SMITH MINI CASE: Nathan Smith is single and lives in Detroit, where he works on the assembly line at the local automobile manufacturing plant and is a member of the Automobile Workers Union.He views work as a means to buy things to enhance his leisure time and recently purchased a new television so that he could better watch his favorite team, the Detroit Lions, play football. Nathan has always followed the Lions, largely because his dad was a big Lions fan.
-In the SMITH MINI CASE,Nathan most likely considered to be in the ________ stage of the traditional family life cycle.

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Nathan is single with no dependents, and views work primarily as a means to fund his leisure activities. These characteristics are typical of individuals in the bachelorhood stage of the traditional family life cycle. The other stages (honeymooner, parenthood, postparenthood, dissolution) involve different family structures and responsibilities that Nathan does not currently have.

SMITH MINI CASE: Nathan Smith Is Single and Lives in Detroit