Family life cycle
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Family life cycle
The family life cycle is the emotional and intellectual stages a person passes through from childhood to the retirement years as a member of a family.
The family life cycle consists of several developmental stages:
- Independence
- Coupling or marriage
- Parenting
- Launching adult children
- Retirement or senior stage of life
Credits
| Author | Ralph Poore |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Denele Ivins |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Last Updated | March 6, 2007 |
| Last updated: | March 06, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Ralph Poore |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC |
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