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Polarity One: Young vs Old
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Behavioral slowing- physical changes that show you are getting older... ex. weaker in strength
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Polarity Two: Masculine vs Feminine
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Reflect on how they’ve lived their lives; men by masculinity and women with femininity.
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Polarity Three: Attachment vs Separation
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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?)
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Indicators of Generativity
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Cared about the welfare of the people in
your life, and future generations
Wants to act to change the future for the
better
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Indicators of Stagnation
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A person who is preoccupied with themselves
and themselves alone
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The Personal Authority Transformation of post parenting
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Requires parents to give up the “need” to be the
parent
Requires child to give up the “need” to be the child
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The re-nested child
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More common today than ever30% of parents with a child in there 30s has at least one child living at home
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Who is most likely to reparnter after divorce
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90% of men 2 years after divorce repartner (men need a women/mother figure in their life) & only 50 % of women
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Grandparenthood
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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.
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Generational squeeze
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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
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