Benefits of Co working & Shared office space in India
HHS 4M1 - Remarriage and Stepfamilies
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3. Increase in the early 1990s
More familiar with the costs and benefits
Intimacy and companionship
Romance and sexual expression
4. Slow and complex
Balancing career, kids, extended family and new
marriage
Takes an estimated 4-7 years to adjust.
5. 40% of remarriages (with kids) separate by 4 years.
By 10 years, 47% of those with kids separate.
Higher separation/divorce rate than 1st marriages
6. Mistake Failure
Difficulties with children Unable to establish
cause the split. stable family system
Bringing in old
Occurs early (first 5
issues, habits.
years)
Work and in-laws
Rushed, did not consider prevent the stabilizing of
feelings of children new marriage.
7. Bringing baggage, previous marriage
Unsettled emotional issues
Greater involvement in work – later life
New marital, spouse and parent roles to rework
Inability to form new family habits
Unrealistic expectations for the marriage
9. Emotional, social and physical strain of first marriage
“getting over” grief, anger, jealousy, resentment
Achieving stability on your
own before 2nd marriage
10. Consider new family, kids and current in-laws
How will the new family system operate?
Open or closed? Contact with ex-spouses?
Crucial for benefit of
children
11. Establishing sub-system of how new family will
function
Clear boundaries for both partners
Decide priorities – parental and spousal
Emphasize “we” problem solving
12. More practical than romantic
Supporting and raising children
Supporting each other in later life
Can deal with conflict despite “eyes” of kids, in-laws,
ex-spouses.
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14. Parent-child relationships is older than the new
marriage.
Stigma and stereotyping
Intruder?
Resent attempts at intimacy.
15. Re-adjustment of birth
order status
Rivalry caused by conflicting
personalities
Parent loyalty, “siding”
“sudden siblings” and repressed
attraction
16. No obvious ones!
Least successful?
Don’t try to be a “healer”
Those that demand intimacy
Most successful?
Between parent and trusted friend
Model after in-laws
17. Traditional Benefits Practical Costs
Dual income Little improvement to
child’s well-being
Financial stability
Child distress and
mental health issues
Partner support
(emotional and social) Educational difficulty
“two heads” are better Worse for boys than girls
18. Remarriage later in life
Need for adult children’s approval
Loyalty to old parent
Assume the worst (marry for money)
This stage in life remarriage indicates earlier successes
Men are more likely to remarry than women.