Monday, December 30, 2013

The M.Guy Tweet, Week of December 22, 2013

1. Holiday Gifting Can Be Vexing For Kids Of Divorce, The Washington Post
And if a child gets a long-wanted treasure, don’t put limits on it, “such as ‘I gave you this gift so you can only use it at my house.’ Children value peace over presents and they don’t care about which parent gives them the most or the biggest gifts,” he said.

2. Uncomfortable Truths about Family Breakdown, The National Review Online
As Schulz points out, that uncomfortable truth is not controversial among social scientists. It is affirmed by undoubted liberals such as Harvard’s David Ellwood and Christopher Jencks.

3. 7 Ways Your Father Affected Your Career, Forbes
Are you confident expressing your opinion, particularly when it’s different from those of your boss or peers? That may depend on whether your father encouraged you to express yourself growing up.

4. The 'Right School'? No, Parents Staying Together Is The Best Way To Help Children, The Guardian
Because the more stable a home life children have, the better they will be able to concentrate at school, the better behaved they will be in school, and the better grades they will have on leaving school.

5. Childless In Suburbia: N.J.'s Young Couples Putting Off Marriage, Kids, The Star-Ledger
The average age of a New Jersey mother when her first child is born has grown by nearly five years since 1970, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and now stands at more than 27 years old, among the highest in the nation.

6. Growing Old Together, WebMD
Invest time and energy into physical affection and having sex: Without this aspect of your relationship, you can still be quite emotionally close. However, your relationship will be more platonic than romantic.

7. Don't Forget About Dads, Family Studies
Dads are as important in the life of a child as moms, and moms will struggle to flourish without good dads at their sides.


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Saturday, December 21, 2013

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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Monday, December 16, 2013

The M.Guy Tweet, December 8, 2013

1. Divorce 101: Change Proposed in Utah Divorce Class, The Salt Lake Tribune 
". . . I think the policy is the question: Do we want to take this course, which appears to be less effective than it could be, and put it in a place where it has a greater chance of success?"

2. Study: Long Distance Relationships Can Work, The Atlantic
[T]hose who felt more certainty in their relationships’ future had higher quality relationships. What’s more, greater distance apart actually predicted more intimacy, communication, and satisfaction in the relationship.

3. The Marriage Crisis, The University of Virginia Magazine
“Much of the rise in cohabitation as an alternative to marriage is actually an alternative to divorce. If you never make a commitment, you are never going to divorce.”
A study of more than 1,700 Black and Hispanic young adults found that the majority value education, believe in a higher power and support marriage. - See more at: http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2013/12/12/study-of-millenials-of-color-shows-surprising-results-on-education-spirituality-and-marriage-views/#sthash.XizODDgQ.dpuf
Study of Millenials of Color Shows Surprising Results on Education, Spirituality and Marriage Views - See more at: http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2013/12/12/study-of-millenials-of-color-shows-surprising-results-on-education-spirituality-and-marriage-views/#sthash.vdm1mSY9.dpuf
Study of Millenials of Color Shows Surprising Results on Education, Spirituality and Marriage Views - See more at: http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2013/12/12/study-of-millenials-of-color-shows-surprising-results-on-education-spirituality-and-marriage-views/#sthash.vdm1mSY9.dpuf
Study of Millenials of Color Shows Surprising Results on Education, Spirituality and Marriage Views - See more at: http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2013/12/12/study-of-millenials-of-color-shows-surprising-results-on-education-spirituality-and-marriage-views/#sthash.vdm1mSY9.dpuf
Study of Millenials of Color Shows Surprising Results on Education, Spirituality and Marriage Views - See more at: http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2013/12/12/study-of-millenials-of-color-shows-surprising-results-on-education-spirituality-and-marriage-views/#sthash.vdm1mSY9.dpuf

4. Study of Millenials of Color Shows Surprising Results on Education, Spirituality and Marriage Views, AFRO
[P]articipants included 830 Latino/Hispanic (48 percent); 797 African American/Black (46 percent) and 94 “Other” (4 percent). . . Urban Youth of Color (UYC) still have goals of marriage someday and believe that pregnancies should be planned.

5. Only Have Children If You Are Ready to Marry, Says High Court Judge, The Guardian
The Office for National Statistics found earlier this year that the proportion of children born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales was a record 47.5% in 2012, the Telegraph said, up from 25% in 1988.

6. The Unspoken Truth About Marriage And Kids, The Sydney Morning Herald
Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Lixia Qu and Ruth Weston, from the Australian Institute of Family Studies, found young families with cohabiting parents were nearly three times more likely to break up than married families.

7. "For the Sake of the Kids - Relationships Education: The Problem, Policy, and Practice," The Marriage Foundation
The Marriage Foundation has highlighted the price that children pay for broken relationships and has been making the case for better access to high quality relationships education. 

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Monday, December 9, 2013

The M.Guy Tweet, December 1, 2013

1. A Call for a New Conversation on Marriage, Institute for American Values
The current question is: "Should gays marry?" The new question is: "Who among us, gay or straight, wants to strengthen marriage?"

2. Why Rate Your Marriage? A Numerical Score Can Help Couples Talk About Problems, The Wall Street Journal
Couples therapists and marriage researchers, who study why some marriages last while others crumble, believe spouses should score their marriage. 

3. About Three in Four Parents Living with Children are Married, Census Bureau Reports, US Census Bureau
Most children under 18 (64 percent) live with married parents.

4. Autumn Statement 2013: Marriage Tax Break 'Will Help Poorest Families’, The Telegraph
More than four million married couples will be given tax breaks worth up to £200 a year in an attempt to help some of the “poorest working families”.

5. Oklahoma’s Marriage Initiative Working To Lower Divorce Rate (VIDEO), NewsChannel4
Our mission is to provide free of charge marriage and relationship education services to both couples and individuals all along the life cycle to increase relationship competency.

6. Cohabiting Couples Will Account for Half of All Family Breakdown in 2013, Marriage Foundation
If you're living together as unmarried parents, you're four times more likely to split up than married parents. . . that's why this research finds that on fifth of couples who cohabit account for one half of all family breakdown. 

7. An Interview on Fatherhood, Work-Family Balance, and What Makes a Good Dad, Fathers, Work, and Family
The data shows that fathers today work as much as they ever did before in the workplace. However they’re spending three times as much time with their children as fathers a generation ago and twice as much time on housework

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

The M.Guy Tweet, November 24, 2013

1. This Is the Age You’ll Get Married Based on Where You Live, TIME
The folks at Priceonomics have designed a handy map, using data pulled from the U.N., that shows the average age at which people get married in countries all over the world.

2. Marriage Drives Women To Drink, Study Says, CBSNews
Previous studies have consistently shown that married people drink less than single people, with the anti-drinking association stronger in married men than women.

3. The Links Between Education, Marriage and Parenting, PewResearchCenter
Among parents who live with a child under the age of 18, 89% of college graduates are married, compared with 64% of parents with less than a high school degree and 70% of those with just a high school degree.

4. Harvard Study: Love Can Buy You Money, FatherhoodChannel
Harvard study found men with the warmest relationships earned $141,000 more than others during their peak salary years.

5. The Slow Death of 'Traditional' Families in America, The Atlantic
Gay marriage laws have happily extended legal rights to same-sex couples, but over the last half century, a less auspicious family development has been the rise of single moms and dads and the decline of two-parent households, particularly among lower-income and less-educated families.

6. Less Marriage Means Less Homeownership, Forbes
At the same time, the ownership rare among married couples is 81 percent; among non-marrieds it is 51 percent.

7. The Changing American Family, New York Times
At the same time, the old-fashioned family plan of stably married parents residing with their children remains a source of considerable power in America — but one that is increasingly seen as out of reach to all but the educated elite.

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