The way in which a family changes its relationship rules, power structure, and role expectancies in response to either normal developmental changes or crises relates to its:

Fast forward 10 years: Mark (with a K) is now married and has 5 children. Mark is a stay-at-home dad.  Much of his day consists of grocery shopping for his family, going on school field trips, and being President of the PTA. These are examples of:

Lori always laughs at how her son has grown up to be a “mini-me” of her husband.  The two “Milo’s” are always comparing work-out routines, who’s the toughest, and who can lift the most weights.  Sometimes they called each other names and jokingly insult each other’s masculinity.  This example highlights how Lori’s husband played a ____________ role function for their son.

Which of the following might NOT be considered a kinship maintenance function?

Lori’s father always liked to be right.   Everyone simply ‘knew’ that it was better to agree with dad than to try to disagree, although no one ever spoke openly about this. Oftentimes, in cases like this, family members feel constrained from “commenting” on such rules.  This rule against seeing the rules is referred to as ________.

Julie adopts two children from Guatemala.  Hannah decides to move in and help her co-parent; and, Ava and her children move in too.  They all consider themselves a “family”.  This exemplifies a(n):

Lori and her husband watch Gardeners’ World on Brit Box every night.  Couple rituals can serve the function of ___________.

According to Fitzpatrick, there are three primary couple types.  Which is NOT one of those types?

Expresssion/Protection (Openness/Closedness), Stability/Change, Idealization/Realization are all examples of:

__________________ theory uses a “boundary” metaphor to identify the border around private information,