Parenting Style
Family Life Cycle
Family Types
Individual Life Cycle
Terms
100

Parents ae neglectful and give no guidance or personal attention. 

Uninvolved 

100

A couple marries and gets to know each other. This lasts until the child is born. 

Beginning Stage

100

When a single parent marries another person. 2 Single parents marry each other. Families which both parents children will live with the couple

Step-Families

100

Begins at conception and ends about 9 nine months later after birth. Rate of Growth at this stage is the fastest it will be in this life.

Prenatal Stage

100

Sections of the DNA molecule found in persons cell. 

Genes

200

Gives most control to children. Have little rules that are enforced. 

Permissive

200

The couple focuses on their marriage planning for their future, and becoming grandparents . This stage lasts until the couple retires. 

MId-Years Stage

200

When a child of one pair of parents legally becomes the child of another pair of parents

Adoption 

200

Begins at 2 weeks and continues through the first birthday. Infants develops the foundation for motor, thinking, language and social skills. 

Infancy

200

Study of the factors involved in the passing of traits form one generation of living beings to the next. 

Genetics 

300

Are always in control and are very strict on the children. Strict rules, tell the kids what to do, and often use punishment as a discipline. 

Authoritarian 

300

The couple retires and adjusts to this change in lifestyle. This stage lasts throughout life. 

Aging Stage


300

Families in which adults provide temporary homes for children who can't live with their birthparents.

Foster Care

300

Begins at three years and ends at the sixth birthday. Child becomes more self-sufficient and develops a rather stable self-concept.  

Preschool stage

300

Includes all the conditions and situations that affect the child.  

Environment 

400

Tell the children to think about consequences of their behavior. Have rules and expectations but usually focus of the good rather than the bad. 

Democratic 

400

The couple focuses on guiding their children through the school-age and teen years. The stage lasts until the children leave home. 

Parenting Stage

400

Families form when a parent dies, parents divorce or separate, or a single parent adopts.  

Single Parents

400

Begins at 6 years old and ends at 12. Exposed to school learnings. Learn self control.  

School age 

400

Includes all the traits that are passed to a child from blood relatives 

Heredity 

500

The parent doesn't explain what the child does wrong, just punishes them. They like to have total control of the child. 

Authoritarian 

500

The couple's children begin leaving home to live on their own. This stage ends when all children have left home. 

Launching stage

500

More than two generations of a family live together. 

Extended Family 

500
From birth to the second week. Adapts to the outside world. 

Neonatal 

500

Has it's own language, beliefs, attitudes, personal priorities, rituals, and skills. 

Culture