FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lgbt Parenting, Minority Stress, Silent Treatment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Shayna Sparling

Document Summary

Week 11, lecture 10: stress, conflict and abuse. Can occur from a variety of factors: everyday life and tasks, life transitions and events, chronic illness, sudden accident, disability, substance abuse, violence. How family handles problems will depend on: Their outlook, resources, individual factors, normative life stresses. Coping and outlook can change over time. Emphasizes systems and the importance of family development across the life course over just looking at individual level. B: family"s resources or strengths at the time of event. C: meaning/perception attached to the event by the family. Pile up: multiple crisis happening at one time. E. g. birth of a child at the same time as a major housing relocation because of work. Some canadian families have to deal with extra baseline stress. Stress and conflict in family life doesn"t mean that abuse or crises msut take place. Proper handling of stress and crisis can actually strengthen a family and help it grow intimacy.