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Family Life Now
Third Edition
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January 2021 | 696 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Family Life Now is a candid, thoughtful examination of marriages, families, and intimate relationships that follows the Family Life Education framework. Written in a student-friendly, conversational style, the text encourages readers to draw upon their own backgrounds and experiences to understand theories and concepts vital to the family sciences. Author Kelly J. Welch incorporates scholarship from the social and behavioral sciences to cover topics that are important to students today, such as LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships, cohabitating, and financial compatibility with a partner.
This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Contact your SAGE representative to request a demo.
This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Contact your SAGE representative to request a demo.
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PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chapter 1: Family Life Now
Chapter 2: Understanding Families Through Research and Theory
Chapter 3: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness
Chapter 4: Gender in Today’s Society
Chapter 5: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds
Chapter 6: Love and Loving
Chapter 7: The Path to Commitment: Attraction, Dating, Partnering, and Cohabitation
Chapter 8: Singlehood, Coupling, and Marriage
Chapter 9: You, Sex, and Sexuality
Chapter 10: Becoming Parents: Choices and Challenges
Chapter 11: Parenting Life Now
Chapter 12: Family Life and Work: A Balancing Act
Chapter 13: Uncoupling: Relationship Deterioration and Divorce
Chapter 14: Rebuilding: Family Life Following Couple Dissolution and Divorce
Chapter 15: Family Change: Stress, Crisis, and Transition
Chapter 16: Family Life and Aging
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
INDEX
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Instructor Resource Site
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- Test banks
- Editable chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides
- Sample course syllabi
- Lecture notes
- All tables and figures from the textbook
You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.
Student Study Site
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The open-access Student Study Site makes it easy for students to maximize their study time, anywhere, anytime. It offers flashcards that strengthen understanding of key terms and concepts, as well as learning objectives that reinforce the most important material.
edge.sagepub.com/welch3e
The open-access Student Study Site makes it easy for students to maximize their study time, anywhere, anytime. It offers flashcards that strengthen understanding of key terms and concepts, as well as learning objectives that reinforce the most important material.
Updates regarding diversity.
Readability for students
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March 1, 2021
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