Family Development: The Development Of Adulthood And Childhood Development

The relationship between parents and children is a subsystem of the larger social system that we call a family. This falls under the family systems theory which describes family functioning in ways that resemble other systems found in nature, such as the solar system and ecological systems. The model explains the everyday functions that takes place in a

There are families that are living with more than just their family. When grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, and sisters live under the same roof, this is called multigenerational home. The benefit of living in a multigenerational home is that the family grows closer together, and has special bonds. The challenge of living in a multigenerational home is when you have to spend every single day with each other. In a multigenerational home it is a family household consisting of three or more generations, the challenge is respecting the elderly ones in the home, and the benefit is that the grandparents, if in good health and shape, can help with the children.

The human development is a life long process that shapes and forms the manner in which a person is molded into the individual that he or she becomes during and at the end of their being. There are several stages of life where the person learns and or is instructed to become that will affect how they interact positively or negatively with the world and those people in it. This paper will focus on the stage that is described as Middle Childhood, during the age span of six to twelve years of age. This paper will also touch on aspects of the older age range considered to be Early Adolescence. During these stages of life, the person is incredibly shaped by the parent or parents’ expectations that are set on the child/children parents beliefs of

Families as Systems looks at the family as a web, with everyone within the family being connected. If one part of the web is struggling, then it affects all of them. Within this web there are many different relationships. The parent- parent relationship, the child- parent relationship, and for a family with multiple kids, the sibling- sibling relationship (Brown & Stoffel, 2011).

In order to fully understand family dynamics, one must understand family theories. Eight family theories were discussed in our book. Each person who studies family theories tends to truly understand several of the theories while showing favoritism towards a particular theory. The two theories I best understood are symbolic interaction theory and social exchange theory. Social exchange theory will be the theory that I will critique.

Laura is a 47 year-old woman who present a history of chronic feelings of dissatisfaction her and experiences high levels of anxiety. I will be discussing the Family System Theory developed by American psychiatrist Murray Bowen. The Family System Theory received its foundation from the General System Theory credited to Biologist Ludeig Von Bertalanffy. Bowen suggested that in order to totally understand an individual you must look their family of origin as well. Bowen believed families should be looked at as systems because they are made of elements which are individual family members. Each member has its own unique characteristic and has existing relationships with other members. Each family system has subsystem which are small groups within the whole system. Each system and subsystem has its own rules, regulations and boundaries which shape each individual member.

A family is two or more people who consider themselves family and who assume obligations, functions, and responsibilities generally essential to healthy family life. (Barker, 1999. p.155). Families create patterns that are passed on from grandparents to parents and from parents

Family systems theory is a theory that describes human behaviour within the context of a family. This concept of family members being connected and influencing each other is called interdependence, and is a main component of family systems theory. It is the nature in the family that its members are intensely connected emotionally. This means that family members has an effect on the other member’s thoughts, feelings due to certain actions being said or done and that these effects are reciprocal. These emotional interdependence presumably evolved to promote the cohesiveness and cooperation families require to protect, shelter, and feed their members. Sometimes interdependence might give problems within the family because of their needs or expectations

Edward Teyber once said, "family system theory offers therapists an invaluable way of understanding their clients ' strengths and problems- clarifying the familial rules, roles, myths, communication patterns, and boundary issues that defined their clients ' development." Also, as said in the article Understanding Families Applying Family System Theory to Early Childhood Practice that "a family system theory has a primary concept in which is that the family includes interconnected members, and each member influences the other in predictable and occurring ways." (pg. 5).

As a child is born there is no greater love for a parent. Seeing a child go from babbling to graduating and becoming an adult can be one of a parent’s greatest accomplishments. However, what is astonishing is being able to witness the development in each milestone of a child’s life. When a child starts learning new words or learning who they want to be in life. These milestones are all a part of life and each age develops a new sense of self. A doctor, scientist, teacher, etc. My paper is based on the observation of early childhood aged children from our church ministry.

A family is a basic unit in society that consists of blood related persons living together. However, this definition is not totally applicable in today’s complementary society due to variations in family relations (Henslin, 2010). Historically, the family structure types were nuclear and extended. The nuclear family consisted of two parents and children. The extended family incorporated grandparents, cousins, auntie uncle and other blood relative. Today, these family types have evolved to include, godparents, single parent families and adopted children (Henslin, 2010).

Middle childhood is the period of life that occurs between the ages 7 and 11. During these times of children lives they are in school and are making many different friends, and their cognitive and physical skills are enhancing. On the other hand, middle childhood period normally introduce individuals into new sets of challenges; not only for the child but for the parents as well. After middle childhood comes the adolescence stage, this period of life children face drastic changes. This stage can range from as early as 8 years old to 18. This essay will describe changes that occur during middle childhood and

The developmental psychopathology approach is the study of psychological problems and complexities in human development. It focuses on the atypical development of childhood through to adult life. According to Sroufe and Rutter (1984) it focuses on individual patterns of adaptation and maladaptation throughout development. This approach is designed to prevent behavioural and emotional differences within development, whilst positively reinforcing the idea of typical development. Cases of atypical development can include ADHD, eating disorders, anxiety and many other developmental disorders that differ from the developmental population norm.

Many facets go into how a person grows and evolves in the environment that they live in. There is no one single event that can be pointed to or one person that covers all the influences that happen to a young person throughout their earlier life. Many of these influences come from outside of the home and include interactions with other people that may be in the youth’s life every day or just for a passing moment. Social interactions dictate much of an impressionable adolescences life and how their cognitive abilities develop throughout the early part of their life. Even when these interactions from an outside observer may seem similar to many in the observed life the different stages of development may make them seem quite different to them.

A family system is basically what makes up your family. It might be as small as a husband and a wife and as large as all the extended members of the family including the adopted ones. AS long as there is a certain bond and contact among each other enough to become family then certainly that is a family system. Just like any other units, a family is a unit that has its healthy and unhealthy habits. These habits bring out the well-being of a family in terms of trust, communication, respect and last ability. However big a family system is the above components could work magic towards a healthy existence. The essay below describes and discerns a healthy and an unhealthy family (Goldenberg, 2008).