When working with blended or reconstituted families, your care should focus on the belief in which of the following principles? (Select all that apply.)
a. All members of the family must be as rigid as possible to maintain their place in the family.
b. The couple must take the time and energy to nurture their own relationship because it is pivotal for the health and stability of the family.
c. Only the parents need to establish dyadic relationships and learn to function as a family unit.
d. The grandparents need to establish rules related to discipline.
e. Parents should take extra time for holiday planning because there are additional relatives to consider.
f. All members of the blended family need to realize that establishing family rituals, tradi-tions, and relationships
will take time.
B, E, F
Family members must be flexible, and establishing family rituals, traditions, and relationships will take time. The couple needs to work together to establish rules related to discipline, and they must take the time and energy to nurture their own relationship because it is pivotal for the health and stability of the family. Parents should take extra time for holiday planning because there are additional relatives to consider. All family members need to establish dyadic relationships and learn to function as a family unit.
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