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1. Managing stress in a family today is important. Explain some of the reasons families experience stress and what are positive ways to reduce that stress?
2.Explain how parents best deal with problem behaviors with their children? How does punishment fit into this?

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This solution identifies sources of family stress and suggests two strategies for reducing stress in families. It also addresses problem behaviors in children.

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Some reasons that families experience stress:

Families today have a lot of stress related to trying to thrive.

1. In traditional families, both parents may have to work, so stress comes from an overload of responsibility. Having too much to do and not enough time to do it is called "role strain." Single parents have even more strain if they have to work, take care of homework and activities with their children, and maintain a home. A high rate of divorce and remarriage means that some families are "bi-nuclear." This means that the children are part of each parent's new family. Coordinating schedules, ...

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