FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Nba Coach Of The Year Award, Sexting, Sext

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

Document Summary

Late adolescence and early adulthood (aka emerging adulthood) Increased opportuniies to form inimate relaionships outside kinship structure o: historically, marriage would be the next step, but not always in the 21st century. Date, go steady, get married, then live together: now a preferred form of union, more popular and socially acceptable o. Rise of non-marital cohabitaion has been one of the most important trends in the study of the life course of the family. Non synonymous with common law marriage: used interchangeably. Criteria varies but could include: ongoing sexual relaions, duraion of cohabitaion, hold of a joint living address. Marriage seen as signiicant life event: gain privilege and status over other forms of union formaion, marriage is becoming less important and. Change in establishment of unions is linked with other social changes o o. Educaional norms: welfare policies o o o.