The M.Guy Tweet, Week of December 15, 2013

1. Santo Produces Brilliant Fatherhood Tale For Coke (VIDEO), More About Advertising

2. Single-Parent Household Linked to Hypertension in Offspring, The New York Times
A new study of black men suggests that living with both parents in childhood reduces the risk for high blood pressure in adulthood.

3. Sons of Divorce, School Shooters, The National Review Online
Boys, then, who did not grow up with an engaged, attentive, and firm father are more vulnerable to getting swept up in the Sturm und Drang of adolescence and young adulthood, and in the worst possible way.

4. Is Income Inequity Tied To Marriage Rates? (VIDEO), Fox News
"We're veering to intentional childbearing without being attached to marriage. . . The research is so clear that children benefit the most from a mother and a father in a married state raising them. . ."

5. Reducing Teen Childbearing Among Latinos, Child Trends

And, despite recent declines in teenage childbearing among all groups, estimates suggest that 28% of Hispanic females will have a birth by age 20, compared with 11% of white females and 24% of black females. Notably, the vast majority of these births are either unwanted or mistimed. - See more at: http://www.childtrends.org/reducing-teen-poverty-among-latinos/#sthash.nAjqL9jN.dpuf

And, despite recent declines in teenage childbearing among all groups, estimates suggest that 28% of Hispanic females will have a birth by age 20, compared with 11% of white females and 24% of black females. Notably, the vast majority of these births are either unwanted or mistimed. - See more at: http://www.childtrends.org/reducing-teen-poverty-among-latinos/#sthash.nAjqL9jN.dpuf

And, despite recent declines in teenage childbearing among all groups, estimates suggest that 28% of Hispanic females will have a birth by age 20, compared with 11% of white females and 24% of black females.

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In fact, poverty rates for families with children have risen during the recession, and are particularly high among Latinos. - See more at: http://www.childtrends.org/reducing-teen-poverty-among-latinos/#sthash.nAjqL9jN.dpuf

And, despite recent declines in teenage childbearing among all groups, estimates suggest that 28% of Hispanic females will have a birth by age 20, compared with 11% of white females and 24% of black females. Notably, the vast majority of these births are either unwanted or mistimed. - See more at: http://www.childtrends.org/reducing-teen-poverty-among-latinos/#sthash.nAjqL9jN.dpuf

6. Sex and Intimacy After the Baby Arrives, The New York Times
Now new research from the University of Michigan offers a much more nuanced view of relationship dynamics in the so-called fourth trimester — and delivers a few surprises.

7. Military Divorce Rate Ticks Downward, Marine Corps Times
The decline in divorce rates for both men and women may reflect the slowing operational tempo in recent years, with the mission in Iraq concluded and a drawdown in Afghanistan well underway.

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