Middle Adulthood

Hdfs

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
Polarity One: Young vs Old
Behavioral slowing- physical changes that show you are getting older... ex. weaker in strength
Polarity Two: Masculine vs Feminine
Reflect on how they’ve lived their lives; men by masculinity and women with femininity.
Polarity Three: Attachment vs Separation 
Attachment; should i continue to do what i have been doing?separation: should i reclaim my right to define myself (did i go down the right path?)
Indicators of Generativity
Cared about the welfare of the people in your life, and future generations Wants to act to change the future for the better
Indicators of Stagnation
A person who is preoccupied with themselves and themselves alone
The Personal Authority Transformation of post parenting
Requires parents to give up the “need” to be the parent Requires child to give up the “need” to be the child
The re-nested child
More common today than ever30% of parents with a child in there 30s has at least one child living at home
Who is most likely to reparnter after divorce
90% of men 2 years after divorce repartner (men need a women/mother figure in their life) & only 50 % of women 
Grandparenthood
Believed that a triangular affect happens where parents talk bad about their parents to their kids if gparent wants to be involved they will try very very hard to   see their grand kids.
Generational squeeze
The tension that the middle generation feels when they have to take care of their parents and their kids Now more common for 4 generations to be around Women are more likely to be caretakers, so more stress on them; places them at financial risk