week4 Journal

  

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?   

Weeks 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
• Chapter      DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412976022.n16
• 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
• Chapter      DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412976022.n9
• 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

Jan Pryor

• In:Handbook      of Parenting: Theory and Research for Practice
• Chapter      DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781848608160.n8
• Subject:Child      Development
• Keywords:children; lone      parents; parenting; parents; stepfamilies; stepfamily; stepmothers