Chapter 17 Marriage Parenthood and Families Family Counseling

Chapter 17 Marriage, Parenthood, and Families

Family Counseling • A way to help family members get perspective and work to resolve problems in a positive way

Nuclear Family • The most traditional family structure

Extended Family • The people who are outside the nuclear family but are related to the nuclear family and live under the same roof.

Sibling • A family structure in which relatives such as aunts or uncles join with the core family group

Discipline • A way to help a child learn limits and mature into a happy secure person

Emotional Maturity • The capacity to act independently, responsibly, and unselfishly

Marriage • Lifelong union between a husband a wife who develop an intimate relationship

Parental Responsibility • The duty of a parent to provide for the physical, financial, mental, and emotional needs of a child.

Divorce • Legal end of a marriage

Emotional Intimacy • The state of being emotionally connected to another person

Marriage • The best reason for two people to get married is because they love and respect each other.

Marriage • A successful marriage depends on the partners being emotionally secure

Good Parenting • The most important key to being a good parent is being emotionally mature

Divorce • Usually in a divorce there are several factors contribute Such as:

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