Discussion Board Thread: Intrapersonal/interpersonal approaches and family storage model
A family life cycle starts when the family is going through an emotional and/or intellectual stage
that happens anywhere between childhood till retirement years Golden and Goldenberg (2017).
During the family life cycle there are five stages Independence, coupling or marriage, Parenting,
Launching adult children/empty nest, and Retirement. Certain families that happen to get stuck
in a particular life stage can catch back up to them once they make it to another stage in the life
cycle. Our textbook Goldenberg and Goldenberg (2017) mentions how when people start to
understand each stage and all the challenges that comes with it, the more successfully you are
with moving onto different stages. There is a purpose for each of the life cycle stages on how to
gain and/or develop skills throughout our lives for everyday challenges in both our personal and
careers. Nobody is ever truly ready for traumatic situations that they may face during their life
