PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Acculturation
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It is important to include grandfathers as well as grandmothers: needs include, legal authority to make caregiving decisions, financial support for kinship care, resolution of housing problems, options for permanent care, emotional assistance, practical help, including respite care. It is important for foster parents to show respect for the children in their care as well as to set clear limits and follow through with consequences. Immigrant families and their children: 2 primary challenges faced by immigrant parents and children, acculturation, language differences (being able to converse in english affects everyday lives, the challenges of acculturation are a conflict of cultural norms. Military families: these families are confronted with unique challenges, repeated relocations that often include overseas assignments, subsequent reorganization of family life upon service member"s return, concern for the safety and well-being of deployed family member. Problems associated with using punishment: attempt to punish might actually serve as a reinforcement, example: if the child is misbehaving for attention.
