Quiz Flashcards
Discipline is to be motivated by:
Love and Concern for the child
Disciple should not be motivated by
Personal Frustration
Wrath or Anger
Personal Discomfort
When a single parent dates or decides to marry, the potential spouse must completely understand that:
They are not only choosing a spouse, but also choosing a “ready-made” family
Crisis is:
- Turning Point
- an emotionally, significant event or radical change in a person’s life
- an unstable or crucial time in which a decisive change is impending with the distinct possibility of a highly undesirable outcome.
A mid life crisis is a time of
High Risk for marriage
When does crisis come?
Men: early-mid 40s
Women: Usually late 30’s to early 40’s; can be brought on by life experiences
It is not so much a matter of chronological age as it is the state of minds
Factors that can produce stress or cause a crisis for women:
Cultural view of women
Unhappy marriage or lack of marriage
Demands from children and their growing independence
Career priorities
An accumulation of traumatic losses
Urgency of inner clock to accomplish life dreams
Colliding emotions
Mid-Life Crisis Survival Traits
Commitment to stay married and keep the marriage a high prioity Ability to Communicate Personal Spiritual life Resolving conflicts Relationships with other people Sexual intimacy Sharing fun, leisure, and humor Realistic expectations Serving each other Growing personally
The empty nest stage can
Be a bleak and lonely period, especially for women. This peoriod should be looked at as a time of adjustment
Retire to something not
from something