Category: Relationships & Family

New EDIS/Ask IFAS Documents Published by Family, Youth and Community Sciences During July and August

by Amanda Quintos
September 8, 2025

Read the latest Family, Youth and Community Sciences publications for July and August 2025. In this post, you can click on the title of interest to go to the Ask IFAS page and download the document in PDF format. Stay informed about the latest ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Professional Development, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Ask IFAS, Department Of Family Youth And Community Sciences, EDIS, Healthy Harvest

The Many Faces of Community Development–Revisited

by Tennille Herron
August 3, 2021

Often when community development is discussed, it is naturally assumed that economics will be included. Most of the time this is the case, but it does not have to be overt as in the case of job creation. Nor does it necessarily have to be at ... READ MORE

Category: Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Community Development

CALS alumna leads 2020 spring graduate to family, youth and community sciences major

by Dana Edwards
May 5, 2020

An encounter with a family, youth and community sciences (FYCS) alumna led Merari Flores Saldana to the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). While working as a volunteer one summer, Merari asked one of the employees about ... READ MORE

Category: Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
Tags: CALS, Children Services, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Family Youth And Community Science, Social Work

CALS Graduating Student Profile: Erica Santiago

by Zoe
December 6, 2019

Erica Santiago discovered the family, youth and community sciences major from her colleagues while serving as a student U Matter Ambassador for the UF Division of Student Affairs. Her interest in mental health and helping others overcome anxiety ... READ MORE

Category: Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Counseling, Family Youth And Community Science, Graduation, Mental Health, Psycology

Protect Your Family with a Home Safety Check – Burn Prevention

by gwhitworth
February 13, 2018

The first blog on performing a home safety check focused on poison prevention, scald burns, and trips and falls. This second blog will focus on all forms of burns, as February 4 – 10 was Burn Awareness Week. According to The American Burn ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Relationships & Family
Tags: Burn Prevention, Family Safety, Home Safety

Want to Show Your Love this Valentines? Consider Starting a Savings Account

by gwhitworth
February 13, 2018

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and you may be thinking of a way to show your love to those important to you. As you think about your options… flowers, dinner, chocolate… you know the typical items…why not consider something ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Family, Finances, Holidays, Saving

Mother’s Day is May 13th, 2018

by osgoodlb
January 31, 2018

MOTHER’S DAY IS MAY 13TH, 2018 8 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR MOTHER ABOUT HER MEDICAL HISTORY ON MOTHER'S DAY Mother’s day is Sunday, May 13th, 2018, and it is a great time for us to celebrate our hard-working mothers. Additionally, ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family
Tags: Family Health Risks

Wet Socks

by Angela Hinkle
October 13, 2017

What’s worse than wearing wet socks? Okay – wet, dirty socks. Or wet, dirty socks with holes. Ooh, ooh, the worst – cold, wet, dirty socks with holes. If your feet are in clean, dry socks with no need of mending, think for a moment ... READ MORE

Category: Relationships & Family
Tags: Donations, Northwest, Panhandle-livingwell

Is Your Coworker A Workaholic…Or Just Posing as One?

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June 30, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Suzanna Smith, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida Have you ever worked somewhere where people constantly talked about how much they work they ... READ MORE

Category: Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Health And Wellness, Healthy Lifestyle

When It’s More Than “Picky Eating”: Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

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June 25, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Laura Acosta, MS, RD, CSSD, LD/N, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida Many children go through a phase or two of “picky eating” in their lives. While ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Health And Wellness, Mental Health, Nutrition And Food Systems, Parenting

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