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The Transition to Parenthood-During the transition to parenthood-Identities are transformed-New roles are assumed -Family system rules require adjustmentFamily System Transitions-Birth of a child affects every aspect on the family system.Stress -system is being pressured to alter how it executes it’s tasks. Neither good or bad. First and Second–order tasksEvents that occur over time that are either normative (things you would expect, birth, death, etc.) or non normative (divorce). As a family system, there are at dif points in time these stressors that the family is experiencing. What do we mean by second-order tasks?Family system stressHorizontal stressors (having a child is an example) 

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Term
Fall
Professor
Weaver
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horizontal stressors, Vertical Stressors, Vertical Stressors Present

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