Mgg Assignment 1

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------------------------------------------------- Subject: MGG2601 – Marriage Guidance and Counseling; Assignment 1 ------------------------------------------------- Unique Assignment Number: 569404 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Student number: 53790073 Briefly describe all the stages of the Family Lifecycle highlighting the key principles and second order stages of each stage of this model It is important to understand that the family itself has its own stages of development. This is described by the family life cycle, which is a series of developmental stages a family moves through over time. As we grow up and enter the different phases in our lives, we experience numerous challenges and overcome developmental tasks unique to that particular phase of life. For example, during the first few years of ones life, as baby we deal with learning to trust our parents or caregivers, whereas the main task as a teenager is the need to figure out ones personal identity. The Family Life Cycle consists of 6 transitional stages: 1. Unattached Adult The main issue occurring in this first stage is accepting parent-offspring separation. This stage is characterized by a single young adult leaving home to establish him/herself as an independent adult. Second-order changes include differentiation of the self from family of origin and parents and developing adult to adult relationships with parents. This means that we neither blindly accept what our parents believe or want us to do, nor do we automatically respond negatively to their requests. Our beliefs and behaviors are now part of our own identity, though we will change and refine what we believe throughout our lives. Also, during this period we develop intimate peer relationships on a deeper level than we had previously done. The young adult
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