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Family Case Study Case Studies

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Introduction
The following case study, is a female, Kelly, suffering from several problems with her family. She lives in a low income family and is the important role of family’s pillar. Since she is the oldest daughter and is a student at the same time, her parents fully expected her to take care of younger siblings. As a result, she did not perform well in DSE examination while her parents does not support her to continue study and urge her to gain a livelihood for family. Therefore, she has no idea on her decision making.

Problems
After seeing the case, I discovered there are some problems with Kelly. Firstly, there occurs a role of conflicts. She finds excessive burden as she plays the role of take care of younger siblings and being a …show more content…

They believe a Form 6 graduate is qualified to get a job since they do not understand the circumstance of society have changed although Kelly understand the situation and know the future require good education level.

At last but not least, lack of communication is the main problem. Her parents do not know what she actually thinks despite estranged relationship. Consequently, when she decided to apply College, they do not respect her decision. “Three key elements that influence satisfaction with long-term relationships: words, thoughts, and emotions” (Notarius, 1996), I believe parent-child relationships unleash critical influences on children’s self-concepts and identities, as word depends on how family members talk and behave toward each other can influence their self-esteem and relationship.

Suggestion
According to the above reviewed case study, Kelly is experiencing difficulties with herself and her parents. The following suggestions will be targeted to Kelly and her parents which aim to improve their …show more content…

For example, she can make a timetable to study and take care of her siblings in order to follow the schedule more regularly, so she may have much more spare time. Also, Kelly’s siblings should learn to take care of themselves and be more independently not only rely on her. For instant, they should learn how to do homework by themselves and give a hand on doing housework. Hence, government and some non-profit organization provide many support to those low income family to assist or take care of the children, such as “School-based After-school Learning Support Programmes” and obligation tutorial “On Fire” respectively, I believe these kind of programs can effectively relieve Kelly’s

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