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41)A blended family is most like which family below? A)Two immediate family members, their spouses and their children. B)Two families living together. C)A family where one or both partners already have children. D)Two people who are both on their second marriage. E)Siblings living together. 42)Which of the following is s result of co-parenting responsibilities? A)Children being shuffled back and forth between the homes of parents. B)A sense of rootlessness and insecurity. C)A mad rush as children fit in living in different homes as well as other childhood demands. D)Resentment among children because their stepsiblings can do things that they can not. E)All of the above. 43)Which of the following strategies may ease the transition into a blended family? A)The consensus on parenting between the new spouse and the child’s parent. B)Preparation for the step-parent role. C)Acceptance that the step-parent and stepchildren had a previous family that did not include them. D)Step parents realizing that they ultimately have limited control over whether the stepchildren accept them or not. E)All of the above. 44)Special family events are difficult for blended families because A)there is a longing for absent parents or children. B)the two families often fight. C)not everyone celebrates the same holidays. D)everyone gets fewer presents. E)the children never get along. 45)Step mothering is more challenging than step fathering because A)women often don’t try hard enough. B)women have traditionally borne the major responsibilities of child-rearing. C)men don’t share the parental role. D)stepmothers have been stigmatized as being too easy/sweet. E)children generally bond easier with stepfathers. 46)In research, comparing blended/second families to “intact families” may be problematic because A)it is not clear when these families begin and end. B)blended families are less likely to participate in research causing a bias in purely numbers. C)these two types of families are too similar to find any significant result. D)the norm for diversity has increased dramatically causing a bias toward blended families. E)the standard in society is intact families which may lead to biases in the research 47)What according to your text draws lone parents to remarry? A)An escape from a cheerless life. B)The belief that the nuclear family is the proper selling to raise children. C)The “kin vacuum”. D)The need to restore “order”. E)All the above. 48)Which family member is at the highest risk for contact loss with children after a divorce? A)Non custodial fathers B)Custodial grandparents C)Non- custodial stepparents D)Non-custodial grandparents E)Non-custodial mothers 49)According to the chapter, the best advice for stepparents in regards to parenting stepchildren is to A)be extremely lenient to avoid conflict. B)act like their biological mother. C)be super strict. D)wait to see what new family relationship emerges before starting to parent. E)treat them differently than their own children, 50)According to the chapter, the good news about being an inevitable widow is A)nothing. B)that it is likely to happen earlier in life. C)that it is likely to happen later in life. D)that it will likely happen more to men than women. E)that the widow will likely die within the next year.. avoiding much loneliness.