1. Personal and Family Development Mrs. R. McCann
Stages of the Family
Personal and Family Development
Mrs. R. McCann

2. Individual Stage

3. Individual 1st Stage
Single people that have moved out into the world on their own. Perhaps,
they share living
arrangements with a
room mate. They are in
school, the military or
the work force. They can
chose to remain single
or find a spouse to marry.

4. Beginning 2nd Stage

5. Beginning stage
Marriage is the beginning of the Family Life Cycle. Couples set up a home together. They continue to work or continue their education. They blend their two worlds, heritages, families and life styles.

6. Childbearing 3rd Stage

7. Childbearing Stage
The couple begins to have children and guide their children through the preschool and school-age years.

8. Parenting 4th Stage

9. Parenting Stage
Children begin to develop interest outside the home, attend school and begin working during this stage. The couple is no longer having children, but raising the ones they have!

10. Launching 5th Stage

11. Launching Stage
As the children leave the home to marry, begin jobs, or attend school, a family will go through another series of changes.

12. Mid-Years 6th Stage

13. Mid-Years Stage
During this stage the parents are still home, but now they are alone. They continue to work. They also participate in their adult children’s lives more as friends and companions.

14. Retirement/Aging Last Stage

15. Retirement/Aging Stage
During this stage, the couple ages and retires. They possibly become grandparents. One spouse usually passes away 