Forum Script

Family Bonding : Challenges and solutions based on the current situations.

Chairperson

Counselor
Chairperson
Parent
Chairperson

Student

A very good afternoon to Madam and fellow friends. Welcome to the forum
of today. I would like to thank to all of the audience infront of me. Thank
you very much for attending this forum. Our issue for today is Stress in
Family . First of all, I would like to introduce our panels for today. On my
right is Miss. Kavietha, a student from Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus
Tengku Ampuan Afzan, next to her is the very experience counselor, Dr.
Pavitra. Welcome to our forum for today, Dr. Pavitra.
Thank you.
At the end of the corner is our specially invited parent, Mrs. Sakhti. How are
you doing Mrs. Sakhti ?
Im good , and glad to be here for this forum.
Dear audiences, as we well know, stress is a normal physical response to
events that make us feel threatened or upset our balance in some way. It also
known as mental pressure. Dr.Hans Selye was the first to define the term
stress as the nonspecific response of the body to any demands made upon it.
It can be characterized by diverse reactions, such as muscle tension, acute
anxiety, increased hear rate, hypertension, shallow breathing, giddiness and
even joy. From a perspective, stress is a force that generates and initiates
action. For further detail about this topic, I would like to seek information
from the first panel next to me. Miss. Kavietha can you please explain to us
about what are the causes of stress in family ?
Thank you Miss Chairperson. A very good afternoon to all the panelist and
the audiences. Im so glad to be one of the guest here. As what Miss Alice
has said just now, Im a first year student at IPGKTAA. As we know, family
stress can be defined as a real or imagined imbalance between the demands
on the family and the families ability to meet those demands. In the
definition of family stress, the demands in the family are commonly referred
to as stressors. A stressor is a life event or transition that happens in the
family. However, anything that puts high demands on us or forces us to
adjust can be stressful. The most common causes of stress in family life are
finances, work and health. The financial situation is the cause most often
cited for stress in family life. When there are money problems, people tend
to live in a perpetual state of stress. Unemployment, working long hours and
other financial or work-related problems can make family obligations
difficult. This can result in constantly worrying about money and not being
able to meet the needs of family. Besides, health also can be a cause of
stress, especially as people begin to age or if they have a particular health
condition. Living with ill health can be stressful enough but most people are

Chairperson

Counselor

concerned for the financial security of their families as they are their own
health. Parents who still have young children worry about their care should
something happen to them before their children are grown.
Thank you, thats all from me.
Thanks to the first panel. From what Miss Kavietha have said, we are able to
know that work tension, financial problem and health become some causes
of stress in family. Right my next question is to Dr. Pavitra. What are the
effects that can related to this family stress? Can you explain it to us?
Thanks to the chairperson. A very good afternoon to all the panelist and
audience. Im so glad to be here to share my opinions with all of you. There
are many effects that can be related to stress in family. It is also important to
remember that stress not only affects the sufferer but it also can affect the
moods and attitudes of those around them. If a wife and children are witness
to their husband and father suffering extreme levels of stress, due to
pressures of work or financial difficulties, it can have an overwhelming
effect on their behaviour as well.
Irrespective of which family member is suffering from the effects of stress it
will have a knock on effect to all those around them.
Many families operate on the principle that if there is a problem within the
family then it is the responsibility of the parents to resolve it. This in itself is
stressful for no other reason than the fact there is the extra burden of trying
to keep certain circumstances and details from the children.
This characteristic in many families increases stress levels and ultimately
brings about stress for those not privy to what is actually going on. Children
in particular are very susceptible to the mood swings of others around them
and this can be no more evident than in the family home.
Stress causes families to compartmentalise and in some instances depending
on the nature of the problem that brings about the onset of stress can cause
family loyal to shift.
Thank you,thats all from me.

Chairperson

Thank you to Dr.Pavitra for her wonderful opinions. As a family members all
of us have to always take note about the effects of stress in our families. So
that we can able to cope with it. We have listened to student and counselors
opinion about stress in family. Now I would like to post next question to
Mrs.Sakhti. Mrs.Sakthi can you share with all the audience for today, what
are the solutions
recommended in order to solve these problem ?

Parent

Thank you Miss Chairperson. Every problems always have it solutions.

Among that is, keep anger under control. As most parents know that anger is
harmful to children. They try their hardest to keep their anger under control.
But in most instances the capacity to restrain anger is limited and parents
suddenly become overwhelmed by it. So as a parents we have to accept the
fact that whatever the circumstance a time will certainly come when a child
will make us angry. So, we just have to make a definite plan to study the
reasons for such tensions and then work things out in such a manner that
they do not arise again.
Besides, a major contributor to stress in family is the pressure associated
with time contraints with kids. As a responsible parents we have to spend as
much time as with our children that they may share their feelings and
problems. Beside weekdays, every weekends parents can spend their time
with their children by having lunch or dinner at outing and leisure activities
to make themselves happy. Moreover, it also strengthened the family
bonding among parents and children. Lastly, parents should be smart on
managing time with works and families.
Thats all from me, thank you.

Chairperson

Thank you Mrs. Sakhti for your willingness to share the solutions between
us. I hope all of the suggestions that given by her can be useful to our life.
As a conclusion, stress in family is one of the serious issue that need hurry
reactions so that it cant be more worsened. Furthermore, to surpass it, we
must overcome it with elbow grease and also with million brilliant ways.

SAY NO TO FAMILY STRESS!

Thank you.