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Paula Danziger's Amber Brown is tickled pink
Nine-year-old Amber is nervous and excited about her mother's wedding to Max, but Amber's father makes things complicated.
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Challenges of the transition process from divorce to remarriage: a qualitative meta-synthesis
Remarriage after divorce can be a positive strategy for adjusting to divorce. However, it can cause more emotional and psychological trauma than a previous failed marriage if it is performed without knowledge and preparation. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the challenges in the transition from divorce to remarriage. Qualitative meta-synthesis was conducted based on English and Persian keywords in the English and Persian databases from 2001 to 2023. This study was conducted from January 20 to April 30, 2023. Among 120 identified studies close to the research topic, only 14 relevant cases met the inclusion criteria for the systematic process. The inductive approach to thematic synthesis was based on Thomas and Harden’s method. After integrating the identified themes, two main themes and nine categories were identified. The “endogenous challenges,” included sub-themes such as challenges of first marriage, psycho-emotional challenges, marital challenges, economic issues, and challenges before remarriage. The “exogenous challenges” included sub-themes such as family challenges, sociocultural challenges, communication challenges, and multiple conflicts due to the presence of children. The results indicate that remarriage after divorce is a multidimensional phenomenon often influenced by multiple personal and environmental factors. Therefore, both counselors and divorced individuals should consider all personal and environmental factors during the premarital counseling process.
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Stepfamilies
\"This is a much-needed sociological review of stepfamily life, examining the particular issues and challenges which people in stepfamilies face. Combining published studies and original fieldwork, it focuses on the internal dynamics of stepfamily households as well as the relationships sustained with those outside the household\"--Provided by publisher.
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A MICRO CAREGIVING INITIATION: LATE-LIFE REMARRIAGE OF OLDER WIDOWED ARAB MUSLIM MEN IN ISRAEL
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New caregiving solutions are increasingly in demand within families undergoing rapid modernization processes such as the Arab Muslim family in Israel. According to patriarchal collectivist values, caregiving for aging men is provided by women within the extended Arab Muslim family. Modernization within the Arab Muslim society has enabled women to acquire higher education and increased employment opportunities outside the household. Therefore, older Arab Muslim widowers in need for caregiving can depend less on their daughters or daughter’s in-law and as such seek other solutions. The aim of this presentation is to describe and examine the caregiving role of late life remarriage for older Arab Muslim widowers. Using a phenomenology framework, semi-structured qualitative interviews for understanding the experience of late life remarriage and its meaning were conducted with 14 Arab Muslim widowers who remarried between age 70 and 80, to never married middle-aged women. Findings describe and illustrate caregiving as a primary motivation for late life remarriage, reasons for caregiving as motivation to remarry and the wife’s role as located between caregiver and spouse. Conclusions discuss the meaning of late life remarriage as a micro caregiving solution, dealing with modernization processes alongside preserving patriarchal collectivist values and gender-based roles.
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Chevrolet Saturdays / Candy Dawson Boyd
When he enters fifth grade after his mother's remarriage, Joey has trouble adjusting to his new teacher and to his new stepfather.
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Divorce, Repartnering, and Stepfamilies: A Decade in Review
This article reviews key developments in the past decade of research on divorce, repartnering, and stepfamilies. Divorce rates are declining overall, but they remain high and have risen among people older than age 50. Remarriage rates have declined, but the overall proportion of marriages that are remarriages is rising. Transitions in parents' relationships continue to be associated with reduced child well-being, but shifting patterns of divorce and repartnering during the past decade have also reshaped the family lives of older adults. We review research on the predictors and consequences of these trends and consider what they reveal about the changing significance of marriage as an institution. Overall, recent research on divorce, repartnering, and stepfamilies points to the persistence of marriage as a stratified and stratifying institution and indicates that the demographic complexity of family life is here to stay.
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The secrets of blueberries, brothers, Moose & me
\"In order to earn money, twelve-year-old Missy and her older brother Patrick spend the summer working on a blueberry farm, where they learn lessons about life and growing up\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Demography of Families: A Review of Patterns and Change
The authors review demographic trends and research on families in the United States, with a special focus on the past decade. They consider the following several topics: (a) marriage and remarriage, (b) divorce, (c) cohabitation, (d) fertility, (e) same-gender unions, (f) immigrant families, and (g) children's living arrangements. Throughout, the authors review both overall trends and patterns as well as those by social class and race—ethnicity. The authors discuss major strands of recent research, emphasizing emerging themes and promising directions. They close with a summary of central patterns and trends and conclude that recent trends are not as uniform as they tended to be in earlier decades, making the description of family change increasingly complex.
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Black flowers, white lies
Ella Benton's psychic connection with her long-dead father may mean that a series of mysterious, increasingly sinister events are a warning from him, or a sign that she is following him into madness.
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Re‐partnering and single mothers' mental health and life satisfaction trajectories
Objective This study examines single mothers' mental health and life satisfaction trajectories around re‐partnering transitions, and the driving factors of these associations. Background Single mothers are a particularly disadvantaged group in terms of their mental health and life satisfaction. According to the resource model, re‐partnering has a positive effect on these outcomes because it provides additional social, emotional, and financial resources. In contrast, the crisis model suggests that when a mother re‐partners, her mental health and life satisfaction further decline because re‐partnering can trigger conflicts in the family. Method Using long‐term annual panel data from Germany and the United Kingdom, fixed‐effects regressions reveal effects among 1101 single mothers from Germany and 549 from the UK. Results Life satisfaction was positively affected by re‐partnering in Germany, mainly driven by income‐related factors. The positive association in the UK was less strong. Patterns of mental health trajectories indicate clearer differences between the two countries: based on point estimates, we observed an increasing trajectory in Germany and a declining trajectory in the UK after the re‐partnering transition. There were no significant mental health patterns observed in either country. Conclusion The findings suggest varying associations between well‐being and re‐partnering. Positive trends for life satisfaction in Germany and partially in the UK highlight the importance of financial resources. However, less clear patterns were observed for mental health, revealing differences between countries and underscoring the role of family policies.
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