CFD 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 46: Preterm Birth, Coparenting, Gender Role

• School: UCM
• Department: Child and Family Development
• Course: CFD 1220
• Professor: Hartenstein

Document Summary

Parents in collectivist cultures, more likely to link generativity with communal living: through cooperative efforts that maximize group success in the family and the workplace. Young adults" development of a sense of generativity is also related to being responsive to their parents" needs: young adult still relies on parents" support and parents needs to be needed . Examples of that interdependence: young adults involve their parents in important family events, young adults and their parents also regularly visit, have family meals together, and share caregiver responsibilities. Majority of mothers & fathers in u. s. are working outside the home: most share household responsibilities. But, gender continues to play a role: parents have less gender equal workloads than nonparents in the u. s. Australia, italy, france & denmark: the differences are most pronounced in the united states and australia. Generativity issues of cohabitating young adults and their parents.