he fact that the family system continues to change as the family moves through various stages of the family life cycle. In part four of lesson one, we will take reference to the model of the family life cycle, and the six stages to be analyzed. This selection describes Family life cycle or Developmental theory, and uses changing family systems as its basis. In this way the Systems theory and Developmental theory overlap and support each other in their approach to understanding families. There are six stages to be analyzed, The young single (between families), The newly married pair, The family with young children, The family adolescent children, launching, and The family in later life (Carter/McGoldrick). Each stage will; study the specific task, look at involved historical and cultural perspectives, examine selected issues that relate to the stages, and predict future trends. By taking reference to the essay The emerging family, we can see that throughout its’ contents there are many concepts in which relate closely to that of the material covered in lesson one. Lesson one studies the multidimensional model, this is very important because its’ fundamentals are critical to the Developmental theory, this model provides us with our familial diversity. Another issue that is important is the “role cycling”, as progress on today’s emerging family we need to know that “when opportunity avails itself, both men and women are capable of role cycling to meet all family needs” (Guldner). I could go on forever comparing and contrasting, however at this point I think that it is very clear that the essay written by Claude Guldner, is in fact comparable in many ways to that of the material that we have read in this lesson. With careful consideration and repetitive review, I feel that the two readings that I have been studying truly show comparison through many forms and ideas they have maintained, we live by a...
