ABSTRACT
This research work was
embarked upon to examine the effect of child rearing practices and its
consequences on students in some selected communities in Esan South East Local
Government Area of Edo State and to proffer possible solutions to the problems.
The review revealed different forms of child rearing mentioned out to mother in
some communities in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State by
parents, teachers and guidance. Some of the abuse or child rearing and
consequences were attributed to poverty, ignorance and inadequacies in
protection of children while others are seen as deliberate. The population of
the fathers and mothers comprises of five communities from all communities in
Esan South East Local Government Area. A total of 100 questionnaires were used
for data collection and the analyses were presented in table 1 to 20 (twenty)
and the total scores were used analyze the data. It was revealed that children
of communities’ age are thrown out of communities because of inability of
parents to train them based on finding, some recommendations were
made.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter One
Introduction
Background of the study
Statement of the problem
Purpose of the study
Research questions
Scope of the study
Significance of the
study
Chapter
Two
Review of related
literature
Chapter Three
Research Methodology
Research design and area
of study
Population and study
sample
Sample techniques
Research instruments
Validity of instruments
Reliability of
instruments
Administration of
instruments
Method of data analysis
Chapter
Four
Data presentation,
analysis and discussion
Chapter
Five
Findings, Recommendation
and Conclusion
Summary of Finding
Recommendation
Conclusion
References
Questionnaires
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The overriding joy of any couple throughout the world is to bear children. The
arrival of such as child is a momentous occasion which is celebrated in
different ways. While it is important for the couples to bear children, most of
them often neglect the vital aspect of caring for their offspring. Every child
needs love, care, protection and security from their parents and the society in
which he lives. This foregoing assertion is supported by (Lee, 2002) she stated
that young children are actively dependent on adults for their care and
survival and that each child is expected to be looked after by his parents in
the society in which they live.
Moreover, the issue of giving adequate care to children is quite vital because
the quality of a nation depends to a large extent on the children. The way
children are cared for in Esan South East varies depending on the financial
strength of their parents.
Parenting is an activity
rooted not only in one’s own childhood experiences, but in the culture one grew
up and lives in. culture can have a powerful effect on parenting styles and
practices, according to the centers for disease control and prevention. For
example, a culture in which the father is expected to be a stern disciplinary
and the breadwinner will have a different effect on child-rearing practices
than one in which both parents work full time and parenting responsibilities
are shared.
BEHAVIOURAL EXPECTATIONS
Parents have behavioural expectations about their chdirlen that are similar in
many cultures, according to the centre for disease control (2013) among the
areas of consensus; children should be respectful and polite, not interrupt, be
honest, share and do well in school. However, some cultures have additional
expectation. Parents expect children to exert self-control, while fathers often
feel their children should have a religious or spiritual foundation. In Esan
South East Local Government Area of Edo State, fathers often expect their
children to be assertive, independent and willingly take responsibility for
their mistakes.
AFFECTION
One are in which cultures often differ is in the
ways parents display affection towards their children. West African communities
often stop such practices as kissing or fondling a child once she becomes a
to0ddler. However, some cultures consider physical attention such as bathing,
skin care or braiding a child’s hair to be appropriate physical ways to express
affection. Monetary rewards and praise are also signs of affection in Esan
South East Local Government Area of Edo State.
EDUCATION
Many parents see educational attainment as desirable for their children. In
some families however, physical punishment might be used to induce children to
study hard and get good grades, according to the national foster and kinship
care conference, 2012. Furthermore, parental involvement in activities such as
checking a child’s homework also varies by culture. The center for public
education reports that 82% of white parents check homework, while 91% of
Hispanic and 94% of Black parents check homework. In Esan South East Local
Government Area of Edo State, only few parents are interested in their children
academic performance. They poorly check their children home work and also not
fully involved in the academic welfare of their children.
PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
Physical punishment is another area in which parents of different culture act
differently. Most parents view spanking as a last resort strategy, but felt it
was acceptable, according to the center for Disease Control (2013). Black
parents were more willing to spank a child in a public place because they felt
the need to immediately respond to misbehavior. White and American Indian
parents were less comfortable to use a belt or strap for spanking for serious
misbehavior, while Asia-American and American Indian parents felt that they
should only use their hands.
These differences in caring for children is not peculiar to Esan South East
Local Government Area alone. For instance, Hake (2000) examined that, the
adoption system is practice in some part of Northern Nigeria where a child may
be sent to live with a favoured native so that the child might take the
advantage of better educational and occupational activities in the urban areas.
STATEMENT OF THE
PROBLEMS
The study tends to look into the practices of child rearing in Esan South East
Local Government in Edo State. The problem encounter in the courses of raising
up children is what the study tend to discuss. Most parents do not have concern
for their child they do not care about their child upbringing and so this
research work will help to tackle the problem faced by these children and help
to bring up children in proper way.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is;
1. To find out how children are cared for in Esan
South East Local Government Area during the formative years.
2. To investigate whether the advent of white
collar jobs has affected the ways parents take care of their children and how
working mothers are able to rear their children while keeping a fulltime
employment at the same time.
3. It is also to examine how traders and business
couples in Esan South East Local Government Area care for their children when
they are always on long journeys for several days or weeks whether they leave
their children in the care of house girls, their elder children or ages women
or nannies.
RESEARCH QUESTION
In the course of this research work, the following questions were deduced in
order to find out information about child rearing practices in Esan South East
Local Government Area of Edo State.
1. Do parents have concern in their children
welfare?
2. Do parents care about their child upbringing?
3. Do cultural practices have any effect either
negatively or positively in the child rearing?
4. How often do your parent concern about you?
5. Do parents have any affection for their
children?
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study of child rearing practices in Esan South East Local Government Area,
efforts will be restricted to some selected secondary. Due to the fact that the
researcher cannot go round the whole Edo State. I decided to choose five secondary
schools in Esan South East Local Government Area.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
The under-mentioned words are defined as follows;
Joy: This implies happiness
Couple: A couple is defined as a relationship
involving husband and wife.
Rearing: This can be defined as the process of bringing
up.
Esan: these are groups of communities of people that
speak Ishan language as popularly known in Edo State.
Parenting: Is the process of promoting and supporting the
physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from
infancy to adulthood. Parenting raising a child aside from the biological
relationship.
Department | Education |
Project ID Code | EDU0120 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 45 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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