Conflict Management in the Family

Abstract

Conflict is part of human life. It occurs when two or more people disagree or engage in struggle over certain issues. It is a social necessity and a normal and functional inevitable aspect of the healthy function of all communities. In the case of the family, it might be caused as a result of financial constrain, sexual problems, negligence of emotional, physiological, financial maturity and family encumbrances before contacting marriage, psychological problems, social as well as other variable. Family conflicts reduce the quality of life. This reduction in the quality of life and considering the fact that the family is the nucleus of the society, there arise the need to design management strategies to tackle the problem. Some of these strategies include: accommodation, collaboration, compromise, problem-solving, avoidance, family life education and counseling services.