chap 9 PATERNITY MATERNITY

chap 9 PATERNITY MATERNITY

Paternity nowadays

• Families are having fewer and later children

• in Spain, from 25.2 years of age in 1975 to approximately just over 31 years of age today

Household nowadays

In Spain, the traditional household of a couple with children, which used to be the most common, has become less popular.

• Now, over 47% of households are made up of just one person or couples without children.

Causes regarding development of nowadays paternity and household

• Raising the age of emancipation.

• Youth unemployment.

• Prolongation of studies.

• Penalising women in their careers when they have children.

• Lack of family reconciliation measures and support for parenthood.

Parenthood as a developmental experience

• First child has a major transition in parents' lives

First time partenthood can lead to

• Excitement, wonder and amazement

•  Anxiety about the responsibility, commitment and time required and the sense of permanence.

Pregnancy, childbirth and recovery can affect the couple's relationship

• increased intimacy or barriers are erected

Marital satisfaction

• Might decrease in the growing years of children.

most important factor for Marital satisfaction

• pre-pregnancy happiness

• pregnancy planning

New parents challenges

• stressors affecting their health and emotional state

• can lead to feeling of isolation, complicated division of household tasks, adjustment to the new member.