Individual Self Reflection Report

The recent conflict between my mother and me will be analysed in this individual self-reflection report. The objective of this report is to analyse the possible causes of the abovementioned conflict, evaluate on my communication skills and review how both of us eventually ease the tension.
My mother is a housewife and my father is my family’s sole breadwinner. Therefore, she is responsible to take care of my elder brother and me most of the time. Since the last February, arguments between my mother and me have become more frequent. The main cause is, in my mother’s perception, there is an imbalance between my time spent on study and that of with family. She also complains that I now accomplish task less efficiently than in last semester. She

My mother assumes that she knows everything about what should be done in order to deal with the issues in university school life. She thinks that my busy school life is owing to my laziness and poor time management. All problems are undesirable and indicate my incompetence. She claims that problems are always destructive and should be avoided. However, in my point of view, some problems are unavoidable. Overcoming problem is a necessary step to move on in most situation. Problem allows us to identify the mistake and even gives us new dimensions. However, my mother is not able to perceive problems in such a positive way. She argues that if I get prepared earlier then everything can be smoothly done. Thus, things will be controllable and become organized at the end. She claims that hard-working is always the key. Yet, she doesn’t consider the variables which are rapidly and continuously changing. She also thinks that since my brother has never encountered such matter before, it’s abnormal for me to face such “problem”. She doesn’t take into account the individual difference between my brother and me (i.e. my brother has different strengths and his programme is entirely different from