By: Thi Cam Vy Tran S00093756

Name: Brandon Li

Age: 9 years old

Gender: Male

Nationality: Half Australian and Half Chinese

•Child (Brandon Li)

•Immediate Family - Father (Chinese)- Mother (Australia)- Older brother and sister- Grandmother

•Education - Pre-school- Primary school

- Primary school teacher

•Health - Asthma- Doctor

•Extra Curricular Activities - Swimming- Swimming teacher- Piano lessons- Piano teacher

Mother

FatherPrimary and School Teacher

Swimming InstructorPiano Teacher

Doctor

Extended family

• Father - has 3 brothers and 2 sisters

• Mother – has 2 brothers and 3 sisters

Parent’s Occupations

• Father – Optometrist

• Mother - Part-time for a Consulting firm

Siblings

• His older brother and sister both are

studying at University.

Laws

Father’s values

Mother’s Beliefs-Influenced by the media

Life changing situations:

- Parent’s divorce

- Death of grandfather

• “In 2003, just over 1 million children aged 0–17 years lived with one parent and also had a natural parent living elsewhere. This represented 22% of children in this age group, a similar proportion to that in 1997” (ABS, 2006).

• Between 1997 and 2003 there was little change in the living arrangements of children aged 0–17 years with a parent living elsewhere. In 2003, just over three quarters (77%) of these children lived in one-parent families (ABS, 2006)

• In 2004-05, asthma was the most commonly reported long-term condition for children aged 0-14 years (12%) (ABS, 2004-05).

• Of children aged 0-14 years, boys were more likely to have asthma than girls (13% compared with 10%) (ABS, 2004-05).