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Parents may help prep kids for healthier, less violent relationships

5/2/18

Warm, nurturing parents may pass along strategies for building and maintaining positive relationships to their kids, setting them up for healthier, less-violent romantic relationships as young adults, according to researchers. In a study, adolescents who reported a positive family climate and their parents using more effective parenting strategies tended to go on to have better relationship problem-solving skills and less-violent romantic relationships as young adults.

Is it Well with the Children Lecture

Promoting child well-being to be topic of upcoming lecture

4/13/17

Janet Rosenzweig, executive director of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, will present her work on describing and defining child well-being at the sixth annual de Lissovoy Lecture at 3:30 p.m. April 27 in Heritage Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center. Rosenzweig is also Penn State's College of Health and Human Development Distinguished Alumni Speaker for 2017. The talk is sponsored by the Health and Human Development Alumni Society.

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New tool helps value the impact of spending on preventive interventions

3/2/17

Max Crowley and Damon Jones of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State, have penned an article, "A Framework for Valuing Investments in a Nurturing Society: Opportunities for Prevention," featuring a new measurement strategy that can aid policymakers and researchers alike in assessing multi-system service utilization, including public education, social services, criminal justice, healthcare, and tax systems.

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Pediatric cancer survivor now a THON advocate and Penn State student

11/8/16

Brady Lucas survived childhood cancer survivor twice and was a Four Diamonds child, which is how he first got involved with Penn State’s IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. Now healthy and a student at Penn State's University Park campus, Lucas is giving back to THON through his fraternity and other outreach.

Economic Evidence

HDFS faculty member moderates panel on economics of preventive interventions

5/2/16

Daniel Max Crowley, assistant professor of human development and family studies and faculty affiliate of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State, led a conversation among stakeholders on May 2 in Washington, D.C., regarding "Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families," a consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Parent information night set for March 27 at Lehman Center in York

3/22/12

A parent information night will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, at the Lehman Center (TLC) in York. Danielle Kern, a senior at Penn State York majoring in human development and family studies (HDFS), worked on developing this event, which is being held at Central Middle School, 1950 North Hill Road, York, Pa.

Probing Question: What is the sandwich generation?

1/25/12

If you didn’t know better, you might think the Sandwich Generation was the name of a new show on the Food Network. In reality, the recipe for this kind of sandwich consists of three generations, with elderly grandparents as one slice of bread, dependent children as the other, and, in the middle, Baby Boomer parents who are spread thin trying to be caretakers for all their loved ones.

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National hunger 'events' highlight difficulties of living on less

11/23/11

Initiatives such as the National Food Stamp Challenge and National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week draw attention to the daily struggles of the unemployed and poor. A specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences said these special-attention events also illustrate the complexities of modern food insecurity.

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PA 4-Hers join nationwide experiment for National Youth Science Day

10/6/11

Youth across Pennsylvania recently completed a simultaneous wind-energy experiment, joining hundreds of thousands of young people around the nation in demonstrating the world of alternative fuels and discussing how they can make a difference in their home towns.

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Pennsylvania youth elected to lead state 4-H council

9/2/11

Seven Pennsylvania youth leaders were elected to serve one-year terms in executive positions on the Pennsylvania State 4-H Council at the 2011 Pennsylvania 4-H State Achievement Days held recently at Penn State's University Park campus.

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Many faces of agriculture emerge at Penn State's 2011 Ag Progress Days

8/12/11

In Pennsylvania, agriculture does more than fill supermarkets. It's at once a major economic driver, a steward of natural resources and a preserver of a venerated lifestyle. So it's no surprise that Penn State's Ag Progress Days, set for Aug. 16-18 at Rock Springs, brings together people with a wide variety of perspectives on the production of food, fuel and fiber. "Whether you are a crop grower, a livestock producer, a parent, a young person, a gardener, a conservationist, or simply a consumer of food, fiber and energy, there is something here to interest you," said Bruce McPheron, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences.

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