Family Relations
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Eight essential parenting responsibilities | safe enviro; basic needs; self esteem; morals & values; mutual respect; effective discipline; education involvement; communication |
| Baumrind's uninvolved parenting style | low in responsiveness, warmth, & affection, and low in parental control or demands |
| Baumrind's permissive parenting style | high levels of warmth, affection, & responsiveness low on demands, lenient & nontraditional |
| Baumrind's authoritarian parenting style | obedience, status oriented, very demanding & controlling but not very responsive, warm, or affectionate |
| Baumrind's authoritative parenting style | responsive while demanding certain behavioral standards, set clear boundaries but are flexible with change |
| Bi-nuclear family | the separate, distinct households that form after marital separation or divorce |
| ABC-X Family Crisis Model | by Reuben Hill, family crisis is a combination of factors and the outcomes of the event |
| Double ABC-X Model | by Reuben Hill designed to better help us understand the effects of the accumulation of stresses & crises & how families adapt to them |
| Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) | person that's proven knowledge in the areas: families in society, family dynamics, human growth & dvlpmt, human sexuality, family law, interpersonal reltnshps, family resource mngmt, parent ed, public policy, & ethics |
| Acute stressor | last a relatively short time |
| Chronic stressor | longer in duration |
| Emotional flooding | occurs when people become surprised, overwhelmed, and disorganized by their partner's expressions of negative emotion. |
| Emotional divorce | A period during which one or both partners withdraw emotionally from a marriage. |
| Gatekeepers | divorced mothers deny visitation, make it difficult for fathers to see their children, & intend not to share parenting w/ the fathers |
| Cooperative colleagues | divorces parents put aside negative feelings toward the ex to cooperate in assuring the well being of their children |
| Angry associates | divorced couples anger an integral part of the post divorce relationship. Long heated battles over property, custody, visitiation, & other matters continue 4 yrs beyond divorce |
| Dissolved duos | after divorce break off any contact with one another |
| Fiery foes | ex's incapable of co parenting & engage in legal battles for several yrs following divorce |
| Routine housework | cleaning, meal preparation, grocery shopping, cleaning up after meals, & laundry |
| Maternal gatekeeping | women's socialization, the inherent cultural notion she will always be the better parent, makes difficult 2 relinquish her traditional roles |
| Perfect pals | divorced partners who remain friends after they divorce |
| Social exchange theory | cost of divorce outweighs staying in unsatisfying relationship |
| Legal divorce | custody & property are divided, children caught in the middle |
| Joint custody | maybe best but only if parents can cooperate |
| Economic divorce | lower incomes than married people but mostly women go through period of poverty |
| Co-parental divorce | involves facing the issues of child custody; a current trend in joint custody, in which children divide their time between both parents |
| Joint custody | when both parents retain legal custody of their children following divorce |
| Community divorce | involves reorganizing friendships & adjusting relations with family members who are accustomed to seeing them as a couple-stigma of divorce generally not accepted by religious and some cultures |
| Psychological divorce | Learning to be independent again |
| Women | two out of three divorces are initiated by ... |
| Sole custody | The child shall reside with and be under the supervision of one parent, subject to the power of the court to order visitation |
| Split custody | separation of siblings so that each parent has at least one child |
| Goal of parenting | making yourself obsolete to where the child learns to healthily survive and contribute free of your will |
| Shared custody | Each parent has child in custody for greater than 40% of the time. |
| Wallerstein 30 yr study | long term impact of divorce on children as adults increased rates of depression, underachieving, difficulty w/ own families...2b taken with a grain of salt du2 flaw in study, no comparison grp & test grp families already doing poorly |
| Cherlin study | Marriage is a cultural ideal in US Highest marriage and divorce rate; causes great turbulence in American family life |
| Locus of control | The amount of control that a person feels he or she has over the environment, lower control=higher stress |
| Co-parenting | after a divorce shared decision making and parental supervision in such areas as discipline, schoolwork, shared holidays & recreation |
| Stepfather-stepdaughter conflict | because of loyalty will be the biggest issue when attempting to integrate step families |
| Stages of grief | Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance |
| Family rituals | repetitive activities that have special meaning for a family |
| Instability of remarriage | may reflect failure in one or more following areas: commitment; cohesion; communication; boundary maintenance; role confusion & loyalty |
| Dysfunctional family | A family that cannot function properly because of certain overwhelming problems |
| Emotional remarriage | fully committed to a new marital partner |
| Psychological remarriage | giving up attained personal freedom & lifestyle once again after divorce |
| Community remarriage | establishing new residence & social networks |
| Parental remarriage | establishing new roles & relationships with step-children |
| Economic remarriage | new financial rules, need to figure out the who, what, when, how bills will be payed |
| Legal remarriage | establishing new visitation & shared assets by legal means |
| Dynamics of dysfunctional families | blaming, criticism, withhold feelings; parental abdication of responsibility; Parentification (prnt-child role reversal); repeated crises; unpredictability; & child withdrawal |
| Why women stay in abusive relationships | low self-esteem; blf abuse will change; economics; child support; shame or guilt; blame themselves; fear; & home prison |
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