Military Children and Families: Strengths and Challenges During Peace and War In the article Military Children and Families: Strengths and Challenges During Peace and War by Park studies the military family resilience and programs to assist these families. “A common saying in the military is that when one person joins, the whole family serves” (Park, 2011, para 2). A military member is only as good as the support he receives at home. Families and service members report better family morale when the military supports them. In turn, the military member reports more satisfaction at work when family life is good and more stress and intrusion at work when family life is strained. Since the start of the Global War …show more content…
“The transition to parenthood is one of the most salient markers of development in adults” (Katz-Wise, Priess & Hyde, 2010, para 1) This study was based on the social structural theory, where men and women occupy different roles biologically and socially and due to this both men and women experience and divide work with parenthood differently depending on their sex and upbringing. With their social roles changes due to parenthood, these roles are also altered with the first child as well as with every child a couple has called the “new baby …show more content…
These effects are more pronounced following the birth of a first child; this is likely due to the fact that many changes will have already taken place in couples experiencing additional children. The attitudes of mothers tend to change more than those of fathers, likely due to mothers becoming something new, whereas father see parenthood as something they “do.” These findings support the social structure theory that the parents change to adapt to their new roles.
References:
Park, N. (2011). Military children and families: Strengths and challenges during peace and war. American Psychologist, 66(1), 65-72. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0021249
Katz-Wise, S., Priess, H. A., & Hyde, J. S. (2010). Gender-role attitudes and behavior across the transition to parenthood. Developmental Psychology, 46(1), 18-28.