8 Stages Evelyn Duvall Stage 1 Beginning family Beginning Family The couple establishes their home but do not yet have children Developmental Tasks Establishing a satisfying home and ID: 602265
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The FAMILY LIFE CYCLE8 Stages
Evelyn Duvall Slide2
Stage 1 Beginning family
Beginning Family:
The
couple
establishes their home but do not yet have children.
Developmental
Tasks:
Establishing a satisfying home and
marriage/
relationship and preparing for
children
Challenges?
Rewards?Slide3
Stage 2: Childbearing family
Childbearing Family:
From the birth of the first child until that child is 2 1/2 years old.
Developmental
Tasks:
Adjusting to increased family size; caring for an infant; providing a positive developmental environment
.
Challenges?
Rewards?Slide4
STAGE 3: FAMILY WITH PRESCHOOLERS
Family with Preschoolers:
When the oldest child is between the ages of 2 1/2 and 6.
Developmental
Tasks:
Satisfying the needs and interests of preschool children; coping with demands on energy and attention with less privacy at home
.
Challenges?
Rewards?Slide5
Stage 4: family with school age children
Family with School Children:
When the oldest child is between the ages of 6 and 13.
Developmental
Tasks:
Promoting educational achievement and fitting in with the community of families with school-age children
.
Challenges?
Rewards?Slide6
STAGE 5:FAMILY WITH TEENAGERS
Family with Teenagers:
When the oldest child is between the ages of 13 and 20.
Developmental
Tasks
:
Allowing
and helping children to become more independent; coping with their independence; developing new interests beyond child care
.
CHALLENGES?
REWARDS?Slide7
STAGE 6: LAUNCHING
Launching:
From the time the oldest child leaves the family for independent adult life till the time the last child leaves.
Developmental
Tasks:
Releasing young adults and accepting new ways of relating to them; maintaining a supportive home base; adapting to new living circumstances
.
CHALLENGES?
REWARDS?Slide8
STAGE 7: EMPTY NEST
Empty Nest:
From the time the children are gone till the marital couple retires from employment.
Developmental
Tasks:
Renewing and redefining the marriage relationship; maintaining ties with children and their families; preparing for retirement years
.
CHALLENGES?
REWARDS?Slide9
STAGE 8: AGING FAMILY
Aging Family:
From retirement till the death of the surviving marriage partner.
Developmental
Tasks
:
Adjusting
to retirement; coping with the death of the marriage partner and life alone
.
CHALLENGES?
REWARDS?Slide10
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