Topic > Fantasia Family Case Study - 1068

The process of multigenerational transmission examines how family dysfunctions are passed down across generations. A common dysfunction passed down from generation to generation would be teenage pregnancy. Looking across the generations, Fantasia, her mother and her grandmother all became pregnant at the age of 16. Due to the difficulties of teenage pregnancy, both Fantasia and her mother had to drop out of high school. Putting education on the back burner to take care of family is a common theme with the women of Fantasia