The family discussed in this paper is a blended family which is a family consisting of a couple and children from the current relationship and those of another relationship. The members in this family is Stepfather (LW), age 33, mother (MB), age 31, and four children (XW, BW, GO, DW) ages 2,5,8, and 8. MB is the biological mother of three of the four children. GO is the product of a previous relationship which the father is still involved in her life. LW is also, the father of three of the four children. He also, has a child from a previous relationship where he has visitation rights one day a week and every other weekend. The family states that they do not have any religious ties to any churches. They do believe in god but do not associate with any specific religion.
The family social class would be described as family with low-middle socioeconomic status. The parents in this family struggle to make the monthly bills. They have very little education and are unable to manage their money very well. They are an active believer in the American culture. They celebrate all of the American “traditions” for the holidays.
The family does come together when it comes to leisure time activities. Mom and dad are very active in the demolition derby in the summer time. They both encourage the kids to become involved in school activities from Cheerleading for Go and football for BW and DW. Three of the four children participate in race go-karts but, this creates a strain in the relationship between mom and dad. Due to money and issues created by both of the other parent of two of the children.
This family is in the preschool-aged stage of the family life cycle. There are two major tasks that the family must complete in this stage of the family life cycle. The first one is coping with energy depletion and lack of privacy for the parents. At the current time this is a