Self-managing definition
Self-managing means the participant is in control and responsible for:
Self-managing means taking up an independent attitude in most spheres of one’s own life and family life. The child would have to cope with their own problems and needs, try to meet their needs on their own, and face the trou- bles and challenges alone. This concerns functioning at school, among peers, and in the family environment. In each of these environments, ‘self-man- aging children’ become brave children, who are coping, capable and fit to deal with everyday difficulties. The parentified children adapt to the reali- ty and demands placed upon them. At the same time, such ‘self-managing’ children would seem to be torn between their own feelings (suffering, inner pain, a sense of inadequacy), and the deeds and actions that they had to un- dertake. By becoming part of the parental subsystems, as Salvador Minuchin notes (1974), such children assume responsibility for the family and family members.