The thesis depicts the challenges of harmonizing partnership and parenthood at arrival of a new family member. In the thesis are presented different definitions and views of authors on a partnership and conflicts within. In the introduction are shown different manners of conflict salving and the meaning of constructive conflict solving for the quality of a partnership. Described are the changes that are shown as frequent trigger of conflicts in partnerships resulting from parenthood role. Considering the challenges of harmonizing a partnership and a parenthood role, I mainly focused on three areas of life, and thus on changes in household role harmonization, in sex and at accepting a new role – a mother or father role.
In the empirical part, by means of a partially structured interview, I researched in detail at four individuals respectively two couples with children the mentioned areas of challenges and changes of partners in new parent roles. The findings show that couples with different challenges as yet face them, and above all, they express the will and understanding for each other. In all three areas – thus household, sex and roles they demonstrate a general contentment. As the major problem, linked to all three areas, they expose »less time for each other« and »tiredness«, which is greater upon birth of a child. These two very matters are often the reason for a conflict between partners. But in spite all, both couples are trying to balance their partnership and parenthood. Yet both prioritize their child and its needs.
With the thesis, I have gained an insight into characteristics of life of partners at transition into parenthood, into their confrontation with changes of otherwise settled daily life, and by that I discovered the conflict areas respectively areas where partners face more challenges and difficulties. The fundamental orientation of the social pedagogics is direction into daily living world of an individual. And so does my thesis contribute by illuminating the characteristics of modern partnership and the changes partners are faced with in the new situation of parenthood, and at different areas of life.
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