1. The Modern Family Life
PFHS Obj. 4.01

2. The Beginning Stage Newlywed- just married!
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3. The Childbearing Stage
Expanding the family

4. The Parenting Stage Developing the family
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5. The Launching Stage Parents are “middle-age”
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6. The Mid-Years Stage Parents are pre-retirement (ages 55yrs-64yrs)
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7. The Aging Stage Older Adulthood (retirement 65yrs and older)
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8. Various Family Types and their Strengths
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9. Nuclear Family A mom, dad, and the children they create together.
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10. Single Parent Family One parent and their child/children.
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11. Blended/Step Family One parent with their child/children
who marries another parent with their
child/children.
-Or, one single person marries a parent
with children from another relationship
-Two families blend into one.
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12. Adoptive family One person or a married couple adopts a child
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13. Foster family
A child is temporarily removed from their home for safety/neglectful reasons and is placed with another family until the child’s original family situation improves and the child can return home. If the home life never improves, the child gets placed into the Foster System and can be put up for adoption.
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14. Multi-Generational family
Different generations from the same family are raising the children together (great grandparents/grandparents, ect..)
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15. Same-sex parents family
Both parents are the same-sex gender
and either one of the parents birthed
the children or they are adopted.
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16. Unmarried partners/cohabitating family
Two unmarried people living
together with or without children.
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17. Extended family Other family members helping the parents
raise the children (aunts/uncles/cousins, ect..)

19. Grandparent family
The grandparents raise the children because the parents cannot for whatever reason.
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20. Childless family
A married couple who either cannot or choose not to have children.
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21. Multi-Racial/multi-cultural family
Two people from different races/cultures get
married and have children.
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