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Relationships
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What are the most important relationships to young adults?
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Reginald Bibby People perceive their personal relationships as most important to their happiness
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What do friendships do? Enhance self –esteem Offer emotional support Provide objective point to view to help solve problems Help people learn communication skills which can be applied to the workplace
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What kind of research has been done? Research has mainly focused on family and on intimate “romantic” relationships Not much is known about the role of friendships
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Parent-Child Relationships Young adults are staying at home longer now than in the generation before Research has shown that the more independence young adults have had in their teen years, the more likely it is that they will have a positive relationship with their parents, even after they move out
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How Does This Change Happen? Systems Theory explains it this way: The family has to adjust to allow the adolescent and then the young adult to change
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Because systems don’t change easily, family members have to come up with new ‘strategies for relating to one another and for completing the work of the family Such as: laundry, cooking etc Parents who have less need to change (ie the ‘work’ is already divided) will be less motivated to make any changes
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The Other Side Arguments between parents and adolescents break down the old strategies and allow the young person to become more independent by taking on new roles in the family This teaches those young adults to be responsible so that when they do move out, they have some life skills
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Young Adults Staying Home Longer Because young adults are staying home longer, there is the potential for conflict unless both sides change Young person has to balance their ‘new lives and wished for independence’ with responsibility with their family It is possible to negotiate new family ‘rules?”
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Parents’ Challenge To accept their adult children as responsible adults who make a contribution to their family According to research only about 7% of young adults living at home pay rent
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The Solution? Good communication skills Both sides need to compromise and come up with equitable solutions
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Workplace Relationships In Partners: 1. Read the sections Workplace Relationships and Mentor Relationships (p. 90 and 91 in textbook) Work together to answer the following questions: P. 92 # 6,7,8
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