award, which is given to the author(s) of an outstanding article or book that combines theory and methodology to analyze and interpret a significant family issue.