Identify and explain two features of a reconstituted family

Question 1

point 1

Answer 1

One feature is that even though the children mainly live with one parent, there is a lot of co-parenting as the child spends time with the parent they don’t primarily live with.

Question 2

example 1

Answer 2

Children are likely to have close ties with their other natural parent that they don’t normally live with. An increasing number of children experience co-parenting where they spend half their week with their mother and step-father and spend the other half with their father.

Question 3

Explain 1

Answer 3

This shows that two separate post-divorce or separation households are really one family system as far as children are concerned.

Question 4

point 2

Answer 4

Another feature of the reconstituted family is that a lot of the time the ties between the family members can cause a lot of conflict.

Question 5

example 2

Answer 5

De’Ath and Slater’s identified that in a reconstituted family Children may find themselves pulled in two directions, especially if the relationship between their natural parents continues to be strained. They may have tense relationships with their step-parents, and conflict may arise around the extent to which the step-parent and step-child accept each other.

Question 6

explain 2

Answer 6

This shows that the reconstituted family has a lot of strained relations within it and these trained relations may test the loyalty of the natural parent and strain the new marriage.

Question 7

intro

Answer 7

The reconstituted or step-family is made up of divorced or widowed people who have remarried, and their children from the previous marriage or cohabitation. Such families are on the increase because of the rise in divorce.