PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Nanny, Child Custody, Coparenting
Document Summary
Think of families as system; parents and siblings (immediate family) Family"s main role to socialize child; two-way street, both socialize each other. Family functions within macro system; church, school, etc. Family system constantly changing; needs to be quite exible. If too isolated, shows a clue when showing pathology. When too rigid, not adapting well to changes around them, may be a signal of pathology. When children become adolescents; say parents don"t understand them and this may be true. Organized - parents play role of parent in functional way; when disordered leads to pathology ex. Parents acting like adolescents, or family going through health issue leading children to play role of caregiver and not developmentally appropriate. Identity - how you would describe it ex. Identity should be realistic (no one is perfect, forthcoming with good and bad) Equi nality - families have multiple ways of reaching similar goals/ends. Boundaries - when healthy well-established, parent playing parent role (setting rules, expectations, etc.
