5. Family Life Cycle

Question 1 What is the first stage of the family life cycle?

Leaving Home: Single Young Adults.

Question 2 What is the main task of the Leaving Home stage?

Accept emotional and financial responsibility for self.

Question 3 What key transition involves becoming independent from the family of origin during the Leaving Home stage?

Separation from parents.

Question 4 What identity-related transition occurs during the Leaving Home stage?

Forming identity.

Question 5 What education/work transition occurs during the Leaving Home stage?

Building career or education.

Question 6 What is the second stage of the family life cycle?

The Joining of Families through Marriage / The New Couple.

Question 7 What is the main task of the New Couple stage?

Commitment to a new system.

Question 8 What family relationship must be realigned during the New Couple stage?

Relationships with extended families.

Question 9 What couple-related issue must be negotiated during the New Couple stage?

Couple roles.

Question 10 What is the third stage of the family life cycle?

Families with Young Children.

Question 11 What is the main task of Families with Young Children?

Accepting new members into the system.

Question 12 How must the couple system change when young children enter the family?

It must adjust to make space for children.

Question 13 What parenting transition occurs in Families with Young Children?

Sharing child-rearing roles.

Question 14 What intergenerational relationship is realigned when young children enter the family?

Relationships with grandparents.

Question 15 What is the fourth stage of the family life cycle?

Families with Adolescents.

Question 16 What is the main task of Families with Adolescents?

Increasing flexibility of family boundaries to include children's independence.

Question 17 What parent-child change occurs during the adolescent stage?

Shifting parent-child relationships.

Question 18 What developmental need should parents allow during the adolescent stage?

Adolescent autonomy.

Question 19 What intergenerational responsibility may begin during the adolescent stage?

Caring for the older generation.

Question 20 What is the fifth stage of the family life cycle?

Launching Children and Moving On.

Question 21 What is the main task of Launching Children and Moving On?

Accepting exits and entries into the family system.

Question 22 What major family event characterizes the launching stage?

Children leaving home.

Question 23 How should the parent-child relationship change during the launching stage?

It should develop into an adult-adult relationship.

Question 24 What new relationships may need to be incorporated during the launching stage?

In-laws and grandchildren.

Question 25 What older-generation issue may need to be managed during the launching stage?

Aging, disability, or death of parents.

Question 26 What is the sixth stage of the family life cycle?

Families in Later Life.

Question 27 What is the main task of Families in Later Life?

Accepting shifting generational roles.

Question 28 What couple-related task is important in later life?

Maintaining couple functioning in retirement.

Question 29 What decline may need to be managed in later life?

Decline of physical and mental capacity.

Question 30 What support role may older adults have toward the middle generation?

Supporting the middle generation.

Question 31 What positive contribution of older adults is emphasized in later life?

Making room for wisdom and experience.

Question 32 What losses must families cope with in later life?

Loss, including death and declining capacity.

Question 33 What personal preparation is included in later life?

Preparing for one's own death.

Question 34 What is a nuclear family?

A group united by ties of partnership and parenthood, consisting of two adults and their socially recognized children.

Question 35 What is a single-parent family?

A family in which one parent is the primary parent while the other may be absent or involved.

Question 36 What situations may result in a single-parent family?

Divorce, never-married parents, or widowhood.

Question 37 What is a communal family or commune?

A group living together, sharing property, and following common rules or guidelines.

Question 38 What may motivate the formation of communal families?

Specific religious beliefs, economic necessity, or shared values and traditions.

Question 39 What is another term used in the file for the Leaving Home stage?

Unattached Young Adult.

Question 40 What is another term used in the file for the New Couple stage?

Newly Married Couple.

Question 41 In the Unattached Young Adult stage, what does differentiation of self mean?

Becoming distinct from the family of origin while maintaining relationships.

Question 42 What type of peer relationship is developed in the Unattached Young Adult stage?

Intimate peer relationships.

Question 43 What work-related goal is established in the Unattached Young Adult stage?

Establishment of self in work.

Question 44 In the Newly Married Couple stage, what new system is formed?

The marital system.

Question 45 What midlife issue may be refocused on during the Family with Adolescents stage?

Midlife and career issues. /