Family Developmental Theory Paper

There are two theories that are appealing to me. They are family developmental theory and system theory. I like family developmental theory the most because it is divided into eight developmental stages that a family goes through during their family life span. Furthermore, each stage has its own challenges that a family face and completion of one stage depends on the infrastructure on previous developmental stage. Hence it is easy for a nurse to assess the family developmental stage progress in order to promote family health. Duvall’s eight stages of family developmental theory are as follows-
1. The family as a married couple with no children.
2. Childbearing families with children up to 30 months of age.
3. Families with preschool children.