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The Parenting Stage: The Brady Family Life Cycle

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The Brady family is in the parenting stage of the family life cycle. The parenting stage can be one of the most stressful times a couple faces during the course of their marriage. This stage consists of parenting school-age children through adolescence age children and the Brady parents work throughout the series to prepare their children to become productive members of society by giving them more responsibilities as they grow older.
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