Scott Peck (1978) said, "Life is difficult." And indeed it is. This week's readings explore family stress. It is important to note that many types of families exist including chosen families and partners without children. A major challenge in studying and researching stress in families is the wide variety of family formation and dynamics that impact different kinds of families.

Step 1: Choose a family type (for example, Single-Parent Families) that is discussed in this week's reading and talk about what you think would be the major hurdles researchers encounter when attempting to study stress in that type of family. Do you have ideas about how these hurdles can be controlled or moderated?

Step 2: Cite your sources with intext citations and list the reference at the end of your post.