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Journal“The happiest moments of my life have
been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”
Thomas Jefferson
What have been the happiest memories with your family?
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Millions of Kids• Children living in blended families,
including either a step-parent or step-sibling.
• Children living with both natural parents and full brothers or sisters.
• Children living in extended families including other people such as uncles, cousins, aunts or grandparents.
• Children living in one-parent (MOM only) families.
• Children living in one-parent (DAD only) families.
• 8 million
• 3.6 million
• 7 million
• 17 million
• 42 million
Family Type Number of Children
2006 statistics
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Flexibility, adaptability and tolerance for
change are helpful skills for making family
life terrific!
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Relationship• What?
• An interaction between two or more people.• Who?
• Parents, siblings, peers, spouse, grandparents
• They are constantly changing.• An individual is going through various
stages of his life cycle while the family is going through its cycle.
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Family Life Cycle
Leaving Home
marriage
Parentin
g
Childbearing Family 0-2 1/2 years old
Retire
ment
Empty
Nest
Laun
ching
Laun
ching
Center
Center
Family with Preschoolers 2 ½ - 6 yrs
Family with School Children 6 -13 yrs old
Parenting adolescents 14-20 yr old
Independence
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Family Life Cycle• Stage 1: Beginning Family
• The married couple establish their home but do not yet have children.
• Stage 2: Childbearing Family• From the birth of the first child until that child
is 2 ½ years old.• Stage 3: Family with Preschoolers
• When the oldest child is between the ages of 2 ½ and 6.
• Stage 4: Family with School Children• When the oldest child is between the ages of
6 and 13.
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Family Life Cycle Continued...• Stage 5: Family with Teenagers
•When the oldest child is between the ages of 13 and 20.
• Stage 6: Launching Center•From the time the oldest child leaves the
family for independent adult life till the time the last child leaves.
• Stage 7: Empty Nest•From the time the children are gone till
the marital couple retires from employment.
• Stage 8: Aging Family•From retirement till the death of the
surviving marriage partner.
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Write down your definition of the stereotypical family.
• Working dad• Stay-at-home
mom• 2 or 3 children
Only 10% of all households are in this family form.
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American Family Forms• Living Alone
• 1 of 24 adults remain single throughout their life.• 66% of single people are women.
• POSSLQs• Persons of the opposite sex sharing living quarters.• Couples who live together before marriage, divorce
just as often as those who marry first.• Marrying Later in Life
• Average age to marry: men - 25.9, women - 23.6• More young people are not marrying or are
marrying later.
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• Couples Having Children Later in Life• More couples are waiting to become parents
until their careers are established.• Estimated cost to raise child is $200,000
• Couples With Fewer Children• The average number of children has dropped
from 3.6 in 1957 to 1.8.• Couples With No Children
• Due to career commitments, fertility problems or just because they enjoy their childless lifestyles, many couples are remaining “Double Income, No Kids” couples.
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American Family Forms• Divorced Adults
• Approximately 60% of all divorces involve couples with children in the home.
• Single-Parent Families• About 1 in 4 children live with only one parent.• The number of single-parent homes has more
than doubled in the past 20 years• Divorced women’s standard of living drops
73%, while divorced men jumps 42%.• About 50% of the children in divorced families
report having not seen their father in the last year and only 1 of 6 see him once a week.
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American Family Forms • Grown Children Moving In With Their Parents
• Families with two children and young parents living at home with their parents has doubled in 25 years.
• Grandparents Living With Families• With greater longevity, there are more elderly
people.• Blended Families
• Divorced parents, especially fathers are likely to remarry.
• 13% of today’s children are stepchildren• Flexibility and humor will assist in the adjustment.
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• Working Mothers• The fastest growing segment of the work
force is women with children under the age of three.
• More than half of American mothers with infants less than a year old are working outside the home.
• Day care for these children can cost up to ¼ the family budget.
• Working mothers have 15 fewer hours of leisure a week than fathers.
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Scenarios• Your marriage is headed for divorce.
• 1. How would you settle property, child custody, divorce costs?
• You are a single mother.• 2. How will you cope emotionally and financially?
• Elderly parents need to move in with you.• 3. What conflicts and adjustments will arise?
• You just remarried. • 4. How will family discipline be handled? How
will household chores be divided? What name do you expect the children to call you? Where should you live? How should you divide physical space?