Week 13
Stages and phases of family life:
Middle adulthood
Challenges and opportunities associated with middle
adulthood:
- o mid life crisis
- o teenage children- wanting to follow outside influences
- o finances
- o retirement plans
- o changing family dynamics
- o Empty nester
- o Children varying ages
- o Changing technology
- o Traveling
- o Grandparents getting older and needing to take care of them
- o Medical expenses
- o More time
Generativity- Feeling like you have a legacy
Stagnation- Feeling like you have no contributed much- like
your not growing and developing.
Integrity VS despair
Based on how people view things and whether they learn
something from them
I hope that I am ready for these changes when I am reaching middle age. There will be many things that come my way, but I am excited to make the best of them.
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