Utilizing Family Life Cycle Framework for Intervention in Crisis Faced by Mr. Lau

Running head: SOCIAL RESEARCH
Social Research
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1. Family ECO GRAM AND GENOGRAM of Mr. Lau
2. nderstanding how the Framework of Family Life Cycle can be utilized to conduct an
Intervention in the crisis faced by Mr. Lau
The given scenario will be analyzed using the framework of the family life cycle. The
family life cycle theory refers to the many different stages of growth and development that a
family is seen to go through in the course of its existence. There are essentially five important
stages of the family life cycle process. The first stage is the independent stage, when those who
are about to form a family unit are seen to be enjoying an independent existence as individual
adults, following their dreams and ambitions and not living under the care and guidance of
Sibling 1 Wife
Sibling 2 Step Son
Lau Sing
Boon
Father
Daughter

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anyone. The second stage is marriage or the coupling stage when two people living
independently decide to come together, form a union by marriage and start a family. The third
crucial stage of the family life cycle process is the child bearing and the child rearing stage. This
is the stage when the married couple is seen to devote all of their energies into rearing their
children right up to the point when their children have become adolescent or are in their teens.
The fourth stage of the family life cycle theory entails the launching of adult children, helping
them to set out a career and consequently an independent existence for themselves and finally,
the fifth stage of the family life cycle theory is one that involves ageing gracefully or otherwise
in old age (Rapoport & Rapoport, 2019).
When it comes to analyzing the case of Mr. Lau, two of the issues that I would want to
work on, with him as a case workers are his tendency to control the life and activities of his
daughter and the negative perceptions and assumptions that he holds with regard to the
intentions of his siblings. It is clear from reading the case study that has been provided that Mr.
Lau belongs to the stage in the family life cycle when his children have entered the stage of
adolescence, that is, with his daughter being only 15 years of age as also the stage of launching
adult children, given the fact that his step son recently enrolled for duties in the infantry and who
is now away from home. The task of rearing an adolescent daughter is not proving to be easy for
Mr. Lau given that teenagers are often known to be rebellious and daring and do not want to be
controlled by their parents. As a case worker, I would make Mr. Lau understand that an
adolescent child needs to be granted a fair degree of independence, which is why he needs to be
more accepting of the fact that his daughter wants to go out and wishes to stay out late. I would
explain to him how she is going through a difficult transition from her childhood and pre-teens to
a time in her life when she slowly begins to act and think and feel like an adult. Mr. Lau has