Part one of term paper
Unlike the young adult, people in the middle of their lives are dealing with realignment, growth, and change. I think this realignment of the launching stage brings with it a time of crisis for the family and the persons identity. In the launching stage, when a person is reaching mid-life, is a time when the first child leaves the home to st ...

Part two of term paper
... They may also need to cope with the uncertainty of when their children will be leaving because there are no guidelines on when this stage will come or pass. The time of retirement, and when all the children have left, is called the empty nest. For most parents, this is the threshold of their lives and usually includes a large lifestyle change. They have the crisis of losing their role as a parent and needing to find a new sense of identity without this role. Feelings that come with this par ...