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The NRFC Library is a collection of materials to build a knowledge base around fathers, fatherhood, and operating a Responsible Fatherhood program. It also houses all resources created by the NRFC, including fact sheets, PSAs, and past webinars.

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Limited Father Involvement: Which Families Are Most at Risk?
Healthy marriage relationship skills education programs serving unmarried parents aim to help these couples improve their relationships, with the ultimate aim of supporting family stability and promoting child well-being. A central goal of these programs is to promote fathers' sustained, active…
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Unintended Consequences: How Parenting Behaviors Can Impact Children’s Future Perpetration of Sexual Coercion.
This brief discusses the relationship between family-of-origin factors and future perpetration of sexual coercion. Research shows that children's experiences growing up, such as a negative interparental relationship quality and harsh or inconsistent parenting, can lead to feelings of entitlement, which means children believe they deserve special treatment. Feelings of entitlement were associated with a higher likelihood of perpetrating sexual coercion in a study of male college students. This brief discusses these findings and how practitioners can help parents create a positive foundation…
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Child Welfare and Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: A Research to Practice Brief.
This brief provides a summary of key research findings related to the child welfare field; describes how strengthening couple and co-parenting relationships encourages family stability and consequently child safety, permanence, and well-being; and explains how integrating healthy marriage and relationship education strategies into child welfare services can contribute to this effort. (Author abstract)
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Integrating Healthy Marriage Education Into TANF Programs.
This research-to-practice brief discusses the research related to unwed childbirth, marriage, and relationship education, and then points to promising practices for the integration of healthy marriage and relationship education into TANF as part of a comprehensive approach to addressing poverty. (Author abstract)

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