What I Have Learned about Family Life

Bibliographic Data

ID4393385
AuthorsDavid R Mace (corresponding author), Eleanore Braun Luckey (corresponding author)
Year1974
Volume23
Issue3
Pages307
Publication date1974-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Family Coordinator (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0014-7214 • E-ISSN: 2325-5501
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/582769
OpenAlexW221163901
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

When I accepted the invitation to write on the topic of what I have learned about family life, I had no idea it would be so difficult to produce a personal statement that would be broadly meaningful yet succinct. Part of the difficulty, I'm sure comes in trying to be personal yet not too personal, to be revealing yet not vulnerable, to be honest and straightforward and at the same time socially and professionally acceptable. Part of the difficulty comes from trying to sort out and share that which I have learned in my career roles and that learned as a woman, a daughter, a wife, a mother, and a widow; yet there is no separating of the two. Even the writing style has been a problem, for I'd like to present myself as a professional rather than a writer of true confessions, yet I come off sounding a little like both. Learning is indicated by attitudinal and behavioral change, and it is by observing the changes in me over the years of my professional career that I can best estimate what I've learned, so in this paper I note such changes. There are three major facets in my professional career and I shall organize the paper around these: the educator, the counselor, the researcher

Developmental psychology · Family life · Family relationship · Genealogy · Sociology · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · History · Psychology

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