Title: 
Headings: 
An
 
Overview
 
of
 
Family
 
Development
 


 
Changing
 
World
 

Issues
 
Surrounding
 
Family
 
Creation
 
and
 
Maintenance
 

Mate
 
Selection
 

Spousal
 
Relationships
 

There
 
are
 
two
 
major
 
theories
 
related
 
to
 
improving
 
spousal
 
relationships.
  
One
 
view
 
is
 
represented
 
by
 
Markman
 
and
 
Stanley
 
(Markman,
 
Stanley
 
&
 
Blumberg,
 
1996;
 
Stanley,
 
2001).
  
They
 
propose
 
that
 
the
 
key
 
to
 
good
 
spousal
 
relationships
 
is
 
communication
 
and
 
conflict
 
resolution.
  
Gottman
 
and
 
his
 
colleagues
 
disagree
 
(Gottman,
 
1995;
 
Gottman
 
&
 
Silver,
 
1999).
  
They
 
suggest
 
it
 
is
 
establishing
 
and
 
maintaining
 
a
 
foundation
 
of
 
friendship
 
and
 
reducing
 
the
 
amount
 
of
 
criticism,
 
defensiveness,
 
contempt,
 
and
 
stonewalling.
  
Using
 
one
 
of
 
the
 
theories
 
separately,
 
or
 
using
 
them
 
in
 
combination,
 
researchers
 
have
 
developed
 
some
 
fairly
 
accurate
 
predictors
 
of
 
whether
 
or
 
not
 
a
 
marriage
 
will
 
succeed
 
or
 
fail.
  

Parenting
 

Changing
 
Family
 
Patterns
 

What
 
Educators
 
Can
 
Do
 

Developing
 
Competency
 
Skills
 
in
 
Relationships
 

Helping
 
Children
 
and
 
Youth
 
to
 
Acquire
 
Parenting
 
Skills
 

Providing
 
Support
 
for
 
Families
 
While
 
Adjusting
 
for
 
Change
 

In
 
the
 
Classroom
 

Working
 
with
 
Families
 

Measurement
 
and
 
Evaluation
 

Summary
 
and
 
Conclusions
 

References
 


Content: She
 
did
 
this
 
while
 
her
 
husband
 
held
 
a
 
steady
 
job
 
that
 
paid
 
enough
 
to
 
support
 
the
 
entire
 
family. Popularized
 
as
 
the
 
American
 
1950’s-style
 
traditional
 
family,
 
around
 
75%
 
of
 
school-aged
 
children
 
had
 
a
 
parent
 
at
 
home
 
full
 
time. Family
 
structures
 
of
 
this
 
type
 
had
 
to
 
support
 
distinct
 
gender
 
roles
 
and
 
the
 
economy
 
had
 
to
 
be
 
vibrant
 
enough
 
for
 
a
 
man
 
to
 
financially
 
support
 
a
 
family
 
on
 
his
 
own. Government
 
policies
 
and
 
business
 
practices
 
supported
 
this
 
family
 
type
 
by
 
reserving
 
the
 
best
 
jobs
 
for
 
men
 
and
 
discriminating
 
against
 
working
 
women
 
when
 
they
 
married
 
or
 
had
 
a
 
baby. In
 
the
 
United
 
States,
 
the
 
1960’s
 
civil
 
rights
 
and
 
feminist
 
movements
 
resulted
 
in
 
a
 
transformation
 
in
 
attitudes
 
towards
 
family
 
behaviors
 
(Evans,
 
2004). People
 
became
 
more
 
accepting
 
of
 
divorce,
 
cohabitation,
 
and
 
sex
 
outside
 
of
 
marriage
 
and
 
less
 
sure
 
about
 
the
 
permanence
 
of
 
marriage. They
 
became
 
more
 
tolerant
 
of
 
blurred
 
gender
 
roles,
 
of
 
a
 
mother
 
working
 
outside
 
of
 
the
 
home,
 
and
 
a
 
variety
 
of
 
living
 
arrangements
 
and
 
life
 
styles. The
 
transformation
 
of
 
these
 
attitudes
 
accelerated
 
in
 
the
 
1970’s
 
and
 
1980’s. Consequently,
 
the
 
percentage
 
of
 
children
 
with
 
a
 
full-time
 
parent
 
at
 
home
 
dropped
 
somewhat
 
in
 
the
 
late
 
1970
 
to
 
around
 
57%
 
and
 
is
 
now
 
only
 
around
 
25%. new
 
ideology
 
emerged
 
during
 
these
 
years
 
that
 
stressed
 
personal
 
freedom,
 
self-
fulfillment,
 
and
 
individual
 
choice
 
in
 
living
 
arrangements
 
and
 
family
 
commitments.