Oliva was a sophomore thriving in college when her father was laid off from his job. Even with financial aid, the family could n
o longer afford to send her to college, so she left to get a full-time job at a restaurant near the family home. This situation illustrates the _____ of families.
Linked-lives is a popular preposition, the idea is that people who are related to each like father-child or mother-child relationship have similar influencing trajetories of development that cuts across their lives.