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1. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogCreating Your Second-Chance Family of Choice - Psychology Today

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   Feb 11, 2022 · A second chance family-of choice is the people we get to choose to be in our lives versus who we are forced to be around when we’re young. They...

2. www.psychologytoday.com › intl › blogFinding Connection Through "Chosen Family" - Psychology Today

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   Jun 14, 2019 · In the book Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship, cultural anthropologist Kath Weston defines chosen family as consisting of “friends, partners and ex-partners,...

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   What is a family of choice?

   • I consider the concept of a family of choice as potentially encompassing all relationships that are actively and voluntarily maintained. Popularized by Weston (1991), families of choice and fictive kin are often primarily associated with gay men and lesbians.

   Reimagining Families of Choice | SpringerLink

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   Why are 'families of choice' important?

   • For many people, they are also the most significant, often precisely because of their mostly voluntary or chosen nature. In this chapter, I draw on the findings of ESRC-funded research (Jones-Wild, 2011) to focus on friendship and explore what might be understood by ‘families of choice’.

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   Is it too late to start a family-of-choice relationship?

   • Key points It’s never too late to have healthy, functional, loving relationships, even if these weren't modeled in one's family of origin. Cultivating a second-chance family-of-choice can be deeply healing.

   Creating Your Second-Chance Family of Choice - Psychology Today

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   Are there differences in parenting quality and child adjustment between family types?

   • No differences in parenting quality or child adjustment were found between family types apart from lower mother-child conflict in the solo mother families. However, financial difficulties and parenting stress were associated with raised levels of children’s adjustment problems in both family types.

   Single mothers by choice: Parenting and child adjustment in middle

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4. www.psychologytoday.com › 201711 › family-choiceFamily of Choice | Psychology Today

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   Borrowing relatives from other families. Linda: I grew up in the South and my only living grandparents lived in New York City.Except for occasional visits up North, I rarely saw them. I remember ...

5. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Reimagining Families of Choice | SpringerLink

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   I argue that the creation of claimed families and families of choice both enable and are enabled by a redefining and broadening of what ‘family’ means. Download to read the full chapter text Chapter PDF

   • Author: Rachel Jones-Wild

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6. psycnet.apa.org › fulltext › 2020/69295/001Single mothers by choice: Parenting and child adjustment in ...

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   PsycARTICLES: Single Mothers by Choice: Parenting and Child Adjustment in Middle Childhood. Journal of Family Psychology. 2021, Vol. 35, No. 2, 192–202. Single Mothers by Choice: Parenting and Child Adjustment in Middle Childhood. Susan Golombok, Sophie Zadeh, Tabitha Freeman, Joanna Lysons, Sarah Foley. Author Affiliations.

   • Author: Susan Golombok, Sophie Zadeh, Tabitha Freeman, Joanna Lysons, Sarah Foley

   • Publish Year: 2021

7. us.sagepub.com › 6073_book_item_6073Rational Choice Theory and the Family - SAGE Publications Inc

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   Rational Choice Theory and the Family T he very idea that the family and family members’ behavior can be understood as “rational” behavior may appear an oxymoron. Indeed, families are the site of extreme emotion, attachment, and even violence. Families are where many of the seemingly “irrational” decisions of life are made.

8. www.improvingmipractices.org › family-choiceFamily of Choice | Improving MI Practices

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   Definition: Not to be confused with family of origin, a family of choice is just that: chosen family. Sometimes a family of origin may be so dysfunctional it contributes to an individual’s struggles rather that serving as a healthy source of support. A family of choice is understood to be a client-selected combination of other individuals ...