Step Families
Stepfamilies
There is a remarkable hole in the information that is set out on stepfamilies and the way they live. There are numerous studies made on stepparents handling situations and how the stepparents deals with discipline or even how to discipline. Everywhere you look there is help for the struggling stepparent. Society has painted a picture of what the “ideal family” would be: A husband, wife, son, daughter, and a pet. In reality half of the people in the United States, does not belong to the “ideal family”. Nearly 50 percent of families in the United States are stepfamilies, and the number is escalating (Social Problems 13th Edition). Stepfamilies are different from traditional families because they have to combine a home to fit the children, and spouses. Stepfamilies bring their different values and beliefs finding a way to adapt. Stepfamilies face many dynamics, and challenges. This paper will discuss the dynamics, the adaption, the finances, and the religion of a stepfamily. In addition, applying the value conflict and social disorganization theory and how it is incorporated in the family.
Step family’s also known as blended families, are growing rapidly. Blended can included different combination of step parenting or single parents. ). A stepfamily is a remarried family with a child under 18 years of age who is the biological child of one parent, and was born before the remarriage occurred (Glick). The definition of a step parent family is one of the parents are the biological parent and the other is not the biological parent of the child. When both the parents move in together with kids of their own, it is a Brandy Bunch. A brandy bunch is two different families living together. Adolescents have a more difficult time than younger children to except the new marriage because of the changing in their growth stage. Adolescents will show more disinclination and will turn toward their friends for support. Younger children will show attention in a
There is a remarkable hole in the information that is set out on stepfamilies and the way they live. There are numerous studies made on stepparents handling situations and how the stepparents deals with discipline or even how to discipline. Everywhere you look there is help for the struggling stepparent. Society has painted a picture of what the “ideal family” would be: A husband, wife, son, daughter, and a pet. In reality half of the people in the United States, does not belong to the “ideal family”. Nearly 50 percent of families in the United States are stepfamilies, and the number is escalating (Social Problems 13th Edition). Stepfamilies are different from traditional families because they have to combine a home to fit the children, and spouses. Stepfamilies bring their different values and beliefs finding a way to adapt. Stepfamilies face many dynamics, and challenges. This paper will discuss the dynamics, the adaption, the finances, and the religion of a stepfamily. In addition, applying the value conflict and social disorganization theory and how it is incorporated in the family.
Step family’s also known as blended families, are growing rapidly. Blended can included different combination of step parenting or single parents. ). A stepfamily is a remarried family with a child under 18 years of age who is the biological child of one parent, and was born before the remarriage occurred (Glick). The definition of a step parent family is one of the parents are the biological parent and the other is not the biological parent of the child. When both the parents move in together with kids of their own, it is a Brandy Bunch. A brandy bunch is two different families living together. Adolescents have a more difficult time than younger children to except the new marriage because of the changing in their growth stage. Adolescents will show more disinclination and will turn toward their friends for support. Younger children will show attention in a