FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Role Conflict, Stepfamily, Incest Taboo
29 May 2018
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SECOND TIME AROUND
• remarriage
o trends
▪ when
• following
o ww2
▪ death of spouse
o now
▪ divorce
• factors
o increased life expectancy
▪ widowed at older age
• but remarriage more likely at younger age
o law changes
▪ 1968
▪ 1985
o also
▪ improved pensions
• old people can live independently
▪ greater acceptance of
• common law unions
• single living
▪ choice
• fewer divorced people intend to remarry
o consider
▪ intentions may be different from actions
▪ common law but no remarriage
o factors
▪ intention to remarry decreases with age
▪ divorce decreases likelihood of remarriage
o if kids are involved
▪ this becomes a step family
• types
o simple
▪ all children from one parent
o complex
▪ children from
• each parent
• one parent and one other
▪ increasing
• b/c more parents are having kids together
• comparison to non step families
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o differences
▪ parents
• older
• common law
o almost half
• finances are main stress source
o doubles
o similarities
▪ parents
• income
• delay payments
o 6/10
• how many
o more common than statistics show
▪ why
• consider stepfamily probability over lifetime
• consider that most are based on residential
family unit
• new family system formation
o stages
▪ entering new relationship
• important
o emotional divorce from earlier union
▪ planning new marriage and family
• important
o communication
▪ open
▪ honest
▪ forming remarriage family
• important
o renegotiating
▪ boundaries
• challenges
o custody arrangements
o financial support
o authority over kids
▪ roles
• challenges
o too many candidates for role
o loyalty
o conflict
o loss
▪ oldest/youngest
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▪ only boy/girl
▪ confidant
o relationships
▪ couple
• influenced by
o commitment
▪ benefits
• love
• trust
▪ barriers
• kids
• financial need
o conflict sensitivity
▪ earlier breakup influence either
• functional
o open communication
o greater feeling awareness
• dysfunctional
o fear of disagreements
o kids
▪ step parents
• compete with kids for attention
▪ couple time
• involves
o privacy
o time alone
• can be scarce
o cuts into childre’s tie
o ex-spouse
▪ characteristics
• unchosen
• unwanted
• without rules or traditions
▪ behaviour
• last minute cancellations/ requests
• custody change application
• failure to meet obligations
▪ difficulties
• boundaries
• appropriate roles
• most common difficulty
o conflict over kids
▪ situations include
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