HDF 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Teen Mom, Parenting Styles
27 Mar 2018
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One biological parent: biological mother and step-father, biological and cohabitating partner, biological mother, biological father and cohabitating partner, biological father and step-parent, biological father only, biological parent and other relatives. No biological parents: grandparents, other relatives, adopted of foster parents, group home, other arrangements. To understand family functioning, one must understand how each relationship within the family influences the family as a whole. The family system is composed of a variety of subsystems. Changes in family members or family subsystems result in disequilibrium. Closeness: extent to which connected emotionally and behaviorally. Closeness between parents and children changes across adolescence: methods of expression, amount. Declines in dependence but not in importance of parents. Increases in conflict during early adolescence ties to developmental changes: biological changes, cognitive changes. What do parents and adolescents fight about: mundane issues, race/ethnic differences in frequency but not topics of conflict. Pare(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g styles a(cid:374)d adolesce(cid:374)ts" (cid:449)ell-being: reciprocal relationships. Authoritative: responsible, self-assured, adaptive, creative curious, socially skilled.
