Family life now a conversation about marriages families and relationships

Synopsis

A candid and scholarly conversation about families and family life.   This text combines thepersonal touchandscholarly expertise of an outstanding teacher to explorethe ways that family members and intimate partners interact, andhow families adapt to stresses, changes and everyday challenges.We are all a product of our families of origin. How that influences who we are and who we become is a central theme woven throughoutFamily Life Now.   This book follows theFamily Life Educationframework to examine marriages, families, and intimate relationships. Throughout the text, theories from the fields of sociology, family studies, psychology, lifespan human development, and other social sciences are integrated so that they can be applied to real life situations. The text also presents enough biological science to explain some of the physical realities of who we are and why we behave as we do.