Essays on Blended Family

Active Listening Stimulates Sex Life

The workbook titled “Building strong marriages” written by a group called Prepare & Enrich points out that active listening is the capability to let one’s partner know he/she understands the other by restating the message. In one sharing his or her wish list with the partner, he/she will be showing his or her assertiveness. Moreover, in offering feedback to the partner regarding one’s wish list, one will be showing his or her active listening skills. Indeed, when each person knows what the partner wants and feels and when both of them know they have been heard and understood, ...

Abstract

Notably, interracial couples and their families have faced various challenges including rejection and being stereotyped. These challenges have resulted in increased trauma and developmental delays among interracial people. The most common misperception about interracial couples is that one partner is black while the other one is white. The rate at which interracial marriages are growing in the US has increased steadily. Considering that the United States legalized interracial marriages, a high growth rate in interracial marriage is a significant move. The demand for interracial counseling is expected to rise as the number of multicultural couples increase. Education of counselors ...

The United States (US) Census Bureau defines a family as a group of two people or more living together and related by marriage, birth, or adoption. Sociologists describe the family as an institution with unique characteristics in relation to the human culture. Researchers, in contrast, define the family depending on the aspect relevant to their findings. The modern world, however, has instigated the formation of other family structures besides the nuclear family. An example of such a structure is the blended family, attributed to the high divorce rate especially in the US. Studies indicate that political, economic, and social situations affect the ...

How family structure has changed since the 1960's

The twentieth century has gradually witnessed vast transformation in the U.S. family structure in many ways like divorce and marriage rates, childbearing, cohabitation, increase in the rate of working women and sexual conduct. The 1960’s witnessed the concept of ideal marriage which gradually changed with the change in the aspirations and ambitions of people. The then paternalistic society viewed male dominion and suppressed and oppressed the female by limiting them to function the roles to manage the home and the family. The society gradually changed by moving over to egalitarian relationships, independence and aspirations. The financially independent women ...

Summary

Ron Deal in his book dating and the single parent (2012) identifies dating as a complex matter for single parents when children are involved. Dating requires consideration of its effects on children. A single parent or the dating partner must be ready to meet the challenges both emotionally and relationally. Deal (2012) provides single parents with solutions from a view of an expert that can help them prepare for dating. His book encourages single parents to consider different perspectives before starting to date. These considerations include whether the dating is beneficial for both children and the single parent at the time ...

The obvious question: what happens when there are children involved? Divorce has a deep and permanent psychological effect on children. Some would argue that the occurrence of it in the life of a child (which would include adult children) has more of an impact than a scar or two; it totally alters the child’s emotional development. While others argue that perseverance in a bad marriage can be just as damaging to the child or children. The question in truth: while both a divorce and bad marriage can destroy the life of a child, which one has a more destructive effect on children in the end? ...