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Katelyn, a Caucasian female (age 15), lived with her father Parrish (age 41), older sister Anastacia (age 17) younger sisters, Emily (age 12) and Brooke (age 10) in Minnesota after going through entropy in the family. Katelyn’s mother did not have an honest relationship with her father, Parrish, which led to her parent’s separating leaving Katelyn and her sisters having to adapt and cope to their new acquisition. After having repeated arguments and dealing with four children, Cynthia (age 40), the girls mother, decided to move out of their families home and into her new boyfriend’s house. The after-reaction of Cynthia moving out led the girls to create a rigid boundary with their mother.
While living with Parrish, the girl’s father, Katelyn and her older sister Anastacia were going through Erikson’s stage of identity vs. role confusion, which happens during the ages 13-19 years. The girls were struggling with the differentiations going on in their lives. They used to live a life like all their friends families two parents, siblings, …show more content…
As the social worker, it is important to see how the girls are doing with the acquisition of learning the after-reaction of having their parent’s divorce and their mother move out. To make sure their mezzo support system is making a positive impact on the girl’s. The support system the girl’s had was making positive impacts on their lives, helping them to maintain grades in school, and to keep the relationships with their parents. Anastacia moved in with her mother to avoid the stress that might be taking a toll on her father. Going through the struggles of not having a family, Katelyn, and her sisters are causally learning. They are learning about the causes of the fact they will have to go between the parent’s houses each week as the outcome of the