Family Influence Flashcards
Family
at least one adult who is related to a child by birth, marriage, adoption, or foster status
in family adult is responsible for
basic nesessities, love and support, safety and stability, learning opportunities
societal changes in family structure
more children with lone or unmarried parents, first time parents are older, more children live this grandparents, smaller families, fluid family structures
effects of Same-sex parents:
second parent adoption (formally adopting child), no different than same sex households
effects of Divorced parents:
exposure to more conflict
effects of step-parent:
simple (new step parent joins family without children) or complex/blended
Parenting: A public health advisory
modern parenting is so stressful that U.S. issued health advisory statement
affects mental and physical health
Mother
more time spent with children, physical care and emotional support, self reported over protection and over praising
Father
playing with children (physical, rough tumble), coach Childs sports team
Simblings
support, play, security, caregiving, also rivals. Older siblings = parental role
Parenting styles determined by which factors
Warmth: how affectionate the parent is, responsiveness,
Control: how parent monitors and regulate child, demandingness
Authoritarian:
low warm, high control
uninvolved:
low warmth, low control
permissive:
light warmth, high control
Authoritative:
high warmth, high control
Polyvictimization:
child experiencing more than 1 type of maltreatment
child maltreatment:
neglect, exposure to family violence (most common), sexual (least common), emotional, physical
