The Pennsylvania Family Coalition invites you to join us Saturday, July 23rd at the Capitol Rotunda or Sunday, July 24th at the Radisson Hotel in Lackawanna County at 1:30 pm for a command performance of Comedian Gordon Douglas!
FOR NOMINATIONS, COMPLETE THE FORMS ONLINE AT WWW.PARENTSDAY.COM
________________________________________________________________________
DADS MATTER
Be a more confident, involved, and loving father in just six sessions! Call Dads Matter at 724-437-2590 and register for free. Get up to $100 in Wal-Mart or Sheetz gift cards. Also, visit www.facebook.com/dadsmatter for more info about Dads Matter. BACKGROUND INFO: Dads Matter is a program of the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette, Inc. (PIC) Dads Matter offers fatherhood classes (called Dad 2 Dad) in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties.
TWOGETHER PITTSBURGH
Marriage Sustainers is the component of the TWOgether Pittsburgh initiative specifically designed to assist those couples who may be experiencing the normal stresses of marriage, but are having difficulty working through the stress. This module exists to provide greater opportunities for couples to learn and practice the skills that will increase the likelihood of a more happy and more healthy marital relationship.
http://www.twogetherpgh.org/marriageMentoring.asp
_______________________________________________________________________
By ROSS DOUTHAT, New York Times, published: March 2011
Social conservatives can seem like the perennial pessimists of American politics, more comfortable with resignation than with hope, perpetually touting evidence of family breakdown, social disintegration and civilizational decline.
An extremely important New York Times OPED that should be required reading for anyone who cares about the well-being of our country’s families. R. Panzer
read more: www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/opinion/07douthat.html?_r=1
In Propositions, a publication of the Institute for American Values, Elizabeth Marquardt examines “intentional” families — a concept embraced as a positive good by family diversity leaders and, increasingly, by professionals in the field of family law.
Ms. Marquardt’s research (which will be published later this year in a report to the nation) respectfully disagrees with the notion that deliberately creating families that lack either a child’s father or mother, or that bring multiple parent figures into children’s lives, is fine for children. Her report will feature disturbing updates from the U.S. and around the world related to single mothers by choice, single fathers by choice, posthumous conception, scientific experimentation with cloning and same sex procreation, polyamory, conception involving three or more persons, and more.
Propositions is a free, quarterly publication that continues and deepens the conversations originating from our Center for Public Conversation.
(http://centerforpublicconversation.org/propositions/index.php)
STUDY FINDS RIDGE PROJECT PROGRAMS HAVE SIGNIFICANT RESULTS
A recent independent study of The RIDGE Project’s Keeping FAITH (Families and Inmates Together in Harmony) program found that the program has substantially improved the family relationships of its participants, and that doing so has resulted in significantly lower recidivism rates than the state and national average. The study based its findings on nearly four years of pre and post surveys from The RIDGE’s clients, and on data from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. For more information, or to view the full report online, visit The RIDGE Project’s website : www.theridgeproject.com. Listen to free podcasts on the website and learn how to bring the Keeping Faith program to your region and help these families and help reduce crime and recidivism.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY STRUCTURE AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY
This paper provides a systematic review of the research literature examining the relationship between family structure and adolescent sexual activity… read more
www.familyfacts.org/reports/1/the-relationship-between-family-structure-and-sexual-activity
UNITED STATES: “Mainstream Portrayals of Sex Seduce Teens, Researcher Finds” Orlando Sentinel - 7/10/07 - by Scott Travis
According to research to be presented the 18th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice this week in Vienna, a sample of at-risk teenage girls in Florida reported that movies, TV shows, and song lyrics helped shape their impression that casual sex is commonplace and ordinary.
In the study, 20 females ages 14-18 incarcerated at the Okeechobee-based at-risk intervention facility VisionQuest were interviewed by Josie Weiss of Florida Atlantic University-Treasure Coast (FAU-TC). All the teens were sexually experienced; many had had unplanned and unprotected sex. While teachers and parents might promote responsible sexual decision-making, that was not the message that ultimately shaped teens’ attitudes, according to the study.
“It’s contrary to what many adults think. We don’t think sex is normal for teens,” said Weiss, who is an FAU-TC assistant nursing professor. “I think there are high-risk kids everywhere in every community in every school. If this group feels this way (that casual sex is commonplace and ordinary), other kids probably feel this way.” Weiss hopes the study encourages parents to communicate with their kids about sex to counteract the problem.
Of high school seniors, 60 percent are sexually active, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Sexual activity has increased among youths 14 and younger in recent years, the organization said.
UNDERSTANDING THE PRESIDENT’S HEALTHY MARRIAGE INITIATIVE
the erosion of marriage during the past four decades has had large-scale negative effects on both children and adults: It lies at the heart of many of the social problems with which the government currently grapples. The beneficial effects of marriage on individuals and society are beyond reasonable dispute, and there is a broad and growing consensus that government policy should promote rather than discourage healthy marriage.
www.heritage.org/research/reports/2004/03/understanding-the-presidents-healthy-marriage-initiative
Pennsylvania Family Coalition | P.O. Box 1008, Gouldsboro, PA 18424 | tel 570 842 3205 | [email protected] | www.pafamilies.org
