HDF 100 Lecture Notes - Midlife Crisis, Sandwich Generation
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Middle adulthood: social and emotional development chapter sixteen. With generativity, the expectation of reciprocity isn"t there. Few parents expect a "return on their investment" from their children. The stagnant person ceases to be a productive member of society. Intimacy, the love between lovers, is a love between equals, and it is necessarily reciprocal. Daniel levinson"s seasons: midlife transition: the years from 40 to 45; psychological shift into middle adulthood often accompanied by a crisis during which people fear they have more to look back upon than forward to. The problem here is to evaluate one"s life goals and commitments, knowing that there is only a limited amount of time to reach them. Feeling adventurous and wanting to do something completely different. Instead, they take advantage of their new time by being in the workplace and finding life satisfaction in other activities besides childrearing and homemaking.
