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Families in Transition

Families in Transition. *Important processes *Minor and major *Positive and negative *Multiple and immense *Two major changes—marriage dissolution, and deaths of family members. FAMILIAL CHANGES. Modern technology Employment of women Demographic Factor Policy Changes.

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Families in Transition

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  1. Families in Transition

  2. *Important processes *Minor and major *Positive and negative *Multiple and immense *Two major changes—marriage dissolution, and deaths of family members FAMILIAL CHANGES

  3. Modern technology • Employment of women • Demographic Factor • Policy Changes Changes in the family

  4. Death • Migration • Divorce • Separation • Same sex marriage • Intercultural marriages • New technologies Elements that change the family (transition in the family, life course)

  5. Divorce

  6. Appreciation and Affection • Positive Communication • Spiritual Well being • Commitment • Enjoyable time together • Ability to manage stress and crisis Qualities of Strong Family (Olson, et.al.)

  7. Appreciation and Affection • Caring for each other • Friendship • Respect for individuality • Playfulness • Humor Qualities of Strong Family (Olson, et.al.)

  8. Positive Communication • Giving compliments • Sharing feelings • Avoiding blame • Being able to compromise • Agreeing to disagree Qualities of Strong Family (Olson, et.al.)

  9. Spiritual Well being • Hope • Faith • Compassion • Shared ethical values • Oneness with mankind Qualities of Strong Family (Olson, et.al.)

  10. Commitment • Trust • Honesty • Dependability • Faithfulness • Sharing Qualities of Strong Family (Olson, et.al.)

  11. Enjoyable time together • Quality time • Good things take time • Enjoying each other’s company • Simple good times • Sharing fun times Qualities of Strong Family (Olson, et.al.)

  12. Ability to manage stress and crisis • Adaptability • Seeing crises as challenges and opportunities • Growing through crisis together • Openness to change • Resilience Qualities of Strong Family (Olson, et.al.)

  13. Love one another, but make not a bond of love:Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loafSing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Khalil Gibran

  14. Possible reasons (Macionis, 2005) • Individualism is on the rise. (Less quality time) • Romantic love often subsides. (Excitement and Romance)…starting over again • Women are now less dependent on men. (Labor Force Participation of Women) Divorce

  15. Possible reasons (Macionis, 2005) • Many of today’s marriages are stressful. (Work, child rearing) • Divorce is socially acceptable (in some countries) • Legally, divorce is easier to get. (HB on Divorce in Congress) • Infidelity Divorce

  16. Which country do you think has the highest rate of divorce? TRIVIA!

  17. Source: (Kunz, 2013)

  18. Young spouses (brief courtship, who have yet to mature, financially dependent) • Unexpected pregnancy • Substance abuse • People whose parents divorced (modeling effect) • People who are not religious • Partners who are both successful in their career • Men who divorce once are more likely to divorce again Who divorces?

  19. Emotional and behavioral problems • Less likely to marry and more likely to divorce (Henslin, 2002). Impacts of Divorce

  20. *Repeated physical violence *Drug addiction or habitual alcoholism *Lesbianism or homosexuality *Bigamous marriage *Sexual infidelity or perversion *Attempt against one’s life *Abandonment sans justifiable cause for more than a year GROUNDS FOR LEGAL SEPARATION (The Family Code of the Philippines 1987, Article 55)

  21. *In both Sweden and the United States studies show that: children from broken families have two to three times the number of serious problems in life (Whitehead and Popenoe, 2005). OUTCOME OF BROKEN FAMILIES TO CHILDREN

  22. “A divorce father tends to maintain high contact with his children during the first year or two after the divorce” (Henslin, 2002). Contact with biological children from previous marriage will decrease once the man enters another relationship, especially if he will have children with the second wife. Serial Fatherhood

  23. 4/5 people who divorce remarry (US) • Blended families are by-products of remarriages. • Biological and step children , biological parents and step parents (e.g., Madrasta) • Challenges the definition of family relationships , who is part of the nuclear family. • Household chores (e.g., Cinderella) • Custody of children Remarriage

  24. 29% of families with children under 18 have only one parent in the household. • Single parenthood causes poverty • Growing up in one-parent family may put children in the disadvantaged position. • Parental roles are different for the mothers and the fathers. A single mother or a single father cannot effectively carry out two different roles. One-parent families

  25. Baby Mama • She became pregnant with her daughter at the age of 17 2004 American Idol Fantasia Barrino

  26. "Baby Mama"[Chorus]B-A-B-Y M-A-M-AThis goes out to all my baby mamasThis goes out to all my baby mamasB-A-B-Y M-A-M-AThis goes out to all my baby mamasI got love for all my baby mamasIt's about time we had our own songDon't know what took so longCause now-a-days it like a badge of honorTo be a baby mamaI see ya payin' ya billsI see ya workin' ya jobI see ya goin' to schoolAnd girl I know it's hardAnd even though ya fed upWith makin' beds upGirl, keep ya head upAll my[Chorus]B-A-B-Y M-A-M-AThis goes out to all my baby mamasThis goes out to all my baby mamasB-A-B-Y M-A-M-AThis goes out to all my baby mamasI got love for all my baby mamasI see you get that support check in the mailYa open it and your like "What the Hell"You say "This ain't even half of daycare"Saying to yourself "This shit ain't fair"And all my girls who don't get no helpWho gotta do everything by yourselfRemember: What don't kill you can only make you strongerMy baby mama... [Chorus]B-A-B-Y M-A-M-AThis goes out to all my baby mamasThis goes out to all my baby mamasB-A-B-Y M-A-M-AThis goes out to all my baby mamasI got love for all my baby mamasCause we the backbone (of the hood)I always knew that (that we could)We can go anywhere, we can do anythingI know we can make it if we dreamAnd I think it should be a holidayFor single mothers tryin' to make a wayBut until thenHere is your songShow love to my....[Chorus]B-A-B-Y M-A-M-AThis goes out to all my baby mamasThis goes out to all my baby mamasB-A-B-Y M-A-M-AThis goes out to all my baby mamasI got love for all my baby mamas

  27. More likely to drop out of high school (Henslin, 2002) • Delinquents (Henslin, 2002) • Emotional problems (Henslin, 2002) • Divorce (Henslin, 2002) One-parent families

  28. Spouse dies • Divorce • Separation • A single father or mother and adopts a child • A woman bearing a child without marring the father Single-Parent or One-Parent

  29. Source: (Kunz, 2013)

  30. Partners sharing one household but are not married. • US (500,000 cases in 1970; 5.5 million in 2005) • Common in Sweden and in other Scandinavian Countries • Independent minded individuals Cohabitation

  31. Sometimes seen as prelude to marriage • Testing the waters • Trial marriage Cohabitation

  32. Prelude to Marriage-Testing Relationships • Stage in the Marriage Process-Postpone Marriage to Pursue other Priorities • Alternative to Singlehood • Alternative to Marriage Categories (Heuveline and Timberlake) I

  33. Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Canada • Inheritance and join property ownership Same sex marriages

  34. LGBT Church (insert wedding video)

  35. WHAT IS A HOLY UNION? • A Holy Union is the spiritual joining of two persons of the same sex. • It is a Christian Celebration of Love. • It is a Covenant  wherein public vows and promises are made. • We take this ceremony seriously, this vows are made before God. HOLY UNION IS NOT… • A government involved ceremony, it is a service, ministry and ceremony of our Church. • A magic or a quick fix for a broken or strained relationship. If your relationship is in trouble, it is not appropriate to have a Holy Union. IS THE HOLY UNION LEGAL IN THE PHILIPPINES? • There are no existing laws about same sex marriage or holy union in the Philippines, It is neither illegal nor legal. Metropolitan Community Church Philippines

  36. Same sex couples raise children from heterosexual unions • Others through adoption • Gay parenting challenges traditional ideas on family Same sex marriages

  37. Patterson (2010) • Do parental sexual orientation affect child development? If so, how? • Qualities of relationships are more tightly linked with child outcomes than is parental orientation. Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents

  38. Challenges existing laws (confusion on how to interpret the law. (Video on the case of Same Sex: Thomas Beatie) Consequences of Same Sex Marriage

  39. International marriages • Intercultural marriages • Interracial marriages • Interreligious marriages • Cross cultural marriages Mixed Marriages (exogamy)

  40. Refers to the union involving two persons from different cultures. • Couples have to come into terms with cultural differences: • Child rearing Language to teach at home • Food • Identity of Children • Finances • Religion Intercultural Marriage

  41. In the U.S., mixed marriages was banned in 1967. • In Japan, earlier accounts of mixed marriages was recorded in the 1500s, Dutch and Japanese • Before the war, Japanese married Filipino women (nikkei) Intercultural Marriages

  42. Intercultural Marriages involving Filipinos

  43. Use of mobile phones, social networking to communicate. Insert trailer of “CARE GIVER” • Rearranged the division of labor in the family • Mothers have to practically take care of everything (for absentee fathers) • Care giving has shifted from mothers to fathers, other female members, female relatives (for absentee mothers) OFW: Families left behind

  44. Emotional impacts (especially among children of mother OFWs • Poor academic achievement • Substance use • Teenage pregnancy OFW: Families left behind

  45. New reproductive technology • In vitro fertilization, woman’s egg and a man’s sperm in glass. • Plant the embryo in the womb of the woman. • Question- When one woman carries an embryo made from the egg of another, who is the mother? Test Tube Babies

  46. Highly unpredictable • Cohabiting couples, one parent families, same sex marriages, blended families, intercultural marriages, absentee parents Families of the 21st century

  47. Due to changes in family structure and arrangements, there are debates about legitimacy of marriage and custody of children. • Video of Thomas Beatie Families of the 21st century

  48. Indicators of successful marriage , 351 couples (Lauer, 1992) • Think of their spouse as their best friend • Like their spouse as a person • Think of marriage as a long-term commitment • Believe that marriage is sacred • Agree with their spouse on aims and goals • Believe that their spouse has grown more interesting over the years • Laugh together Brighter side of life

  49. Indicators of successful marriage , 660 couples (Stinett, 1992) • Spend a lot of time together • Are quick to express appreciation • Are committed to promoting one another’s welfare • Do a lot of talking and listening to one another • Are religious • Deal with crises in a positive manner Brighter side of life

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