Nuclear Family Vs. The Blended Research Paper

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" All in all, this article points to the obvious advantages the nuclear family has over a blended family.

O'Leary, Daniel K., Heyman, Richard E., and Jongsma, Arthur E. The Couples Psychotherapy

Treatment Planner. Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley and Sons, 2011. This book provides a wide range of approaches to dealing with the behavioral, psychological and social problems that occur in a blended family. Not that nuclear families don't have their own stressors and problems, but the issues that Heyman, et al., present are unique to blended families and stack up as reasons why nuclear families are generally more successful. Behavioral issues with stepfamilies include: a) suspicions by the female partner that the male partner is

"sexually attracted to her daughter"; b) arguments between partners over "favoritism" or financial support and gifts for "biological vs. non-biological children"; c) frequent arguments over child discipline strategies; d) concerns as to leaving "opposite-sex teenage stepsiblings alone together"; e) divorce-related financial pressures for stepparents; and f)

jealousy and "distrust" re other partner's suspected "sexual connection" to ex-partner.

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Pillitteri, Adele. Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing

Family. Chicago, IL: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009. In Pillitteri's book the author thoroughly reviews and critiques all family concepts and family types (the "Dyad Family,"

the "Cohabitation Family," etc.). Pillitteri points to the advantages of blended families:

there is an increased level of security and resources for the children of the newly formed family; children of blended families are "exposed to different customs or cultures" than they

were before, and due to the wider range of their social and psychological contacts and experiences, they may become "more adaptable"….....

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