Exam 7: Families in Middle and Later Life: Patterns and Dynamics of Living Longer, Aging Together

Today, families are smaller, fewer people ae marrying, more are childless, first-time parents are older, and people are living longer in general.

What is meant by the phrase "seventy is the new fifty"?

For Baby Boomers, we know that their immediate kin group will be smaller than that of their parents, and that they will have fewer children and grandchildren.

Discuss two ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed family relationships.

"________" are those who leave the family home and return multiple times (i.e. three or more over the life course).

Cutbacks to health care and social services over the past decade in Canada have precipitated an increased reliance on the family for care across generations.

Discuss the consequences of divorce on parent-child relationships.

Discuss the issues surrounding "boomerang kids."

The term "boomerang children" refers to ________

Explain the following quote: "Co-residence violates the child's norms and expectations about adulthood and independence."

Martin-Matthews studied the cultural expectations relating to Chinese widows. Discuss.

In mid- and later-life families, the adaptation process for stepchildren is influenced by a number of factors, including children's life course stage at their parent's remarriage, their residential status, and the quality of the parent-child relationship prior to the remarriage.

For the first time in Canadian history, it is estimated that Canadian adults will spend a longer time caring for their aging parents than they spent in raising their children.

Cuts to social welfare programs over time have weakened the knots of the safety net in low-income families, increasing the likelihood of earlier than expected launches and the posting of no re-entry signs for children wanting to return home. As a result, young adult children may be forced into all of the following except ________

Homophobic attitudes of family and friends as well as healthcare and human service professionals are major barriers to providing care for chronically ill loved ones. Short

What does intergenerational ambivalence refer to? Who tends to be most affected by it?

Describe the changing nature of grandparenthood.

Moss and her colleagues (1997) noted that the death of one's last parent is now more common when the adult child is him or herself a senior citizen.

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the relationships of cross-generational family support?

The following statements regarding the empty nest stage is false: ________