Chapter 7- Families in the middle years: Shifting roles and relationships

Question 1

Whats this societys middle age?

Answer 1

Midlife consists of the baby boomers

never before have so many been so close to retirement

Question 2

Whats’s Erik Erikson’s pychosocial task?

Answer 2

Generativity vs. stagnation
generativity takes various forms:
raising children
mentoring a relative
creation of artistic works
volunteering
family values

Question 3

What’s the empty nest?

Answer 3

When children leave home, relationships change:

• adult children gain independance(careers, family)
• parents have more freedom
• shifts towards androgyny

Question 4

What’s the not so empty nest?

Answer 4

2011-42% of young adults aged 20-29 lived with parents

because of unemployement, education, declining marriage rates

Question 5

What’s “boomerang kids”?

Answer 5

children who return home after moving out

Question 6

What’s the “revolving door”?

Answer 6

Children who repeatedly move in and out

around 30% of canadians aged 20-29 return home at least once after leaving

Question 7

What are practical issues of living with parents?

Answer 7

• adjustment roles
• privacy for parents and children
• use of family car
• family rules
• sharing expenses
• use of home for parties

Question 8

What’s the sandwich generation?

Answer 8

Caring for the needs of both children and aging parents

Question 9

How does caring affect work and financial implications?

Answer 9

• reduce or change work hours
• incur expenses related to caring
• the burden for caring for elderly parents tend to fall on women
• caring for both children and elderly relatives can be stressful

Question 10

What’s mid-life crisis?

Answer 10

“the seasons of a man’s life”

women: “empty nest syndrome”

Question 11

What’s the mid-life crisis influenced by?

Answer 11

cohort, family relationships, work

Question 12

Whats generativity?

Answer 12

a focus on ones legacy