CFD 1230 Lecture 4: The Relationships of Young Adults

• School: UCM
• Department: Child and Family Development
• Course: CFD 1230
• Professor: Dr Rolland

Document Summary

The relationships of young adults, their parents, and their children. The enduring bond between young adults and their parents. When parents provide a good foundation, young adults possess social capital: which favorably affects their lives. Their parents also continue to mature and alter their parental roles. Young adults tend to seek peer-like relationships with their parents. More positive relationships with parents are related to more positive relationships with partners and peers. The economic interdependence of young adults and their parents. In much of the world, working to help support the family (filial duty) is expected of young adults. Where there is poverty, we see the greatest economic dependence on the younger generation. In industrialized societies, financial aid is typically from the parent to the child. Variations in the living arrangements of young adults and their parents. Young adults in traditional cultures typically continue to live with their parents: but are expected to begin contributing to the financial welfare of their.