Exam 15: Remarriage: Reinvented, Renewed, and Blended Families

Discuss the research on how children define their stepfamily boundaries.

In successful stepfamilies, the partners

Establishing a pattern of authority and discipline by the stepparent is important in the first year of a blended a family.

Discuss the process of returning to the single life and dating after divorce.

It is important for a stepparent to be involved in the discipline process of stepchildren to establish authority and boundaries in the new household.

Stepparents

Discuss how a lack of cultural scripts affect the success of a stepfamily. Give examples about some of the effects of this lack of cultural scripts.

________ ________ are expectations people have about their relationship but often do not communicate to others.

Forty percent of all marriages in the U.S.

According to Panel 15.1, what was the most important item middle-aged singles reported they liked about being single?

________ _________ are those in which only one partner has been married before.

Describe the effects of media portrayals of stepfamilies and of our makeover culture. How do you think media portrayals will continue to impact the view of stepfamilies? Explain your answer.

List the phases in becoming a blended family.

Give some suggestions for reducing chances for abuse in blended families.

Research shows that ________ of children in blended families are doing well.

Stepdaughters are most likely to be abused by

At what stage do stepparents and children finally make a stand and bring their feeling and resentments out into the open?

_________families and ________ families are examples of a binuclear family.

Children in stepfamilies who define only their biological parents as "real family" fit in which of the following categories?

A ________ is a diagram that can explain who legally, biologically, and emotionally make up a particular family unit.