• Spanish Translation

• Phone conversation

Gina Rodriguez

• Phone Conversation

• Completed Twice due to technical difficulties

  
  

• Before college

• After College

• Two-dimensional framework

  • Agency:

    • Autonomy: subject to one's own rule

    • Heteronomy: Subject to another's rule

  • Interpersonal Distance: Degree of connection from others

    • Relatedness: Bounderis are fused with others

    • Separateness: Well-defined boundaries

• Gina displays independent behavior as a form of connection with her mother and family

• Elsy emphasizes autonomy to benefit relatedness and create environments of warmth.

Christian

• Graduate

• Lives with parents

• Talks about how his relationship with his parents has changed and adapted throughout his life and what its like now

Nick

• Current student

• Lives on campus

• Contrasts his relationship with his parents now with how it used to be and with Christian’s experience

• Talked openly and to each other about the questions asked

• Sounds like a podcast

• Open dialogue between all parties

As seen in field notes, the expected wall of parents and children was not there and the environment was a catalyst for a peer dynamic

Christian

• Would not change much, allow child to make mistakes so they can learn themselves

• subtle guidance to enrich character

Nick

• Would structure life more, less independence and more goal driven

  • "The worst thing in life is a waste of talent"

Both depends on case by case basis. Each child is different and requires different levels of attention

Most important aspect

• Family Support

  • early parental involvement is crucial to a Child's development, and the continued support through the Child's life lends itself to the most significant benefits

  • fostering a positive family culture where the child can be safe to express themselves and creating a strong environment that holds positive morals will ingrain the morals into the child taking them wherever they go