Family Life Course/Development theory has several shortcomings. Which of the following is a shortcoming of this theory?

A. It suggests that there are stages in life but in reality there are no stages.
B. It is unrealistic to expect that each family will experience the same stage in the same way.
C. Early versions of the theory presupposed that there is a ‘normal' way to go through the stages and that different stages are mutually exclusive.
D. None of these.


C

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