CFD 1010 Lecture 26: The Importance and Quality of Intergenerational Relationships

• School: UCM
• Department: Child and Family Development
• Course: CFD 1010
• Professor: Frank R Peterson

Document Summary

Quality as parents grow older: age generally has a positive influence on intergenerational relationships, as adults grow older, they experience less conflict and greater closeness in relationships with children and parents. The gender of both older parents and their middle-aged children impacts intergenerational relations. There are more affectionate ties between mother and daughter than any other combination. There are less affectionate ties between son and father than any other combination: an important gender role that contributes to relationship quality across the generations is that of kinkeeper. The relationship quality of older parents and their adult children is influenced culture: culture influences whether or not middle-aged and older parents will live in the same household. In individualist cultures, middle-aged persons and elderly parents are not expected to live together. In collectivist cultures, it is anticipated that older persons will live with their middle-aged children: and that adult children will care for their elderly parents.