BON PABOR DE FAMILIA, INC.

Manggahan St., Matina Pangi, Davao City

I. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Name : Maha
Age : 21
Sex : Female
Birth Date : August 9, 1996
Birth Place : Davao City
Status : Single
Religion : Islam
Educational Attainment : 2nd year college
School Attended : University of Mindanao
Last School Attended : S.Y 2017-2018
Presented Address : Maa, Davao City
Ethnicity : Kalagan
Birth Ordinal Position : 1 of 3
Case Category : Family Favoritism

II. FAMILY COMPOSITION

NAME AGE BIRTH ADDRESS RELATION EDUCATIONA OCCUPATI REMARK

DATE TO CHILD L ON S
ATTAINMENT

High School
Edris 56 January 22, Maa Father Graduate Tricycle
1961 Driver

High School
Noradin 39 August 19, Maa Mother Graduate Housewife
1978

3rd year High

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Adrian 14 February Maa Brother School Student

20, 2005

Mael 7 May 11, Maa Brother Grade 3 Student

2010

III. SOURCE OF INFORMATION

 Client

IV. PRESENTED PROBLEM

Maha is having a difficult relationship with her parents especially to her
father. She feels being isolated in the family because she was always scolded and
discouraged by her parents.

V. CLIENT HISTORY
Maha is a active student since then, when she was in elementary and high
school she joined in sepak takraw but unfortunately her parents won’t allow her to
be part of it because her parents told her that this kind of sports are for boys only
but Maha badly wanted to enter this sports but due to her respect, she prefer to
follow her parents decision. When it comes to studies, her parents give her
unwanted words like she can't finish her studies and she won’t be successful in her
life. They always discourage Maha in her success because of her laziness and
attitude towards household chores. When she was the only child in the family, she
was being spoiled by her parents like giving what she wants including not to help
in household chores sometimes. Maja also has a boyfriend who always there to
comfort her every time she is down. Despite of all the problems they had Maha
still pursuing her dreams and maintaining her scholarship, she has good grades not
high like others but an average kind of student.
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VI. CLIENT FAMILY

Both her parents are originally in Davao City. They were living together. Her
father is a tricycle driver and his income every day is 400 pesos only which not
really enough to sustain all their need. They were three siblings and Maha is the
eldest, among them the middle sibling is the most favorite of her father because of
the achievement he bought to his family. The middle child is a Palarong Pambansa
sepak takraw player and some of his allowance and incentive given by the
government he always give these to his father to help them financially the reason
why the middle child is a favorite of one. Her family started to get a cold
treatment towards her since she started going home late at night. She is seemingly
an outcast in the family and feels she is not part of them.

VII. ENVIRONMENT
Her parents were always castigating her every time she commits mistakes,
specially her father. Her father wants her to help her mother in doing the
household choirs but she will not oblige unless if she only feels to help and every
time her father has something to ask her to do Maha just ignored it and feels like
no one talking to her so her father will get mad at her and wanted her to be in front
of him immediately after calling her name. There was a moment when her father
caught her going home late because she watched motor cross together with her
cousins and this was the moment also when Maja tried to open up her feelings
towards his parents. But nothing’s changed the treatment remains the same. Maha
stayed for one week in the house of her cousin after of what happened. When
Maha is in school she has friends who always there for her every time she feels
down they comfort Maja and makes her feel better. They usually hanging out and
going to mall and somewhere outside the school after class.

ASSESSMENT
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Manggahan St., Matina Pangi, Davao City

This is a case of Maha, a second year social work student and a scholar who feels
favoritism between her and her younger brother, she tried everything she could to be a better
daughter yet it’s not enough for her parents especially to her father.
Maha flaunt her determination in her studies despite of their situation which is
financially unstable and difficult relationship with her parents especially to her father. When
she was still young she can get what she want as long as her parents can provide but when
she was in high school she started to envy her brother because of his achievement that was
being supported by her parents unlike to her and at that moment she also started to feel the
favoritism between her and her brother that until now she carried all the burden of favoritism
in the family. She started going home late and hanging out with his friends she feels the
companionship of her friends than to her own family. Her parents start to castigate her for
coming home late and with her behavior and attitude. Actually Maha tried already to
approach her parents and open up about what she feels towards them but unfortunately her
parents refused her for the reason that they think that Maha will do the same thing such as
going home late because her parents never seen any changes from her.
According to Rollo May’s the existentialist theory, the state of rebellion believes that
human begins often desire something yet do not understand the work that must go in to
getting it or the meaning behind it. In connection with this case, Maja is just thinking her own
self the desire of getting the attention of her parents but don’t understand the side of her
parents why her parents admonishing her especially if she did wrong, it is only for her sake
and for her betterment.
If her problem is not attended to immediately, Maha probably will still suffer the
feeling of favoritism and still having difficult relationship with his parents especially to her
father.
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