Family Development
What are the roles of family members and their patterns of relating within the family?
Family Dynamics
What is the definition of communication in the textbook?
Parents giving birth to one or more children and assume their roles and responsibilities as parents is what stage of the life cycle?
Childbearing stage
Culture
a time in history in which society began to focus on industry and manufacturing
Industrial Revolution
What is two or more people living in the same household who are related by blood (birth), marriage, or adoption.
The Census Bureau definition of family
The receiving of a message that provides feedback to the speaker that the message is being understood.
Active listening
How many stages does the family life cycle have?
Six
has more than one culture represented among its people
cultural diversity
Money received for working is called what?
Income
Unhealthy family dynamics may lead to...
Social strains, inability to cope with stress, and children at higher risk of having poor social skills and mental health
Sending of nonverbal messages through body movements
body language
A couple experiencing an empty nest might be in what family life cycle stage?
Mid-years stage
a family with members from two or more cultural groups
multicultural family
socially acceptable patterns of living are what?
Norms
How family members get along and work together establishes the _________ of the family unit.
Stability
How do we establish rules and boundaries in a family?
We have to clearly state them and evenly apply them. They need to be flexible enough to respond to each family member's needs.
What are some examples of situations that may cause grown children to return home?
Economic troubles, divorce, or other emotional situations.
3 aspects of a person's culture are what?
Examples include:
History, language, humor, names, holidays, methods of greeting, foods, eating methods, dress, decorations, music, etc
Watching TV and movies together (either bonding or not spending time together)
Family health and safety tracking
Connecting with long distance family
_______________ is the foundation for all domains of the child's development.
Family
How do you teach children the values you want them to have?
We have to model or show the values and behaviors that we want our children to show with our own actions.
What life cycle stage might cause parents to need help from their children?
Aging stage
In some cultures unlike the U.S., what might smiling mean?
Some might use smiling to respond to a compliment if they feel like speaking back might show a lack of modesty.
Children used to be consider an asset to the family in the past for what reason?
Because they brought in more income