Transcript 18Family

Family
© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D.
What family type
are you in?
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What family types are there?
n Nuclear
(Parents &
children)
n Extended (Parents,
children, & other
kin)
n Blended
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What marriage patterns are there?
n Endogamy
– Same
social
category
– People marry others
that are socially like
themselves
n Exogamy (Outside)
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How many spouses can you have?
n Monogamy
n Polygamy
– Polygyny
– Polyandry
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How will the social exchange theory
help you?
n Individuals
select partners
who offer as much as they do
n Marriage as negotiation
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Families have become more egalitarian
overt the last century in high income
nations
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Do you remember?
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What family types are there?
What basic marriage patterns are there?
How many spouses can you have?
What is the social exchange theory?
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Will you be in the sandwich
generation?
n Caring
for both children and
aging parents
n In high income nations,
children have become a
liability.
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Are you creating an empty nest?
n Children
have grown and left
home
n Difficult transition
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What are your parents most difficult
adjustments?
n Retirement
n Care
of grandchildren
n Death of a spouse
– Most difficult
transition in
married life
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Why is the traditional family eroding?
n Singlehood
in up
n Divorce is up
n More children are born to single
mothers
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Do you remember?
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What is the sandwich generation?
What causes the empty nest period?
What are the most adjustments for parents?
Why is the traditional family eroding?
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What is increasing divorce?
Rising Individualism
n Romantic love often subsides
n Financial strains
n Women are less economically
dependent on men
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Do you have the highest risk of
divorce?
n Young
people who marry after
short courtship
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What about cohabitation?
n Increased
sharply since 1970
n Usually short duration
n May actually discourage
marriage
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What is related to child abuse in
families?
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Adult abusers were abused themselves
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Do you remember?
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Why is divorce increasing?
What creates the highest risk of divorce?
What about cohabitation?
What is common among child abusers?
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