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Strengths and Challenges of the different Types of Populations in Family…
Strengths and Challenges of the different Types of Populations in Family Therapy
Single-Parent Family (as a result of divorce)
Strengths
Single-parent families tend to be more democratic than most family types (Gladding, page 86).
When decisions have to be made, the needs of all parties, parent and child/children, are usually taken into consideration(Gladding, page 86).
Many single-parent families are flexible in regard to which members will perform what tasks(Gladding, page 86).
Challenges
Parenting becomes more ambiguous and more difficult after divorce (Gladding, page 83)
Boundaries and roles but be defined or refined (Gladding, page 83)
Blended Families
Strengths
Life experience (Gladding, page 95)
Kin and quasi-kin networks established (Gladding, page 95)
Sometimes blended family members are able to generate new ideas, perceptions, and possibilities because they realize that what they tried before does not work (Gladding, page 95).
Appreciation and respect for difference (Gladding, page 95)
Making the most of situations (Gladding, page 95)
Challenges
Loss of important members (Gladding, page97)
Establishment of hierarchy (Gladding, page 97)
Boundary difficulties (Gladding, page 97)
Resolving feelings (Gladding, page 97)
Economic problems (Gladding, page 97)
Single-Parent Family (as a result of death)
Strengths
Single-parent families tend to be more democratic than most family types (Gladding, page 86).
When decisions have to be made, the needs of all parties, parent and child/children, are usually taken into consideration(Gladding, page 86).
Many single-parent families are flexible in regard to which members will perform what tasks(Gladding, page 86).
Challenges
I t is clear that reestablishment of the surviving parent’s life and the restructuring of the family are major tasks (Gladding, page 83).
Boundaries and roles but be defined or refined (Gladding, page 83)
Mourning and readjustment must take place (Gladding, page 83).