TOTAL INSTITUTION, DIVORCE AND CHILDREN’S DAYCARE CENTERS(2014)

TOTAL INSTITUTION, DIVORCE AND CHILDREN’S DAYCARE CENTERS

Presented by…….• KATHERINE NG XIM

HUEY • LEE SHENG KWONG • LIM LEE KERN • LOW HOR YAN • NATHYNIE A/P

AROKIANATHAN• TAY GUAN EE • TING LAI YING

Total Institution

∞ Erving Goffman∞ Isolated, enclosed social system∞ Regulates all aspects of a person’s life under a single authority∞ Prison, mental hospital, military training camp

Resocialization

Process of tearing down & rebuilding individual’s role Existing role : alter & replace Socially constructed sense of self

Factors of Difficulties in Resocialization to Prison Life

No freedom Unfamiliar environment Less contact with family Separated from social world

ì No freedom

limited place follow rules cannot make decision cannot give opinion limited time to rest fulfill the schedule activities

í Unfamiliar environment

feel insecure anxiety could not mate

ï Less contact with family cannot meet them & talk to them everyday miss their parents & siblings feel lonely & unhappy

Separated from social world

Limited Internet No smartphones Less interaction with friends Less communication with others

Irreconcilable differences Divorce

We agree that irreconcilable

difference is the main reason of divorce in

Malaysia

Expectations

• Don’t understand each other well• Reality X Expectations• Irritating habits, true side of a person

Point of Views & Perspectives

• Gender roles X Traditional thinking • Husband works , wife -> housewife• Women pursuit career, higher in income and

knowledge

Personality

• Over Dependent X Over Independent

Hobbies/Interests

• Inability to accept spouses’ interests.• One rather play video games indoors.• Another loves outdoor activities.

VS

Emotional Needs

• One thinks that talking improve relationship.• Another thinks mutual presence is enough.

Sexual Needs

• Unable to satisfy each other’s sexual needs.• Frequency of intercourse.• Types of activities.

Trust• One trust the other would not

betray him/her.• One doesn’t trust and constantly

feels insecure.

Loyalty

• The one who is loyal feels hurt when infidelity occurs.

LEVEL OF INCOME

The wife earns more than the husband.

The male feels weak.Divorce…

Locationso Couples live in different places-work.o Less time spent together.o Actress Erra Fazira and Engku Emran’s divorce

Goals of Life…• One is happy with a simple life.• Another wants luxurious life.

Journal ReviewTitle: Work-care balance among parents-workers in Malaysian urban organizations: Role and quality of children’s day care centres”. Task:– Summary of journal article.– Personal comments or assessments on

the strengths and weaknesses of the research.

Problem Statement• What are parents-workers’ attitudes in sending

children to daycare centers?

• Will parents feel indifferent in their decision & action as long as their children are being cared by others while they are working?

• Do in-house domestic helpers helped parents sufficiently enough?

Objective

• To reduce parents-workers’ difficulty in balancing family and career

• To provide beneficial measures and effective strategies by setting integrated children’s daycare centers within the community to assist parents-workers especially mothers in coping with demands of the two life spheres

METHODOLOGY

• Method Survey questionnaire 22 questions

Answers ranging from 4 (strongly agree) to 1 (strongly disagree)

• Measurement 2 page questionnaire divided into 2 sections

Section A - demographic part Section B - a set of Likert Scale

• Sample SIZE

558 parents CRITERIA

Parent or guardian to a child between 0-18 year old Work for a living

SELECTION List down numbers of children’s daycare centers and

tuition centers around Cheras, Gombak and Shah Alam Obtain from site & internet searching

• Procedure FILL questionnaire & scale of parental expectation

for children’s early education & personal option towards sending children to children’s daycare centers

TRANSLATE scale into 2 languages English Bahasa Malaysia

GIVE ample time to answer COLLECT questionnaire once finished ENCOURAGE respondents to provide further

explanation about topic

• Ethical consideration A system of ethical protections

Protect rights of research participants Voluntary participation required informed consent

Fully informed about research procedures & risks Give consent to participate

Research Findings &

Discussion

• Demographic variables Gender/sex ▪ Marital status Type of parents ▪ Ethnicity Religion ▪ Number of children Monthly income ▪ Working sectors

• Factors & attitudes in sending children to children daycare centers Distance between daycare centers from home & cost/fee Shows a convenient attitude

Concern with internal & controllable factors Continuous dilemma

Extinct of extended family system Need for dual-earning income families

• Prefer daycare centers instead of in-house helpers

• 70% think that in-house helpers will cause more problems

• Prefer children’s daycare centers to have 24-7 services including weekend & public holiday Not worrying about children Able to take care and provide education to children

• 90% think it is important to have a good relationship between parents-workers & employers Childcare is the responsibility of both parents-workers

& employer

Support idea of employers’ subsidization scheme Improve facilities and equipment of daycare centers. Have different time zone

Maximize needs of parents

StrengthCombination of theories that are linked together

& have a strong relevance to this research• Ecological System Theory• Family System Theory• Rational Choice Theory• Social-network Theory

Demographic data & geographical data

Survey form• Convenient • Receive feedbacks • More accurate• Specific measurement

“Neither agree nor disagree” & “Neutral” is not made available

Specific answersEthical consideration• Not forcing people to participate

Weakness

× Geographical data• Focus only on 3 parts of Selangor

Cheras, Shah Alam & Gombak

× Hasty Generalization• Did survey with 558 Malaysians • Assume them as the entire Malaysian citizens

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