The findings section presents each of the four young women’s narratives describing how they chose their university major, responded to their parents’ guidance, whether they felt the need to negotiate that guidance, and their view of their relationship with their parents. [...] In the process, I examine how the young women responded to their parents’ guidance, whether they felt the need to negotiate that guidance, and how they view their relationship to their parents. [...] When this occurred in the narratives, there was a distinct difference in how the young women approached both their own and their parents’ roles in the decision-making process, including when they listened to their parents’ guidance, a willingness to seek out alternative guidance, and how they viewed parent-child relationships in Cambodia. [...] When I asked about what her parents thought of her change in major (and career trajectory), she replied that they supported her and wanted her to “do what she can” in a way that was understanding and gave Sophal room to decide what she wanted to do next. [...] Allowing their children to do what they want to do is good for the parents too! In the above quote, Pheara claimed that her parents’ actions were becoming “normal.” Their supportive and encouraging attitude is indicative of larger changes in how children are expected to fulfil their filial obligations to their parents.
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- 36
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- Cambodia
Table of Contents
- CDRI Working Paper Series No. 146 3
- Editorial Committee 4
- Chief Editor Managing Editor Associate Editors 4
- 2024 Cambodia Development Resource Institute CDRI 4
- ISBN-13 978-9924-500-54-4 4
- Author affiliation 4
- Disclaimers 4
- Citation 4
- CDRI 4
- Table of contents 5
- Acknowledgements 7
- Executive summary 8
- Research questions 8
- Discussion 9
- Recommendations 10
- 1. Introduction 11
- Research questions 12
- 2. Context and literature review 12
- 2.1 Higher education and womens aspirations 12
- 2.2 Filial obligations and daughters roles 14
- 3. Research methods and description of interlocutors 15
- 4. Findings Approaching parental guidance 17
- 4.1 Relying on parental guidance 18
- 4.1.1 Kravann 18
- 4.1.2 Samedy 19
- 4.1.3 Young women relying on parental guidance 21
- 4.2 Parental guidance as a starting point 22
- 4.2.1 Sophal 22
- 4.2.2 Pheara 23
- 4.2.3 Young women viewing parental guidance as a starting point 24
- 5. Discussion 25
- 6. Conclusion 26
- 7. Recommendations 27
- References 29
- CDRI Working paper series 32
