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7.3 Parenthood: Changes in This Stage of the Life Cycle

7.3 Parenthood: Changes in This Stage of the Life Cycle. Parenthood: A Time of Change. When do you think any changes would occur? Women: this change occurs pregnancy as they anticipate their future child The physical act of:. Parenthood: A Time of Change.

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7.3 Parenthood: Changes in This Stage of the Life Cycle

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  1. 7.3 Parenthood: Changes in This Stage of the Life Cycle

  2. Parenthood: A Time of Change • When do you think any changes would occur? • Women: this change occurs pregnancy as they anticipate their future child • The physical act of:

  3. Parenthood: A Time of Change • and • Results in a strong attachment between the mother and infant

  4. Parenthood: A Time of Change • For men, the transition to “father” occurs more slowly, usually following the birth of the baby • Watching the infant continue to develop and become less dependent on the mother

  5. Parenthood: A Time of Change • Although the joys of parenthood remain the same from generation to generation, the nature of parenting itself does not • Each generation has new beliefs about:

  6. Parenthood: A Time of Change Nutrition

  7. Parenthood: A Time of Change Expectations About Appropriate & Inappropriate Behaviour

  8. Parenthood: A Time of Change Child upbringing

  9. Parenthood: A Time of Change • Two other major factors combine to change the nature of parenthood from one period of time to the next: Economics Social Factors

  10. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood • In 1998, Dave Dupuis wrote a report on a survey that examined factors that influence people’s plans to have children • What do you think the report found?

  11. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood • The report found: Marital Status Family Values Religion

  12. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood • All three of those factors had an impact on a person’s decision on when to have children and how many children to have.

  13. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood Marriage • Marriage is said to lead people to want to have children • Despite the amount of common law unions in Canada, 2/3 of births still occur within marriage

  14. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood Marriages • Birth rate among married women is nearly double that of women who spent their entire reproductive life in a common law relationship

  15. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood Family values • Parents transfer attitudes and behaviours to their children • Young adults who have many siblings tend to want more children as opposed to young adults with few siblings

  16. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood Family values • One aspect in this study that was found to not have an impact on child bearing attitudes is: Divorce

  17. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood • Young adults who reported having no religion tend to have the smallest number of children • Also people who attended church weekly had larger families because they tend to view marriage and family as important to their happiness

  18. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood • According to Dupuis` report the factor that had the biggest impact on decisions about parenthood was:

  19. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood • In general, the more education women have, the fewer children they bare • This is particularly true about women with a university degree • The costs associated with interruptions to their careers tend to delay child bearing

  20. Parenthood: Factors That Influence Decisions About Parenthood • On the contrary: • Men with a higher education level tend to father more children. • This is due to the fact that university educated men have well paid, stable employment and are better suited to afford more children.

  21. Trends Associated with Parenthood • How are Social factors and parenthood related? • Birth Control • There are two trends that seem to be affecting child bearing decisions

  22. Trends Associated with Parenthood • Child-bearing later in life • Stability of Relationships • Professions

  23. The Effect of Medical Advances on the Age of Parents • Reproductive Technologies have helped to extend their fertility period • The ability the buy eggs of a younger women for fertilization and implementation into an older woman has extended fertility period • Lesbiens and Gay Couples

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