impact of children on committed relationships

Your paper should follow APA Style guidelines and include at least 2 pages of

content. For citation guidelines, please refer to the table in the APA Style

section of the syllabus.

This week's lesson discussed family dynamics as they relate to interpersonal communication and presented guidelines for communicating in families. The family life cycle was a specific focus of your learning.

Using Microsoft Word, prepare a document in APA format that does the following:

• Talk with three parents. Ask the following questions of each parent:
  • What change was least expected after your baby was born?
  • How did communication with your partner and others change after the baby was
    
    born?
  • How did having a child affect your marriage or relationship (if the parent
    
    was in a committed relationship at the time the baby arrived)?
• How does the information you gathered from parents compare with the Chapter
  
  12 discussion of the impact of children on committed relationships?
• Do the communication patterns described by the parents follow the Guidelines
  
  for Effective Communication in Families as described in the text? If not, how do they differ?