Terms to know
The strong attachment a couple feel for each other.
What is bonding?
This type of adoption agency does not charge a fee as they are tax supported.
What are public adoption agencies?
If you have a criticism, put a negative comment between two positive comments.
What is the sandwich approach?
With this pattern of adjustment rather than work to reach a joint agreement, you give in to agree with your partner.
What is concession?
Two sources for help for couples who may experience trouble in their marriage.
What are:
1. Marriage enrichment programs
2. Marriage counseling
The parent’s ability to love their children under any circumstance.
What is unconditional love?
With this type of adoption the adopted child does not know the identity of the birth parents.
What is a closed adoption?
This type of interaction involves taking part only as an observer or listener.
What is passive interaction?
With this pattern of adjustment differences still exist, but do not obstruct the relationship.
What is accommodation?
Three things children can do for parents.
What are:
Children can give parents satisfaction.
Children can help parents mature.
Children can help parents recognize their human weaknesses.
Children can help parents enjoy family leisure time.
Children can give parents hope for the future.
A couple’s inability to conceive a child after trying for a year or more.
What is infertility?
This type of adoption may be done through an agency and often adopt children living in an orphanage from another country.
What is international adoption?
This term means using skills to care for and raise a child to adulthood.
What is parenting?
This method will bring the greatest satisfaction to a relationship. Both must be willing to give-and-take to reach an agreeable solution.
What is compromise?
What are three reasons why a couple would choose to no become parents?
What are:
Enjoy the freedom of a childless lifestyle.
Do not want to commit to raising a child.
Unwilling to take energy from careers to put into parenting.
May have diseases that could be inherited.
May have had an unhappy childhood and fear that they will repeat the cycle in their family.
Making choices that will help a child develop fully in all areas of life.
What is responsible parenting?
This type of adoption takes place when one parent dies or leaves the family and a single parent remarries.
What is step-parent adoption?
This type of interaction involves physical and verbal exchanges between two people who are doing something together.
What is active interaction?
With this pattern of adjustment the couple continues to fight and because the couple does not find any satisfactory solutions, the marriage relationship often weakens.
What is hostility?
4 qualities needed by parents.
What are:
1. being emotionally mature
2. giving unconditional love
3. being flexible
4. being responsible
The process couples use to modify their relationship as needed throughout their married life.
What is marital adjustment?
With this type of adoption the adopted child will have the information about his or her birth parents.
What is an open adoption?
This is licensed by the state. Some are public and some are private.
What is agency adoption?
The changes couples make as they learn to live with each other.
What are interpersonal adjustments?
Three unhealthy reasons for parenting.
What are:
Believe having a child will bring prestige.
Outside pressures from family and friends to start a family.
Couple’s parents may want to be grandparents.
To prove to others that they are adults and can produce children.
Believe that the child will improve their marriage.