reconstituted families

• why are stepfamilies at grater risk of poverty?


  -they often have more children to provide for

  -stepfathers may also have to support their children from previous relationship
• why might stepfamilies face tension & conflict?


  there's a lack of clear social norms for how members of stepfamilies should behave
• why is there an increase in the number of these?

  -increase in number of divorces

  -changing attitudes to relationships

  -changing attitudes to social institutions

  -increased life expectancy > more likely to form several long relationships
• in 2011 11% of families were reconstituted
• the effect of changing attitudes to social institutions 


  -reduced stigma of divorce & remarriage

  -dysfunctional family units can cause more harm than remaining together

  -ideas of parenting don't depend upon traditional gender socialisation > reducing conflict is more important than gender role models
• the effect of changing attitudes to social institutions 


  -reduced stigma of divorce & remarriage -reduced stigma of divorce & remarriage

  -dysfunctional family units can cause more harm than remaining together

  -ideas of parenting don't depend upon traditional gender socialisation > reducing conflict is more important than gender role models
• effects of increased life expectancy 


  -more likely to end unhappy relationships as they more time to find other partners
• consequences of reconstituted families AO3


  -access to children

  -financial arrangements

  -conflict between children and non-biological parents & siblings

  -second marriages have lower divorce rates > 31% compared to 42%