Welcome to Groves
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Groves meetings inspire a lively and in-depth exchange of a diversity of opinions, ideas, and information related to issues of marriage and family.
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June 21, 2018: Special Statement on Current U.S. Family Climate, Social Justice, and Policy
Groves Conference on Marriage and Family is a professional organization in the United States focused on the study of families and the promotion of social justice to assure family well-being. Groves urges the immediate cessation of the current inhumane practice of separating children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. It is well known that traumatic family separations disrupt family bonds, harming both children and parents. Groves calls for an immediate review of federal and state policies and systems to insure that the human rights of all children and parents are secured, now and in the future. |
The 2018 Groves Conference Was a Success!
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"Caring for Each Other: Family Caregiving Across the Generations" Program Chairs: Sharon Ballard and Coco Readdick Location: Portland, Maine June 10th-June 13th, 2018 |
Conference Theme and Description:
Caring is assumed to be a central family function. A baby is born, a parent ages, a teen falls prey to addiction, a parent loses a job, a family is displaced by a storm. And each event, normative and non-normative, impacts a family, demanding attention to, thought about, affection for, and provision for another, that is to say, care.
Family scholars and practitioners have an important role to play in understanding the ways in which we care for each other and how to support family caregivers. The 2018 conference program builds on past conference themes to provide a broad lens through which to explore family caregiving across generations.
Caring is assumed to be a central family function. A baby is born, a parent ages, a teen falls prey to addiction, a parent loses a job, a family is displaced by a storm. And each event, normative and non-normative, impacts a family, demanding attention to, thought about, affection for, and provision for another, that is to say, care.
Family scholars and practitioners have an important role to play in understanding the ways in which we care for each other and how to support family caregivers. The 2018 conference program builds on past conference themes to provide a broad lens through which to explore family caregiving across generations.