The Blended Family The American Blended Family Often times we think of marriage‚ we think of starting a family and living happily ever after. Today’s society compared to when I was growing up is a little different. The divorce rate is higher now than it was twenty five years ago with a divorce rate of 45-50%. Over half of people that divorce remarry after about five years and the new family becomes a blended family. Blended families are defined as “any marriage in which at least one
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Family Report – Blended Families Blended families‚ also known as stepfamilies‚ are more familiar now than ever. Statistics show that 65% of remarriages include children from previous relationships. When families blend to create stepfamilies‚ things rarely progress as smoothly as planned. Some children might resist the many changes they have to face‚ while parents might become frustrated or disappointed when their new family doesn’t function the way they want to or like their previous family did
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to make a life together and form a new blended family that consists of Mary‚ John and Mary’s three children from her past relationship. Mary’s youngest child‚ Eric is 3 years of age‚ Amy is 10‚ and David is 15. Since John has never had kids before‚ it is important to help John understand how a blended family will function‚ by explaining to him what to expect from each child‚ during their different stages of age. It may take some time for the blended family to begin to feel comfortable and function
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right over the reestablishment phase and go right into the family phase. How do couples who have children from a previous relationship or marriage adapt to this change? In order to have a balanced home‚ couples need to establish a nurturing environment for the children to grow. This will enable the children to show affection‚ to have trust in each family member‚ and to feel safe in the home. Dynamics of a Blended Family A blended family is when one or both members of the marriage have children
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BLENDED FAMILIES 3 Blended Families A Review of The Literature Cartwright (2010) found that couples who re-marry after divorce can often be led to that decision by the need for an intimate relationship and the benefits they receive from that relationship. The need for financial means also brought some to the decision that they would cohabitate before re-marrying. Cartwright also came to the conclusion that while a lot of the participants in the study were aware of the possible difficulties
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a blended familiy. For the most part people were married to the mothers and fathers of their children. But now with only 50% of marriages succeeding‚ the other 50% that did not are eventually moving on and forming relationships with others who are in the same boat as them. This changes the family dynamic in many ways. This has caused certain changes in our family structure in this nation. Now we are seeing more blended families‚ and also same sex families. With these new types of families‚ such
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As I ready our assigned text for this week I noticed a constant trend among such changing environments. And that is that the family structured is heavily influenced‚ if not dictated‚ by its surrounding and what is going on in the world around it. So in order to form any kind of assumption of what the family dynamic may be like in the future‚ it is important to first identify the trends that are going on around us now that will affect us in the near future. First‚ and I believe most impactful
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The Blended Family Structure Blended families are becoming increasingly more prevalent‚ currently accounting for 4.5% of all families with children in Australia (Australian Institute of Family Studies 2012.) A blended family‚ in its most basic sense‚ is a couple family where there are at least two children‚ of whom one is the natural child of the couple‚ and one of whom is a step child of either member of the couple (Australian Institute of Family Studies 2002). The formation of a blended family
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Families are the backbone of today’s society. They provide the support and normalcy that humans need to thrive in the 21st century. Although there are many different types of families‚ nuclear and blended seem to be the most common. Nuclear families consist of two parents and their children whereas blended families include a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships. These two types of families can be compared or contrasted based on structure‚ bonds and support‚ and who has
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In the modern society‚ when divorce and second marriages occur regularly‚ blended families are very common. However‚ this kind of the non-traditional family has not less problems. Take discipline styles for example‚ one parent might be very strict while the other one is lenient. For instance‚ Father regulates the children that they should go home before ten‚ but Mother is flexible. The children may don’t know which parent’s rule to obey or are under much pressure. As for doing house works‚ if one
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