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7/31/2019 Characteristics of Good Parenting

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Parents are responsible for socializing their

children; provide their basic needs; provide

emotional support for them.

Parents need certain skills in order to perform

these functions well.


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Communication Skills- so that they can talk

to their children and also be able to listen to

them.

Socialization Skills- in order to teach theirchildren the values, norms and mores of the

society


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Disciplinary Skills-in order to deal with

inappropriate behaviour.

Knowledge of Good Nutrition Skills-so that

they can prepare the kinds of meal that would

help the child to grow and stay healthy.

Problem Solving Skills-to deal with the many

problems which the children will face.


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Skills to provide love and warmth which the

children will need.

Money Management Skills- skills in managing

money in order to budget properly for the

childrens material needs.


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A Social Issue is a condition which is

widespread and contains behaviour which a

large number of people think is desirable or

unacceptable.


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Teenage Pregnancy

Street Children

ALTERNATIVE Life STYLE Substance Abuse

Juvenile Delinquency

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Child Abuse


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Suicide

Incest

Poverty

Desertion

Domestic Violence

Trafficking in Persons

Care and Concern of the aged and those with

Special Needs


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Is the issue considered to be desirable in yourcountry?

Does the issue affect a large number of

people in your country?

Do a large number of people in your countryrecognize the issue as a problem for the

society?

Do people in your country think that the issuecan be solved easily?


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Use of the familys scarce financial resources

to rehabilitate a family member.

Conflict and eventually breakup in the family

due to these social issues(promiscuity,

substance abuse, incest, domestic violence).


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Alienation may lead to an attitude of

indifference among family members and as a

result, they may accept the problems rather

than deal with them(poverty or substance

abuse).

Other family members may learn the negative

behaviour and the cycle will continue.


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The moral or self-esteem of the family maybe

affected, as the members become alienated

by other members of the society-example

A.I.D.S or Poverty.

The health of the family may be affected.


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Some children may be deprived of their

parents, for example through imprisonment

for crime, death from A.I.D.S or the desertion

of both parents.


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Educating the citizens on the causes and effects of

the problems/ issues in order to bring about a

change of attitudes.

Enacting legislation with heavy penalties to

discourage people from encouraging in some of

them-examples: domestic violence, substance

abuse.


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Prosecuting offenders who are involved in social

issues which are of a criminal nature.

Providing assistance to victims, for example,

welfare payments to the poor, sheltered homes for

battered women and hospices for A.I.D.S sufferers.


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Consulting with and providing resources/

assistance to Non-Government Organizations

and other organizations which are dealing with

social issues.


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Seeking international technical and financial

assistance to deal with the problems, for

example, funding for A.I.D.S awareness

programmes.


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Creating more employment opportunities to

prevent people from becoming involved in

crime and also alleviate poverty.

Providing home help and institutionalized

care for the aged and those with special

needs.