FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Midlife Crisis, Daniel Levinson, Erik Erikson

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Olga Sutherland

Document Summary

Week 7: chapter 7 the middle years of the family and the not-so-empty nest. In the past, most research attention was focused on men"s experience; career and public life were seen as the most important forms of generativity. Assessing one"s career: a young man forms a dream of what he wishes to accomplish in life and by midlife, it should be apparent whether that dream is attainable. Individuals often become grandparents around the age of 50. 3: because of smaller families, they have fewer grandchildren, on average, than their parents and grand-parents did, sometimes, these generation-rich families are referred to as beanpole families . Emerging adulthood : in this phase, individuals are still developing their own values and learning relationship skills and roles, many are not independent of parents. Emerging adulthood: spanning from the years from 18 to 25 or even later, has been identified as a new developmental stage between adolescence and young adulthood.