Family Life Now - Vantage Learning Platform

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KEY FEATURES OF FAMILY LIFE NOW, THIRD EDITION

• New content on the COVID-19 pandemic includes discussions of resulting stressors, unemployment, and the severe economic downturn in the United States.
• Expanded and updated diversity coverage includes discussions of intersectionality throughout and new content about mixed-orientation relationships and marriages.
• Revised and enhanced coverage of racial and ethnic experiences include new discussions regarding undocumented individuals and their families.
• New content on social networking includes its impact on mate selection, dating experiences, jealousy, and breaking up.
• Extensive coverage of sexual orientation and sexual identity includes discussions of LGBTQ+ families of choice, lesbian co-mothering, transgenderism, androgyny, LGBTQ+ dating scripts, and gender-based violence.
• A conversational, first-person writing style draws students in and keeps them engaged.
• Chapter openers help frame forthcoming content with stories from the authors’ own experiences and real-life stories shared by college students.
• Learning objectives introduce each chapter and can be used as learning targets.
• Family Life Now features introduce contemporary issues and include discussions of each side of the matter with supporting research. Students are then encouraged to form their own informed opinions.
• Taking Sides features describe two sides of relationship dilemmas that are commonly experienced by families and couples.
• Summaries tied back to learning objectives recap chapter content and reinforce key points.