As marriage equality has evolved over the last year we have become wildly aware of one overlooked group: The Single. It's official. The nuclear family has had a meltdown. In the last decade Single households have increased by 30% worldwide. By 2020 there will be 331 million single households globally. The US will lead with 36.3 million followed by Japan, 31.6 million, and China, 18.2 million. Singles come from every nationality, age demographic, religion, sexual orientation and gender. But they have one thing in common. Living uncomfortable and ignored in a married person’s world. In 2013, it’s changing on every level.
As marriage equality has evolved over the last year we have become wildly aware of one overlooked group: The Single. It's official. The nuclear family has had a meltdown. In the last decade Single households have increased by 30% worldwide. By 2020 there will be 331 million single households globally. The US will lead with 36.3 million followed by Japan, 31.6 million, and China, 18.2 million. Singles come from every nationality, age demographic, religion, sexual orientation and gender. But they have one thing in common. Living uncomfortable and ignored in a married person’s world. In 2013, it’s changing on every level.
The family unit which is meant to be a haven of everything good has in resent times been bedeviled by crisis that rock its very roots. So true has the word proven to be "Those who live in glass house don't throw stones.
Mothers - The silent architects of society, When mothers are not supported so...Tahera Chaudhary
Mothers are the silent architects of society. They are the indispensable builders of society, who lay the foundation of confidence, faith, and moral values in our youth.- Mr. Adil Naved
Chapter 11 - The Joy and Responsibility of Parenting v2Mercedes Gonzalez
This lesson will:
• Show the value of living in 3-generational families.
• Use published, peer-reviewed, sociological studies to demonstrate some of the significant and positive results of the intact married family structure.
• Point out that the primary responsibilities of the leaders of government, religion and culture are to prepare young people for family-building, i.e. for marriage and parenting.
This second practice theory course builds on SWK 501, Generalist Practice with
Individuals, Families and Small Groups, extending the concepts of strengths based
practice to work with organizations and communities. The relationships between
communities and organizations and at risk populations are infused throughout the
course. Knowledge, values and skills will be obtained throughout the course. These
will be gained through readings, oral and written assignments, and videos
One in four winds up in jail within two years, studies have shown. As many as two in five find themselves homeless or "couch surfing" at the homes of friends or family members.
"When they leave the system, they don't have any kind of safety net to fall back on," said Marci McCoy-Roth, spokeswoman for the Kids Are Waiting campaign, a project of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
State and local officials have pushed for more money and new programs to help foster children strike out on their own, but, in a tight budget year, little help could be found.
Foster teens, most abandoned or abused by their families, are used to that.
But in Hilton's case, he had one thing going for him that many foster children never have: He'd had a taste of success -- and he'd found that he liked it.
Lean In China - 2016 Women, Work and Happiness White Paper甫径 金
In March 2016, Lean In China launched a nationwide survey titled “Women,Work and Happiness”.
The White Paper seeks to use the data collected from the survey to provide recommendations on advancing gender equality in the home and workplace based on a deeper understanding and analysis of the unique priorities, needs and challenges that women in China face as they progress in their careers and lives.
Our team of Trend Strategists forecast many of the shifts that played out in the Election. See what we said last year, and what we're predicting for 2017
The family unit which is meant to be a haven of everything good has in resent times been bedeviled by crisis that rock its very roots. So true has the word proven to be "Those who live in glass house don't throw stones.
Mothers - The silent architects of society, When mothers are not supported so...Tahera Chaudhary
Mothers are the silent architects of society. They are the indispensable builders of society, who lay the foundation of confidence, faith, and moral values in our youth.- Mr. Adil Naved
Chapter 11 - The Joy and Responsibility of Parenting v2Mercedes Gonzalez
This lesson will:
• Show the value of living in 3-generational families.
• Use published, peer-reviewed, sociological studies to demonstrate some of the significant and positive results of the intact married family structure.
• Point out that the primary responsibilities of the leaders of government, religion and culture are to prepare young people for family-building, i.e. for marriage and parenting.
This second practice theory course builds on SWK 501, Generalist Practice with
Individuals, Families and Small Groups, extending the concepts of strengths based
practice to work with organizations and communities. The relationships between
communities and organizations and at risk populations are infused throughout the
course. Knowledge, values and skills will be obtained throughout the course. These
will be gained through readings, oral and written assignments, and videos
One in four winds up in jail within two years, studies have shown. As many as two in five find themselves homeless or "couch surfing" at the homes of friends or family members.
"When they leave the system, they don't have any kind of safety net to fall back on," said Marci McCoy-Roth, spokeswoman for the Kids Are Waiting campaign, a project of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
State and local officials have pushed for more money and new programs to help foster children strike out on their own, but, in a tight budget year, little help could be found.
Foster teens, most abandoned or abused by their families, are used to that.
But in Hilton's case, he had one thing going for him that many foster children never have: He'd had a taste of success -- and he'd found that he liked it.
Lean In China - 2016 Women, Work and Happiness White Paper甫径 金
In March 2016, Lean In China launched a nationwide survey titled “Women,Work and Happiness”.
The White Paper seeks to use the data collected from the survey to provide recommendations on advancing gender equality in the home and workplace based on a deeper understanding and analysis of the unique priorities, needs and challenges that women in China face as they progress in their careers and lives.
Our team of Trend Strategists forecast many of the shifts that played out in the Election. See what we said last year, and what we're predicting for 2017
Our Futurists, Marc Kozlow and Megan Routh, immersed themselves in Austin, looking through the lenses of our 17 proprietary Trends. here's where they saw the future leaking into the present
From mass shootings to rise of ISIS, 2015 was a year of anxiety, fear and stress. What lies ahead in 2016?
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Find out how we’ll cope, commune and create joy as a mega-challenging year unfolds.
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Now more than ever, we’re unlocking the power of our minds, augmenting and accelerating our capabilities.
From memory to mood, sleep hacking to sensory experience, our brains are transforming to keep pace and fly into Tomorrow.
Get ready, now is the era of The Re-engineered Brain.
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WHAT’S POPPING
@ FAITH POPCORN’S BRAINRESERVE
JANUARY 2012
2012 Predictions Monetary domination will cease to be the sole
metric by which success is measured. Women
The SHE-CHANGE will put people before profit and won’t demand
the same exorbitant salaries and bonuses for
which their male counterparts have become
infamous.
A sea change is any widespread sweeping shift
that affects all elements of a system.
In the coming decade we will see a sea change
in the way feminine power is incorporated in
society. Characteristics once thought to be solely
the province of women will be adopted as best
practices. We call this pervasive revolution the
SHE-CHANGE.
1. VERY YOUNG WOMEN ARE
LEADING THE WAY
What We Are Seeing
Young single women purchase twice as many
homes as young single men. Two thirds of all
undergraduate degrees and 60% of Master’s 2. THE NUCLEAR FAMILY 2.0
degrees are going to women. The number of
women with college degrees has more than What We Are Seeing
doubled in the last 30 years while the number of Single motherhood is no longer perceived as an
men with degrees has stayed the same. Single unfortunate situation but a conscious lifestyle
women between the ages of 22 and 30 earned decision. In Sweden 55% of births were to
8% more than men in that age range in most unmarried women and in Iceland the share was
U.S. cities. In 2011 all three winners of Google’s 66%. These countries have some of the smallest
Science fair were women. gender gaps when it comes to salaries. The US,
with unmarried women delivering 41% of the
children born is not far behind. Marriage is also
What We Are Predicting losing its status as a mandatory life goal. Almost
By the end of the decade there will be more a third of Japanese women in their early 30s
businesses started by women than men. are unmarried and over one-fifth of Taiwanese
Currently women own 35% of startup businesses. women in their late 30s are single. Today less
American women in their early 30s are married
What It Means than at any other time since the 1950s.
Women are the key to economic growth
and recovery. Their creativity and gift for
management make them natural employers.
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Conversely, stay-at-home dads have formed
a supportive and quickly expanding community/
3. THE NEW CHIVALRY
network. A recent survey showed that 73% of
What We Are Seeing
men had no problem with their spouse being
The phrase “the weaker sex” no longer holds any
the primary breadwinner. In the UK there are
meaning. While men and women have different
10 times as many stay-at-home dads as there
strengths and weaknesses women’s strengths
were a decade ago and more than a quarter of
are becoming more viable. Women are
all new fathers give up at least part of their work
experiencing an upswing in their collective power
schedule to take care of their children.
while at the same time men are confronting
some negative side effects of changing societal
expectations. Men are 3 times more likely to
suffer from alcoholism and account for 75% of
all suicides. Internet pornography is negatively
influencing male sexuality leading to more
depression and dysfunction. Men smoke more,
eat worse and are not as good at dealing with
stress.
What We Are Predicting
Over the next decade the amount of households
Women on the other hand are learning to protect
containing traditional nuclear families will
themselves, effectively removing the old notion
decrease drastically. Right now 23% of families
that they need men for the job. In recent years
would be considered nuclear, with some states
the number of women purchasing guns has risen
like Baltimore and Washington coming in with
73% with the majority of the women buying the
under 10%. Alternative forms of birthing,
weapons for personal protection.
marriage, childrearing and family structuring will
become commonplace.
What We Are Predicting
It will be up to women to protect men in this new
What It Means
world order. They will need to teach men how to
There will be a rise in services that provide
survive and thrive in a society that puts more and
flexibility to all different family structures.
more value on feminine characteristics.
Co-parenting sites that bring single
parents together to help raise children
What It Means
outside of marriages (coparent.co.uk,
Males’ problems with aggression, depression
WeCanParentTogether.com) will become the new
and performance will continue to worsen as long
matchmaking craze. Day and night care centers
as they go untreated. Educators and employers
will become one of the most important and
will have to deal with the sociological problems
lucrative services available.
men are experiencing. Support systems and
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counseling will be made available to help be a red flag for many investors. John Hagel
young men deal with issues as they become co-founder of the Deloitte Center for the Edge,
problematic. Employers interviewing for a risk management group, has said “The future
positions will need to gauge how in touch with belongs to those of us, female or male, who can
their emotional side male candidates are. adopt and embrace the feminine archetype.”
Unchecked masculinity will be seen as a liability.
Corporations will lose a lot of their male populace What We Are Predicting
to the stay-at-home dad trend. Traditionally female behavior will become
preferred in business situations. Companies
will value employees of both genders who
4. WOMEN ARE CLOSING THE demonstrate conscientiousness over extraversion
GAP IN THE ECONOMY and testosterone fueled decision making.
What We Are Seeing What It Means
Women have earned the reputation of being Employers will administer personality tests to
more secure and patient investors. This proved determine the degree of a prospective employees’
invaluable in 2008 during the economic collapse. EI (emotional intelligence). Positions like Chief
Female investors were more likely to hold Consciousness Officer will become a crucial role
onto assets longer and sell when the time was in all major companies in order to make sure the
optimum reducing their losses. female focus is maintained.
The past few years have shown women to be a
major economic force. They control $12 trillion
5. WOMEN FROM THE EAST
of the overall $18.4 trillion in global consumer ARE SETTING THE EXAMPLE
spending. Women are making better investments
than men. A recent book titled “Warren Buffet What We Are Seeing
Invests like a Girl” elicited this response from the Asian women are finding their natural skills
legendary investor: “Guilty as Charged”. Female as transformative leaders crucial to the
stock brokers experience higher returns, earning development of their respective countries. Almost
on average 9% while their male counterparts only a third of all CEOs in Thailand are women, the
see returns of 5.82%. highest ratio of female to male CEOs in the
world and in China women hold 34% of all senior
Companies with Boards containing two or more management positions.
women are more profitable. If a company does
not have a strong female representation in its Companies in Asia are doing everything to retain
board of directors or upper management it will their female talent. In Japan, Google provides
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its female employees with taxis to get them averaging 5 million people. The influx of
home safely after dark. In India, pharmaceutical qualified female managers is and will be one of
company Boehringer Ingelheim allows young the most important changes going on in global
female employees to bring their mothers along business for the next decade. Companies who
on business trips to avoid the cultural disapproval leverage this to their advantage will see massive
women sometimes face when traveling alone. rewards.
What We Are Predicting IN CONCLUSION
Asian women will stand out as an example of
the benefits of incorporating women into the
The SHE-CHANGE is exactly what society
business climate of a nation. Other countries
will try to capitalize off the same model once needs right now. We need to rely on
it is demonstrated how profitable it is. compassion more than competition and
innovation more than invasion. The
What It Means introduction of this new feminine power
Over the next 40 years around a billion people will into all aspects of our lives will bring
move from the rural regions of India and China
about a new era of productivity and peace.
into 59 megacities, each with populations
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