Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Family Roles & Structure

Marriage as Anti-Child-Poverty Program

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:15:09 -0500

Congress recently allocated $750 million over five years to promote marriage and fatherhood initiatives among low-income groups. As a result, federally-funded marriage promotion programs are springing up around the country, including in Washington, DC. Roshin Mathew, an Emerson Hunger Fellow working with Connect for Kids this year, wondered about the connection between marriage promotion and better lives for low-income children. Here are her findings, and her thoughts.

How Does Family Well-Being Vary Across Different Types of Neighborhoods?

Wed, 31 May 2006 07:28:10 -0500

White picket fences, brownstones, housing projects; racially diverse or isolated�what impact does a family�s neighborhood really have on the well-being and opportunities for young people? How much is correlated, and how much is causal? According to this report �rigorous research indicates that neighborhood isolation and distress can contribute to or exacerbate individual and family distress.� This report examines what�s known about poverty, economic security, access to services, and child and family well-being to better understand the neighborhood-family connection.

Returning Soldiers Bring Joy, Stress to Families

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:31:58 -0500

It�s a perennial struggle for military families, but one that is hitting home for more and more of them as soldiers rotate back to the home front from Iraq and Afghanistan: the sometimes painful adjustments that come with the return of a long-absent parent. Rebecca Freshour looks at some of the issues.

Thursday's Child: Dads and Husbands

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:48:08 -0500

Start: May 11 2006 - 9:00am

End: May 11 2006 - 10:30am

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Dads and Husbands: Promoting Child Well-Being Through Father Involvement and Marriage Programs is co-sponsored by Chapin Hall Center for Children and the Urban Institute, and will take place in Washington, DC:

Mother's Day

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:03:35 -0500

Start: May 14 2006 - 12:00am

End: May 14 2006 - 11:59pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Mother's Day

Putting the Brakes on Sports

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:16:13 -0500

Teamwork. Friends. Healthy exercise. That's the upside of organized sports and activities for kids. But what about the downside? Loss of family time. Stress. Weekends in the car. Andrea Grazzini Walstrom decided to take action to reclaim at least part of each precious weekend. Walstrom talks about the birth of Balance4Success, the group she started in Minnesota.

American Community Survey: Marriage and Fertility

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:40:49 -0500

About 29 percent of all new mothers in the United States are unmarried and 15 percent are not American citizens, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau�s American Community Survey, which tracks state-specific data.

Building Community for Deaf Parents and their Hearing Kids

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:31:57 -0500

It's a different kind of bicultural family, and one with special challenges—from safely supervising a toddler you can't hear cry to heading off a teacher who wants to enlist your child as interpreter in a meeting about his own school performance. Rob Capriccioso reports.

On Our Own

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 13:13:46 -0500

Nearly one in every three babies is born to an unmarried mother and many single women are adopting children as well. In On Our Own: Unmarried Motherhood in America, journalist Melissa Ludtke explores these trends by looking at the latest expert research and by voicing the very personal reflections of unmarried mothers. Hear the story behind the book in this article by the author.

All Kids Are Our Kids

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:55:41 -0500

So far we have failed in the major measure of the health of a society�how well we take care of our youngest generation. All is not lost. This book demonstrates that the building of certain developmental assets can turn the tide in helping our children to be healthy, skillful, and competent adults.

The Men They Will Become

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:03:19 -0500

As a pediatrician specializing in the treatment of family violence, Dr. Eli Newberger studies the character of boys and the ways we—parents, caregivers, communities—can help them develop into emotionally strong and healthy men. Guest reviewer Julie Ann Moylan reviews his book, The Men They Will Become.

Inmates & Daughters Connect Through Scout Troop

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:35:32 -0600

They do crafts. They sell cookies. And twice a month the girls in the Columbia River, Oregon Girl Scouts Beyond Bars troop spend a couple of hours at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility with their moms. Linda Baker explains how this growing program works to improve the odds for families divided by incarceration.

Fathers-4-Justice

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:53:31 -0600

Fighting for truth, justice and equality in family law, and to promote that idea that children need both parents

Family Ties, Through Prison Walls

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:58:55 -0500

The number of children with a parent behind bars has soared to over 2 million in recent years. A small but growing number of programs are addressing the problem of how to keep parent-child relationships alive through the years of incarceration. Chris Dickon reports on one, the Messages Project in Virginia.

Divorce Care for Kids

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:47:07 -0500

DivorceCare for Kids is designed to provide faith-based organizations a ministry tool to bring healing to children of divorce in their local communities.DC4K is a biblically based, Christ-centered 13-week curriculum full of games, DVD video dramas, music and a comprehensive Leader's Guide.