FAMILY MEMBERS:
✦ James: father; 32 years old; full-time but temporarily
employed without benefits, expected to
be promoted to a permanent position soon with
benefits (married Eleanor 3 years ago)
✦ Eleanor: mother; 33 years old; full-time employed,
a school teacher at an elementary school with
benefits, considering being a “stay-at-home”
mother after giving birth (six months’ pregnant);
first marriage, married to James after giving birth
to Dustin
✦ Hanna: oldest child; 8 years old; daughter (from
James’s first marriage), third grade, usually a good
student
✦ Dustin: son; 3.5 years old; all-day preschool
(private day care facility), developmentally on target
✦ The couple is expecting a baby girl.