HDF 304 Final: Final Exam Review

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Human Development and Family Sciences
• Course: HDF 304
• Professor: M Gleason

Document Summary

Parents marital status: 67% parents together, 26% parents divorced, 7% other. Divorce: consequences for kids: what leads to these changes in patterns, model of marriage, more structural change. Blended families: e(cid:373)ai(cid:374) a (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)less(cid:863) (cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373), no(cid:396)(cid:373)al fo(cid:396) it to happe(cid:374) (cid:271)ut (cid:449)e do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e a st(cid:396)o(cid:374)g se(cid:374)se of a (cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373) to(cid:449)a(cid:396)ds blended families. Realistic expectations: love may or may not develop later, do not expect children to love step-parents immediately, children will feel confused, children may be unwilling to accept authority from stepparents. How does pregnancy happen: sperm + egg + implantation = pregnancy. When is pregnancy possible: pregnancy is possible abut 10 days of the month, sperm can live 3-7 days and eggs can live 1-3 days, eggs can live 1-3 days. Legal birth control: 1957: birth control available for people with sever menstrual symptoms, 1960: pill approved for contraceptive use.