However, it is important to understand that not all people follow the life cycle. Some choose to not be married, or not to have children. The life cycle has eight stages, marriage, childbearing, preschool, school, teen, launching center, middle age, and aging. The Fosters are no exception to the family life cycle. Lena and Steff are considered to be in the marriage stage of the family life cycle, even though they are a common law couple. All the children are in the teen and school part of the life
However, it is important to understand that not all people follow the life cycle. Some choose to not be married, or not to have children. The life cycle has eight stages, marriage, childbearing, preschool, school, teen, launching center, middle age, and aging. The Fosters are no exception to the family life cycle. Lena and Steff are considered to be in the marriage stage of the family life cycle, even though they are a common law couple. All the children are in the teen and school part of the life