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Roles & Responsibility
100
About 40-50% of first marriages ends up at this fate. Second and third marriage’s percentages are much higher!
What is divorce?
100
Standard American families have this many children
What is one child?
100
The decade in the 1900's when marriage seemed mandatory, and a nuclear family was triumphant. Choosing to stay single also seemed "sick" and "immoral".
What is the 1950's?
100
The culture that has the least strict parenting style--French, American, or Indian
What is the American culture?
100
In 1600’s, this parent had control over everything in family and provided for children. The other parent did not legally exist, and both parents were considered to be “one”.
What is the father or dad?
200
Many people are getting married later in life, with the average age of about 28 years old for men and about this age for women.
What is 26 years old?
200
According to research, adolescent girls in general have the hardest time adjusting to this kind of family grouping
What is a stepfamily?
200
Divorce rates have been decreasing in America since an all time high rate in this decade.
What is the 1980's?
200
Be younger, older, or the same--the life expectancy age for married people compared to single people
What is older?
200
By this decade, the roles of the husband and wife were becoming a lot more equal.
What is the 1970's?
300
About the number in millions of numbers of marriages in America annually.
What is about 2 million?
300
Teens whose parents do not pay attention to these important milestones are more likely to engage in risky activities.
What is rites of passages?
300
The century when honeymoons were starting to replace the older fashioned "bridal tours" in the United States.
What is the 19th century?
300
Increase, stay the same, or decline--the marriage rate over the years
What is declined?
300
Because of the idea of both parents now working in America, the role of this parent has become more prevalent in childcare.
What is the father or dad?
400
The number one reason why couples said to get married.
What is love?
400
Parents have said that they have had to cut back on spending on this rite of passage because of the high policy costs and all the other things that go along with it.
What is driving?
400
This century based their marriage partners off of good “candor” meaning kindness, fairness, and good-temper, compared to today, where there is now an emphasis on happiness, stability, companionship, starting a family, and love.
What is the 18th century?
400
By age 8, 10, 12--the age when about 24% of children experience parental divorce
What is age 12?
400
The person who is considered more domestic in a marriage providing a happy home, cooking, and cleaning.
What is the wife or mom?
500
Couples who do this before marriage are 46% more likely to have a divorce after they are married.
What is cohabit or live together?
500
Teens have said that about this fraction of their parents have not paid attention to what they call key transitions of their life.
What is about one half?
500
This very early century is when monogamy won over polygamy for the most part and was known as when the church prevailed
What is the ninth century?
500
Permissive, Authoritarian, and authoritative --The style of parenting that is extremely strict.
What is authoritarian?
500
Today, the father is no longer always the disciplinarian and this food related term in the family, due to mothers getting more money for the family from jobs.
What is the breadwinner?