PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Midlife Crisis, Baby Boom, Erik Erikson
24 Jul 2017
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The middle years of the family and not-so-empty nest (chapter 7) Transitional: resources for meeting the challenges of midlife transitions, advantage that middle-aged canadians have in dealing with life-stage challenges, how men and women ted to shift roles in midlife, sex at midlife, adult children returning home. The parent generation at midlife: current midlife generation: baby boomers. At nearly 4. 39 million, outnumber those in 15-24 age group (4. 37 million: median age of canadian population is 39. 9 years. Expected to rise to 44 as baby boomers age: baby boom cohort has a profound effect on canadian society. Never before have so many been so close to retirement: middle years have now joined child-rearing as the longest stages in life, midlife group is diverse. Includes rst-time parents as well as great-grandparents. Some begin midlife at peak of careers or nearing retirement: these years of the family life cycle are transitional.
