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T HE F AMILY L IFE C YCLE

CHAPTER 14. T HE F AMILY L IFE C YCLE. Building a Marital System. Will you openly show both positive and negative feelings? Will you each take responsibility for your won actions? Will you deal openly with problems?

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T HE F AMILY L IFE C YCLE

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  1. CHAPTER 14 THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE

  2. Building a Marital System • Will you openly show both positive and negative feelings? • Will you each take responsibility for your won actions? • Will you deal openly with problems? • Will you resolve normal conflicts without causing each other undue stress?

  3. Building a Marital System (Cnt’d) • If and when you have children, will you freely admit to them when you are wrong? • Will you allow them to express views different from yours? • Will you consciously strive to maintain a warm and supportive atmosphere in the home?

  4. Stages of the Family Life Cycle

  5. Stages of the Family Life Cycle (Cnt’d)

  6. Stages of the Family Life Cycle (Cnt’d)

  7. Family Households With Own Children <18 Years

  8. Family Households With Own Children <18 Years (Cnt’d)

  9. Some Changes Over the Family Life Cycle as Perceived by Wives Source: Data from Stephen A. Anderson, et al., “Perceived Quality and Family Life-Cycle Categories: A Further Analysis” in Journal of Marriage and the Family 45:133.

  10. Establishing a Pattern of Resolving Conflict • Deal with conflict in a way that is acceptable to each of you • The pattern you establish in the first year of marriage is likely to be the pattern you maintain throughout your marriage

  11. Conflict Styles of Young, Middle-aged, and Retired Couples Source: Adapted from Miller, et al. 2003. .

  12. Proportion Widowed, by Age: 2003 Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2004/2005:49.

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