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As mentioned in your text, “Stepparents often find themselves overidealized by their stepchildren early in the relationship or ________________”. 

What do most current studies reveal about the term “mid-life crisis”? 


Why should you stay calm when helping a child to manage their emotions? (Choose all that apply)

Repair attempts work best when you know each other’s ________________.  

Financial challenges, are one of the larger hurdles single parents can face.  What did the authors of your text suggest would lower the risk of this problem?  

All of Emma’s friends have decided not to go onto college, but instead spend most of their free time playing video games and watching Netflix, while making just enough money to get by.  Generally, she has been quite the opposite of this, being active outside  the home and being enrolled in college.  What does the research suggest, if she continues these friendships? 

Your child comes home with tears over something that happened at school.  You don’t bother to look up from your phone as you say to your child, “That’s too bad.”  What type of emotional response does this exemplify? 

Which of the following are strategies for communicating about difficult issues from your text?  (Choose more than one) 

When fighting, “Time-outs” and “fouls” are: 

You mom wants to tell you how bad your dad is.  If you don’t want to get triangulated, what should you do?