CFD 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Parenting Styles, Attachment Parenting
1 May 2018
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Online Relationships
• Advantages of connecting with people online:
o Allows for relaxed communication
o Easier; less investment
o Can get to know someone from home, set your own pace, start and end relationship at any time
• Disadvantages
o Misrepresentation
o Greater tendency to idealize online partners because people reveal only what they want
o Remove chemistry and intuition from the process
Living Together
• Cohabitation
o By age 30 half of all men and women have cohabited
o Greater acceptance
• Advantages
o Autonomy
o Fewer obligations than marriage
• Disadvantages
o Legal protections absent
o Less stable
Same-Sex Partnerships
• Most people look for love in a committed relationship, regardless of sexual orientation
o Differences between straight and gay relationships
▪ Homosexual relationships are more egalitarian
▪ Same-sex partners must deal with societal attitudes
• Homophobia
Singlehood
• Growing number of single people
o Changing views on singlehood
o Delayed age for marrying
o Cohabitation
o Divorce
• Advantages: career and personal development; freedom
• Disadvantages: lack of companionship; economic hardships
Marital Status of The U.S. Population Aged 15 Years and Older, 2011
➢ Men ➢ Women
Marriage
• The benefits of marriage
9%
3%
35%
53%
Seperated/ Divorced Widowed
Never married Married
12%
9%
29%
50%
Seperated/Divorced Widowed
Never Married Married
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Document Summary
Living together: cohabitation, by age 30 half of all men and women have cohabited, greater acceptance, advantages, autonomy, fewer obligations than marriage, disadvantages, legal protections absent, less stable. Same-sex partnerships: most people look for love in a committed relationship, regardless of sexual orientation, differences between straight and gay relationships, homosexual relationships are more egalitarian, same-sex partners must deal with societal attitudes, homophobia. Singlehood: growing number of single people, changing views on singlehood, delayed age for marrying, cohabitation, divorce, advantages: career and personal development; freedom, disadvantages: lack of companionship; economic hardships. Marital status of the u. s. population aged 15 years and older, 2011. Parenting: parenting styles vary, demandingness, responsiveness, types of parenting styles, authoritarian, authoritative, permissive (or indulgent, uninvolved, children"s temperaments, easy, difficult, slow to warm up, optimal attunement, attachment parenting. Parenting and the family life cycle: provide a balance of firm limits and clear structure, high levels of, warmth, nurturance, respect, growth of independence.
