FRHD 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Family Process, Midlife Crisis, Parenting Styles
30 Mar 2017
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Family systems approach: to understand family functioning, one must understand how each relationship within the family influences the family as a whole (goldenberg & goldenberg, 2005, minuchin, 1974) The family system is composed of a variety of subsystems. Keep in mind: the subsystems in a family of 2 parents & 1 teen would be (1) mother & teen (2) father & teen (3) mother & father. 2 key ideas: each subsystem influences every other subsystem in the family, a change in any family member or family subsystem results in a period of disequilibrium until the family system adjusts to the change. Parent development stage: for most parents, their children"s development during adolescence and emerging adulthood overlaps with their own development during midlife. Median age of marriage & first childbirth in industrialized societies is quite high (late 20s/early. If adolescence begins about age 10, this means that most parents are nearly age 40 when their first child enters adolescence.
