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~Retirement
~Focus on friendships, hobbies, and vacation
~Grand-parenting continues

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~Prepare for retirement.
~The "Empty-Nest" stage
~Parents provide emotional support as adult children establish their own families/careers .
~Parent often becomes a grandparent.
~Prepare for retirement.

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~Children leave home (college, careers, and marriage).
~Parents refocus on their relationship.
~Parents relate to sons and daughters as adults.

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~Reorganization of the family around school-age children.
~Parents recognize individual needs of each child while sharing family goals.
~Parents involved in children's activities.
~Teens seek more independence.

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~Birth of children and focus turns to needs of the children.
~New responsibility's
~Interpersonal relationships expand in the family.
~Role conflicts may occur

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~Begins with the establishment of the family unit when the couple marries.
~Adjust to married life and separation from parents.
~Establish feeling of independence.