Question

3.1. Researchers have defined the traditional family life cycle as a progression of stages through

which many families pass. Discuss the FIVE basic stages (in sequential order) that are found in
the family life cycle model. Also link an example of a two products that would appeal to each of
the five stages.
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Answer 1

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 for example There are five: stages in the product life cycle: development, introduction, growth, maturity, decline.