Subject: Frictionless Friendship/Love and Rules/How to Build Empathy

Important Ordering Notice!

December 2025


DIBBLE NEWS

  • Important 2026 Ordering Information!

THE LATEST

  • How Childhood Relationships Affect Your Adult Attachment Style

  • Cohabitation and Mortality Across the Life Course: A Longitudinal Cohort Study with Swedish Register-Based Sibling Comparisons

  • Nearly Half of Gen Z Adults Have Never Had Sex

NEWS YOU CAN USE

  • How Relationships Feed Your Brain

  • The Cost of Frictionless Friendship

  • How to Use AI to Find Love- and Leave Room for an Authentic Connection

TOOLS YOU CAN USE

  • How Teens Can Learn to Really Relax

  • 6 Ways to Check-In with Teens

  • How to Build Empathy- and Why Our Children Need It Now

WEBINAR - December- 2025

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FUNDING STREAMS

DIBBLE NEWS

Important 2026 Ordering Information!

If you need materials during the beginning of January, we encourage you to place your orders as soon as possible to ensure they arrive on time. Ordering and shipping will be limited during the weeks of Christmas and New Years so please plan on getting your orders in by December 19th. If you have any questions or need assistance with ordering, please contact Hannah.

THE LATEST

How Childhood Relationships Affect Your Adult Attachment Style

Explore how mattering affects children's lifelong health and well-being, and learn concrete tips for promoting a sense of mattering in young children.


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Cohabitation and Mortality Across the Life Course: A Longitudinal Cohort Study with Swedish Register-Based Sibling Comparisons

New research from Sweden reveals that the mortality risk for unmarried cohabiting partners changes significantly throughout their lives, closely mirroring married couples at younger ages before diverging later on.


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Nearly Half of Gen Z Adults Have Never Had Sex

Nearly half of Gen Z adults report never having had sex, reflecting shifting attitudes toward dating, intimacy, and relationships. Research from NCSH member, the Kinsey Institute, is featured.


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NEWS YOU CAN USE

How Relationships Feed Your Brain

A new book explains the many ways our brains are optimized to take advantage of relationships.


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The Cost of Frictionless Friendship

Adolescence is full of messy, meaningful friendships. As AI offers frictionless alternatives, teens need adults to help them spot design tricks that make it hard to log off.


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How to Use AI to Find Love- and Leave Room for an Authentic Connection

More singles, especially Gen Z, are using AI to polish dating profiles, craft messages, and get relationship advice. However, experts warn that overreliance on AI can undermine trust and weaken connections. Research from NCSH member, the Kinsey Institute, is featured.


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TOOLS YOU CAN USE

How Teens Can Learn to Really Relax

The ability to keep a clear mind and relax helps teens manage stress.


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Ed. Note: Ready to help a teen unwind? You can use Mind Matters and Me & My Emotions today as easy, effective stress reducers.

6 Ways to Check-In with Teens

To foster engagement and emotional literacy in group work, this article explores six simple yet effective, diversified check-in methods that empower teens to better verbalize and manage their experiences.


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How to Build Empathy- and Why Our Children Need it Now

What you can do to build your teen’s empathy.


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December 2025

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CURRENT FUNDING STREAMS

Impact100 DC

(Located or serving residents in: District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Arlington and/or Fairfax County, or the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax or Falls Church)

Application Due Date: December 15, 2025

Impact100 DC funds transformational nonprofit organizations across five areas:

  • Arts & Culture – enriching artistic access, education and cultural programs

  • Education – bridging educational disparities affecting children and adults

  • Family – supporting children, families and seniors to strengthen wellbeing

  • Health & Wellness – enhancing mental and physical health services

  • Environment, Preservation & Recreation – championing natural environments, climate resilience, and safe, vibrant community spaces

FORECASTED FUNDING STREAMS

Research Grants for Preventing Violence

Estimated Post Date: December 29, 2025

Estimated Due Date: April 13, 2026

This initiative is intended to support effectiveness research to evaluate innovative programs, practices, or policies to address risk for interpersonal violence and suicide among groups experiencing a high burden of these issues. Innovative approaches are those that have not been rigorously evaluated for effectiveness in reducing interpersonal violence or suicide. Analyses examining how the approach affects different populations that are most impacted by these issues are a priority. Funds are available to conduct studies focused on preventing interpersonal violence or suicide involving youth or young adults (ages 10–24 years), including child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, suicide, and youth violence.


(ED Note: If you apply for this funding and include a Dibble program, we would be happy to contribute training and materials for the evaluation)

This initiative will solicit applications to support research employing a range of research designs and methods to expand the evidence base on approaches that address the context of people’s lives and living conditions to prevent, treat, and eliminate violence against women (VAW) to improve health outcomes for all.

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