FAMILY VALUES
The approach of the third age does not mean for most people the abdication of family responsibilities and nor should it. However relationships change. We in the over 50’s generation will tend (there are exceptions) not to have younger children. Our offspring will be teenagers or students or they will be making the transition to adult working life – not easy in these recessionary times.
Some of us will be grandparents establishing relationships with a whole new generation of children.
In these days when family values tend to be diminished there is an important role for the more senior members in setting an example and encouraging family life. THE INTERNET has lots of support and advice for these evolving roles and indeed information on what family values mean.
The family as an institution has taken many knocks in recent decades but is still at the centre of most of our lives. Here are some definitions and views on family values.
FAMILY VALUES
DEFINING FAMILY VALUES
TOP TEN ESSENTIAL FAMILY VALUES
On the teenage years NETMUM DISCUSSES MANAGING TEENAGE ANGER.EASIER PARENTING in Australia has some sage advice on these challenging years. And here’s a PARENT’S GUIDE TO MANAGING THE TEENAGE YEARS . PARENTINGTEENS provides advice and tips and a community for parents.
One of the particularly interesting times for any family is when your children spread their wings and leave the nest, first as students and then to embark on their working adult life. More young adults these days are now LIVING AT HOME often due to economic constraints and not by choice. This does not seem to stop them from growing up – see THIS ARTICLE. However it changes the model most of our generation has of mostly leaving home after school and only returning during the holidays as a student and then for visits and Christmas once we started working. To some extent the BABY BOOMER GENERATIONis also being held to have some responsibility for this change of affairs – see ARE BABY BOOMERS TO BLAME FOR DEBT CRISIS .
And then there is the role of grandparent. This may be restricted to occasional visits or involve a much closer relationship looking after grandchildren on a daily basis to help reduce the cost of child care. Here is an INDIAN SITE which sets out issues and thoughts related to grand parenting. In the United States there is even a NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR GRANDPARENTS FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS . And the US Government has a site on GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN.
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The approach of the third age does not mean for most people the abdication of family responsibilities and nor should it. However relationships change. We in the over 50’s generation will tend (there are exceptions) not to have younger children. Our offspring will be teenagers or students or they will be making the transition to adult working life – not easy in these recessionary times.
Some of us will be grandparents establishing relationships with a whole new generation of children.
In these days when family values tend to be diminished there is an important role for the more senior members in setting an example and encouraging family life. THE INTERNET has lots of support and advice for these evolving roles and indeed information on what family values mean.
The family as an institution has taken many knocks in recent decades but is still at the centre of most of our lives. Here are some definitions and views on family values.
FAMILY VALUES
DEFINING FAMILY VALUES
TOP TEN ESSENTIAL FAMILY VALUES
On the teenage years NETMUM DISCUSSES MANAGING TEENAGE ANGER.EASIER PARENTING in Australia has some sage advice on these challenging years. And here’s a PARENT’S GUIDE TO MANAGING THE TEENAGE YEARS . PARENTINGTEENS provides advice and tips and a community for parents.
One of the particularly interesting times for any family is when your children spread their wings and leave the nest, first as students and then to embark on their working adult life. More young adults these days are now LIVING AT HOME often due to economic constraints and not by choice. This does not seem to stop them from growing up – see THIS ARTICLE. However it changes the model most of our generation has of mostly leaving home after school and only returning during the holidays as a student and then for visits and Christmas once we started working. To some extent the BABY BOOMER GENERATIONis also being held to have some responsibility for this change of affairs – see ARE BABY BOOMERS TO BLAME FOR DEBT CRISIS .
And then there is the role of grandparent. This may be restricted to occasional visits or involve a much closer relationship looking after grandchildren on a daily basis to help reduce the cost of child care. Here is an INDIAN SITE which sets out issues and thoughts related to grand parenting. In the United States there is even a NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR GRANDPARENTS FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS . And the US Government has a site on GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN.
PLEASE LET US HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK BY POSTING A COMMENT. SIMPLY CLICK THE LEFT BUTTON OF YOUR MOUSE ON THE FIELDS "NAME", "EMAIL" AND THEN "COMMENT" BELOW AND COMPLETE THEM IN TURN THEN GO DOWN THE PAGE AND CLICK ON “SUBMIT”.
THIS WEBSITE IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY.
