^7
Child
rearing
i
Continue
to
learn
about
children.
i
Adjust
financial
plans
and
housing
to
meet
needs
of
children.
y
Assume
responsibility
for
school
and
com-
munity
betterment.
i
Become
alert
to
particular
needs
of
chil-
dren
at
different
ages.
Child
launching
i
Discard
folklore
about
love
and
marriage;
gain
insight
and
knowledge
to
help
chil-
dren.
i
Enlarge
child's
vocational
choice
by
learn-
ing
about
new
opportunities.
/
Give
emotional
support
to
children
as
they
leave
home
for
work,
military
service,
school,
or
marriage.
y
Release
children
to
live
their
own
lives.
Empty
nest
y
Adjust
to
life
as
a
couple
after
years
as
parents.
i
Accept
the
reality
of
your
life's
accom-
plishments.
y
Learn
about
modern
methods
of
child
rearing
to
improve
skills
as
grandparents.
y
Prepare
for
and
adjust
to
retirement.
y
Prepare
for
living
alone.
Information
about
various
stages
of
the
family
life
cycle
and
developmental
tasks
for
each
stage
is
available
from
your
County
Extension
Office.
Extension
Circular
709
Reprinted
January
1963
Cooperative
Extension
work
in
Agriculture
and
Home
Economics,
F.
E.
Price,
director,
Oregon
State
University,
and
the
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture
cooperating.
Printed
and
distributed
in
furtherance
of
Acts
of
Congress
of
May
8
and
June
30,
1914.
You
and
the
Family
Life
Cycle
ROBERTA
C.
FRASIER
Extension
Family
Life
Specialist
o
NE
WAY
to
look
at
yourself
and
your
family
is
through
the
concept
of
the
family
life
cycle.
The
family
life
cycle
denotes
the
stages
a
family
goes
through
during
its
lifetime.
Mod-
ern
day
families
have
a
life
span
of
50
to
60
years.
Most
families
go
through
five
stages:
1)
family
founding;
2)
child
bearing;
3)
child
rearing;
4)
child
launching;
and
5)
empty
nest.
If
you
imagine
your
life
in
the
family
as
an
on-going
cycle,
it
looks
about
like
this.
The
cir-
cle
represents
a
life
span
of
about
50
years.
•"Family
founding
"
Child
bearing
-t-Child
rearing
Empty
nest
--Child
launching
Cooperative
Extension
Service
Oregon
State
University,
Corvallis
