SOC244H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Life Satisfaction, Parenting Styles, Sibling Relationship
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Stage 2: childbearing families (oldest child, birth-30 months) Stage 3: families with pre-school children (oldest child, 2. 5-6years) Stage 4: families with schoolchildren (oldest child, 6-13 years) Stage 5: families with teenagers (oldest child, 13-20 years) Stage 6: families as launching centers (first child gone to last child leaving home) Stage 7: middle-age parents ( empty nest to retirement) Stage 8: aging family members (retirement to death of both spouses) Five basic themes of the life course perspective: A life course perspective emphasizes the importance of time, context, process, and meaning on human development and family life. Family events and family transitions influence individuals and interactions. Historical time -- events in the broader social context -- influence roles and values. The term, childhood is generally recognised as a socially constructed phenomenon (arthuretal. , 2005; cannella, 2005; sorin & galloway, 2005). According to the united nations convention of the rights of the child (1989), childhood spans birth to the age of 18.
