Family Life Now Census Update
ISBN: 9780205006830 | 0205006833
Edition: 2ndFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 7/8/2011
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A candid and thoughtful conversation about families and family life. This text combines the personal touch and scholarly expertise of an outstanding teacher to explore the ways that family members and intimate partners interact, and how families adapt to stresses, changes and everyday challenges. We are all a product of our families of origin. How that influences who we are and who we become is a central theme woven throughout Family Life Now. This book follows the Family Life Education framework to examine marriages, families, and intimate... MORE
IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Family Life Now
Chapter 2: Understanding Families through Research and Theory
Chapter 3: Family Communication, Conflict, a... MORE
Chapter 4: Gender in Today’s Society
Chapter 5: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds
Chapter 6: Love and Loving
Chapter 7: The Path to Commitment: Attraction, Dating, and Parenthood
Chapter 8: Coupling: From Singlehood to Marriage
Chapter 9: You, Sex, and Sexuality
Chapter 10: The Choices and Challenges of Childbearing
Chapter 11: Parenting Choices, Challenges, and Changes
Chapter 12: Work and Family
Chapter 13: Uncoupling: Relationship Deterioration and Divorce
Chapter 14: Rebuilding Family Life Following Divorce
Chapter 15: Family Change: Stress, Crisis, and Transition
Chapter 16: Family Life and Aging
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Family Life Now
What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
Contemporary Families
Families in Cultural Contexts/ Family Life Education: The Study of Families through a Family Lens
Family Life Education
Chapter 2: Understanding Families through Research and Theory
Understanding Families through Research
Understanding Families through Theory
Family Interactions and You
Family Life Education
Chapter 3: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness
The Communication Process
Communication between Men and Women
Types of Communication
Cornerstones of Communication
Conflict in Relationships
The Role of Forgiveness in Family and Intimate Relationships
Family Life Education
Chapter 4: Gender in Today’s Society
It Matters: The Biology of Gender
It Matters: The Culture of Gender
The Theories of Gender Development
It Matters: The Agents of Socialization
It Matters: Gender and Contemporary Issues
Family Life Education
Chapter 5: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds
Intimacy: Do We Have A Need To Relate To Others?
Developing Intimacy
Obstacles to Intimacy
Family Life Education
Chapter 6: Love and Loving
Love Is a Cultural and Historical Experience
What Is Love, Actually?
Developing Love
Theories of Love and Loving
Family Life Education
Chapter 7: The Path To Commitment: Attraction, Dating, And Parenthood
“Frisky Business”: Interpersonal Attraction Theories
The Path to Commitment
Non-Marital Cohabitation: Living Together
Family Life Education
Chapter 8: Coupling: From Singlehood to Marriage
Being Single
The Act of Marriage
The Transition to Marriage: Why it’s So Tough
Satisfying Marriages
Family Life Education
Chapter 9: You, Sex, and Sexuality
Learning Sexuality: Cultural Contributions
Our Sexual Selves
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Relationships and Sex
Experiencing Sexual Difficulties
Family Life Education
Chapter 10: The Choices and Challenges of Childbearing
Childbearing Trends: Who’s Having Babies?
Having Children: Now, Later, Or Never?
Being Pregnant and Giving Birth
Unexpected Outcomes
Adoption: By Circumstance or Choice
Contraception and Abortion
Family Life Education
Chapter 11: Parenting Choices, Challenges, and Changes
Parenting Is a Process: Change over Time
The Styles of Parenting
From Partners to Parents: Making the Transition
Today’s Parents
Parenting 101: Best Practices For Parenting
Family Life Education
Chapter 12: Work and Family
Working Families: The Transformation of American Homes
Couples and Work: Just Trying To Make Ends Meet
The Balancing Act: Juggling Family Life and Work
The Government’s Role: Policies for Working Families
Marriage and Money
Family Life Education
Chapter 13: Uncoupling: Relationship Deterioration and Divorce
Uncoupling
Emotionally Ending the Marriage
Legally Ending the Marriage: The Formal Divorce
Avoiding Divorce: Getting a Marriage Back On Track
Family Life Education
Chapter 14: Rebuilding Family Life Following Divorce
The Aftermath of Divorce: Transitions
How Divorce Affects Children and Adolescents
Challenges for Single Parents
Transition to Repartnering
Family Life Education
Chapter 15: Family Change: Stress, Crisis, and Transition
Family Change
Family Crisis
Family Coping and Resilience
The Crisis of Family Violence
Family Life Education
Chapter 16: Family Life and Aging
Aging and the Aged
Marriage Experiences through Aging
Intergenerational Ties
Family Changes toward the End of Life
Dying and Death Experiences
Family Life Education
Kelly Shea Welch teaches in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University. A native of Kansas, she received her Ph.D. in Family Studies at Kansas State University after working for many years as a doula, a professional birth attendant who provides emotional, physical, and informational support to the childbearing woman and her partner. Still today her research interests marry women’s health issues with family studies. Over the past 10 years, she has taught the large, introductory human growth and development course which enrolls a little more than 1,000 students per semester. The author of the interactive learning CD Roms, Development: Journey of a Lifetime, and Development: Journey through Childhood and Adolescence, she recognizes and emphasizes the value of active and learner-centered pedagogy that allows students to organize, integrate, and generate knowledge. In addition to teaching the human growth and development course, she also teaches the Family Relationships class that enrolls approximately 300 students each semester. She is a recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the Presidential Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, and nominations for the United States Professor of the Year and the United States Distance Educator of the Year. These teaching awards and nominations recognize her distinct, innovative, and energetic teaching style—students consistently indicate that this unique teaching style puts them “on the edge” of their seats and holds their attention.
You can follow Dr. Welch on Twitter (drkellywelch), where you can ask questions and learn about intimate relationships and sex.
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