FCSE 3120 Lecture 4: lecture 4

• School: UCM
• Department: Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• Course: FCSE 3120
• Professor: Gremaud

Document Summary

Extended absence (military or work) (all reasons create unique strategies, family themes) Women head about 90% of single parent homes. Family themes impact: how members interact with the outside world, how they interact with each other, how they develop individually. (impact of the media) Maintenance tasks: financial stressors, changes in employment status, changes in sources of income, changes in residence. Child support compliance factors: overall level of income, attachment level toward children and former spouse, agree on child-rearing issues. Transition to single-parenthood after divorce is rarely handled in an optimal manner. Family can be more supportive and more critical. Estimated decrease of friendship network by 40% after divorce. Women generally increase involvement with family and men decrease involvement with family. Development of a remarried family system: courtship and preparation for marriage, resolution of the previous marriage, gradual modification of the single-parent structure, anticipation of the remarriage.