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-Nuclear Family
-Single-Parent Family
-Step-family
-Childless Family
-Extended Family

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What are the stages of the family life cycle?

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What are the stages of the family life cycle?

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-Beginning Stage
-Childbearing Stage
-Parenting Stage
-Launching Stage
-Midyears Stage
-Aging Stage

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This family includes couples and their children. The children are either born into the family or adopted. None of the children are from a previous marriage.

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Theses families consist of a child (or children) and only one parent, often because a parent has died or left home. Other single-parent families consist of a never-married adult with one or more children

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This family consists of parents, one or both of whom have been married before. The family also includes one or more children from a previous marriage.

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These families consist of a couple who have not had children. For some couples this is a temporary condition, delaying the arrival of children until their finances improve. for others, it is a permanent condition. The couple is unable to have children or chooses to remain childless, for whatever reason.

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There are two basic types of extended families, which form by adding one or more relatives to a household already identified. one type consists of several generations of a family, such as children, parents, and grandparents. Variations can include aunts, uncles, or cousins a well as their children. A second type of extended family consists of members from the same generation, such as brothers, sisters, cousins.

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This is the early period of a marriage when a couple is without children. The husband and wife make adjustments to married life and to each other

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This is the time when a family is growing it includes the childbearing periods and the years of caring for preschoolers.

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During this stage, the children are in school. This stage includes the years of caring for school-age children and teens.

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Children become adults and leave their parents´ home during this time. They may leave to go to college, take a job, or get married

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During this time span, the children leave home and the parent retire. When all the children leave home, the couple is alone again.

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This stage begins with retirement. Usually, at some point in the stage, one spouse lives alone after the death of the other. As people live longer, the length of this stage increases.