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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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What Happens When Grandparents Help Raise Children

Grandparents have been universally important in families across time and their role continues to evolve, but their involvement in their grandchildren’s lives is different around the world. In the United States, roughly 10% of grandparents lived with a grandchild in 2012. In Africa and Asia,…

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Parenting Of Divorced Fathers And The Association With Children's Self-Esteem

Research suggests that high parental support and control improves children's well-being. However, a large part of these studies have focused on the parenting of married parents. Research on parenting after a divorce, mainly has focused on parenting of divorced mothers, with few exceptions concentrating primarily on non-residential fathers. Therefore, we compared both parenting dimensions support and control of fathers in different family structures (non-residential fathers, fathers in joint custody and married fathers). We also investigated the association between fathers' parenting…

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Young Parenthood Program: Supporting Positive Paternal Engagement Through Coparenting Counseling.
Objectives. Because of their youth, adolescent parents often lack the interpersonal skills necessary to manage the relationship challenges involved in parenting, leaving them and their children vulnerable to the health risks associated with relational stress and conflict. The primary goal of this study was to test the efficacy of the Young Parenthood Program (YPP), a 10-week counseling program administered during pregnancy and designed to facilitate interpersonal skill development and positive parenting among adolescent parents. Methods. Participants included 105 pregnant adolescents and…
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Strategies for Building Healthy Relationship Skills Among Couples Affected by Incarceration.
This research brief describes implementation findings from the evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners (MFS-IP). It documents approaches to teaching relationship skills among incarcerated and reentering fathers and their families. The multi-year implementation and impact evaluation of the MFS-IP grants is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Author abstract)
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Are You Marrying the Right Person? Healthy Signs and Red Flags.

This publication describes five things that those planning to marry should consider about their relationship with their partner. It also provides resources and 25 red flags that couples should consider before getting married.

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Are You Ready to Tie the Knot? A Quick Checklist.

This publication features a list of questions that those considering marriage should think about before getting married. Couples can consider these questions alone or together.

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Are You Marrying Someone From a Different Culture or Religion?

This publication provides information for couples who are considering marriage and are parts of different cultures or religions. It also offers tips and information on ways to strive for marital happiness while having differences in traditions and expectations.

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10 Things You Need to Know Before You Get Married.

This publication provides 10 things for individuals and couples to consider before getting engaged or married.

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Fact Sheet
Relationship CHANGE: How to Change Your Relationship for the GOOD.
This publication includes information on healthy change for individuals in relationships.
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Fact Sheet
Three Stages of Marriage.
This publication describes the three stages of marriage and offers strategies for couples on how to have a healthy long-term commitment.
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Journal Article
Coparenting Interventions for Fragile Families: What Do We Know and Where Do We Need To Go Next?

With a large and growing share of American families now forming outside of marriage, triangular infant-mother-father relationship systems in "fragile families" have begun to attract the interest of family scholars and clinicians. A relatively novel conceptualization has concerned the feasibility of intervening to support the development of a sustained and positive coparenting alliance between mothers and fathers who have not made an enduring relationship commitment to one another. At this point in time, there are very few published outcome studies of programs explicitly conceived to help…

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