In this stage the couple is newly married and just moved in together and their main goal is to adjust to being married and living together.
The Launching Stage
The new stage for the couple has changed to now being parents. Their goal is to focus on their first child and create new responsibilities .
The Mid-Year Stage
As the daughter becomes a teen she is going to school and learning to be independent. Meanwhile there are some learning lessons that she learns along the way.
The Aging Stage
As the child grows up, she graduates and begins her new life at college. The parents are back to reorganizing their life to adjust to their child leaving.
As the child leaves college she has a kid and the parents become grandparents. The parenting for the parents end and new lives have begun.
The parents enter this stage and become retired . Breaking away from the employee role. They focus on hobbies and interests as well as grand-parenting.