Nonnormative Life Event
Summer 1992
Layoff of a father of 3 children
During the summer of 1992 my father was laid off from his job as maintenance employee at the Tyvek manufacturing company he had worked at for 7 years. At the time my mother did not work and my father was the sole financial provider for our family.
This disrupted the normal life trajectory of being gainfully employed and being able to provide for ones family. However, the United States was going through a pretty tough recession in the 1990's and many people were laid off especially from service and manufacturing (blue-collar) type of work.
This disrupted the normal life trajectory of being gainfully employed and being able to provide for ones family. However, the United States was going through a pretty tough recession in the 1990's and many people were laid off especially from service and manufacturing (blue-collar) type of work.
History-Graded Influence
This nonnormative life event was influenced by the history of the 1990's and the decades that preceded it.
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