Family Life Cycle

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1. Introduction to the Family Mr. Daniel Otieno, 49 years old, and his wife Mrs. Magdalene Mbugua Otieno, 45, are Kenyan citizens who have lived in Botswana since 1998. They have been married for nineteen years. Daniel is a businessman who owns and operates several fast-food restaurants in various locations in Gaborone. Magdalene Otieno is a real estate agent who works from home. They live in their own home in the middle-class Gaborone suburb of Phase Two. They have two daughters, Elizabeth and June. Elizabeth is 18 years old and June is 13. Both girls are still in school. Elizabeth is a form five student at Maru a Pula, a private English medium high school, while June is in standard 7 at Tlokweng Day Spring, a private primary school operated by the Living Waters Ministry Church. Daniel hails from Nyanza Province in Kenya and belongs to the Luo ethnic community. Magdalene come from Central Province and belongs to the Gikuyu ethnic community. Daniel comes from a long line of fishers on Lake Nyanza. Magdalene is very proud to be a descendant of Mr. and Mrs. Githaki Kiruria, popular and well-known Kenyan freedom fighters who died in early 1960s during the Mau Mau rebellion against colonialism. Magdalene’s parents are dairy farmers. The Otienos are prominent and respected members of the Kenyan expatriate community in Botswana and are especially well-reputed for their sociability and generous hospitality. 2. The stages of Family Life cycle Stages The family life cycle model consists of “stages” through which families typically progress over time. Certain developmental tasks are evident in each stage. There are also intermediate periods of transition, which occur as families move from one stage to the next. In each stage there is an overall “emotional process of transition” and a number of more specific “second-order” changes (Cater & McGoldrick 2005:2). 2.1

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