Biography Of Quinton s Mother Underwent An Operation For...

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (7-12) Family Relationship During elementary years, Quinton’s mother underwent an operation for what he vaguely recalled was a thyroid disease. He remembered praying at a church with his father for a very long time. The emergence of faith narrative at this point suggested an intuitive-projective stage according to faith development as proposed by Fowler (1995. Quinton’s illustration demonstrated an initial awareness of proximity seeking to God in times of distress through prayer as modelled by his father. According to Fowler (1995), at this stage the child observes and imitates the practice of the adults’ behaviour in an intuitive manner while developing the ability to align value and logic behind their religious practice (Fowler, 1995; Roehlkepartain et al, 2006). Upon the arrival of his little sister who was also diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, Quinton’s mother experienced postnatal depression. The distress of his mother’s emotional experience was kept away from Quinton and his siblings’ awareness. Later in his elementary years, Quinton’s father was out of work. In order to prevent their children from worrying, his dad decided to pretend going to work everyday to keep the stressful situation away from the children’s awareness. Quinton appreciated the way his father managed the situation, â€Å"That was really nice. We didn’t have all the cares of the world† (Audio Clip B, 2:19). From an attachment perspective, the ability of his parents to