Unit 3: Adjusting to Family Changes

The Family Life Cycle describes how families ______ and change over the years

In the Beginning stage, a couple establishes a home and learns about each other while setting up systems for living happily ______

During the Parental stage, parents teach and train their young children, often having less time for activities as a ______

In the Launching stage, children leave home to support themselves and develop their own ______

Social scientists have identified a general pattern to describe how families ______ and change over the years

One family's experiences may be quite different from those of another.For example, some families don't have ______.

Others are headed by older parents who started having children in their late thirties or early ______.

Divorce and remarriage cause families to ______.

Grandparents may raise their ______.

Whether the new arrival in the home is a baby or an aging ______, everyone in the family must make adjustments.

The family life cycle is a concept that describes how families change over time.

In the Parental stage, as children grow up, they start to share in household responsibilities and prepare for their own adult lives.

The launching stage marks the beginning of the family cycle for a new generation.

Change in families is something that happens rarely and has minimal impact.

The Beginning stage involves the couple organizing finances and setting up a schedule for doing household tasks.

Divorce and remarriage have no impact on the structure of families.

Adopted children usually require no period of adjustment when moving to a new family environment.

The Family Life Cycle is now much simpler and less complicated than it was in the past.

New family members, such as a baby or an aging grandparent, do not affect the priorities and schedules of other family members.

The addition of new family members, whether a baby or an aging grandparent, is always a happy event for the entire family.