stages

1374003652 toc = Definition: = Qualitatively distinct periods of development HGD Chapter 1, p. 7

= Examples: =
 * Various stages in life require attention, such as the infant stage.
 * A child at the toddling stage

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 * Stages are to development as stairs are to levels of a house

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=In the News:= [|Have the Traditional Life Stages for Women Disappeared Forever?] Freelance writer, Rebecca Holman, lives like a college student at age 30. She compares the traditional standards for a woman thirty years ago to those for today's generation at a whole new level. A career she deems as impossible not only because of the recession, but also because in many industries it's necessary to have numerous unpaid internships and an unattainable amount of work experience before even being considered for a full-time job. The house isn't even an option with the rising cost of deposit size in London, therefore forcing many Londoners to rent at age 30. The wedding cost is put off by couples who can't afford or don't want to pay big bucks for the big day; getting married and living with your partner has become less of a big deal as the number of couples, who are not married but have children, is equal to those who are married and living together with children. The baby is being put off later and later, with the number of women having kids over age 45 tripling. This goes hand in hand with the recession making an actual career less attainable, a house harder to afford, a wedding a financial burden, and a baby a struggle to provide for. Although the times have changed, standards for women have not.

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