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Potential rewards and challenges of parenting

Potential rewards and challenges of parenting. Rewards Youthful perspective Emotional fulfillment Personal growth Family continuation Challenges New responsibilities Lifestyle changes Emotional adjustments Changes in relationships Employment.

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Potential rewards and challenges of parenting

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  1. Potential rewards and challenges of parenting Rewards • Youthful perspective • Emotional fulfillment • Personal growth • Family continuation Challenges • New responsibilities • Lifestyle changes • Emotional adjustments • Changes in relationships • Employment

  2. Understand stages/variations of family life cycle

  3. Stages of the family life cycle • Beginning family-A family of young adults who marry; newlyweds • Expanding- A child-bearing family; has one or more young children. • Parenting family- A developing family, with children growing into middle childhood and early teens. • Launching family- A family with middle-age parents and children leaving home for college, etc. • Mid-years family- A pre-retirement family, no children at home • Aging family- A family of elderly adults, usually retired.

  4. Variations of the family life cycle occur in many forms: • Individuals choose not to marry • Individuals whose spouses die or leave • Couples choose not to, or find they are unable, to have children. • Families skip, overlap, or repeat stages, which creates new sequences

  5. Families have additional children several years after first group of children • Families decide to adopt after their children are in the launching stage • Families are involved in second marriages; two families blend and stages are repeated • Families create extended families by bringing aging relatives into their home.

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