Answer:
stages of the family life cycle are identified as:
1) family formation (marriage to first birth),
2) family expansion (first birth to last childbirth),
3) completion of expansion (child raising to departure of first child from home),
4) family contraction (through departure of last child from home),
5) completion of contraction (last child departure through spouse death), and 6) dissolution of the family (death of one spouse to death of other).
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