a person having children with more than one partner
ways social environment makes parenting diffiult
1. parenting role conflicts with working role and employers place work demands first
ways social environment makes parenting diffiult
2. Parents raise their children in a pluralistic society characterized by diverse conflicting values
ways social environment makes parenting diffiult
emphasis on how parents influence their children can lead us to fee anxious about our performance as parents
ways social environment makes parenting diffiult
parents find themselves sandwhiched between simutaneously caring for children and elderly parents
ways social environment makes parenting diffiult
community appreciation for and assistance to parents has diminished over the past fifty years
ways social environment makes parenting diffiult
todays parents are given full responsibility for successfully raising "good" children but their authority is often questioned
stress model of parental effectivness
stress that parents experience from job demands, financial worries, race/ethinical discrimination etc. cause parental frustration, anger, depression, increasing the likelihood of household conflict
psycholigical parent
assuming with self sacrifice when necessary major emotional responsibility for the safety and upbringing of her children
single mothers by choice
mothers adopt or conceive using donor sperm and artificial insemination, purosefully concieve and intend to raise their children w/o a partner
social fathers
nonbiological fathers in the role of fathers such as stepfathers