Assignment task:
Reflecting on the week's readings, what do you find to be the most relevant takeaways from the week's lessons? What did you discover? How can you apply what you have learned or share it with others? Need Assignment Help?
Week's material
This week's readings explore family stress. It is important to note that many types of families exist including chosen families and partners without children. Thus, this week's readings encompass a snapshot of a few familial stress concerns inclusive of a review of past and current theories in the literature.
Topics 1: Single-Parent Families. Dual- 2. Earner Families 3. Reconstituted and Surrogate Families
Below I have links for this week reading for these 3 topics
Single-Parent Families: Risks, Resilience, and Change
Edited by: Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong
Michele T. Martin, Robert E. Emery & Tara S. Peris
In: Handbook of Contemporary Families: Considering the Past, Contemplating the Future
Subject: Family Studies (general), Social Work - Families, Family Diversity
Keywords: children; children, families, and parenting; divorce; family and parenting; single mothers; single parents; single-parent families
Dual- Earner Families
Jobs, Marriage, and Parenting: Working It Out in Dual-Earner Families
Edited by: Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong
Maureen Perry-Jenkins & Elizabeth Turner
In: Handbook of Contemporary Families: Considering the Past, Contemplating the Future
Subject: Family Studies (general), Social Work - Families, Family Diversity
Keywords: Children; dual-earner couples; dual-earner households; family life; mental health and relationships; work and family; work and family life
Reconstituted and Surrogate Families Parenting in Reconstituted and Surrogate Families
Edited by: Masud Hoghughi, Nicholas Long