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Title: | The African Child and the Dilemma of Changing Family Functions |
Author: | Uzoka, Azubike F. |
Year: | 1980 |
Periodical: | African Social Research |
Issue: | 30 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 851-867 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | child rearing family Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Women's Issues |
Abstract: | In this paper, the author concerns himself with the predicaments of parents and children in African societies, in which families are undergoing structural and functional changes as the continent embraces technological progress: The role of the psychologist in the study of family functioning - The family matrix; African and Western notions - Some effects of industrialisation and urbanisation in Africa - Child-rearing becomes a nuclear family affair - Absence of clear-cut mores and child-rearing goals - A vacuum in child-rearing - Locus of responsibility for parenting - Problems in mental health - Crucial imperatives - Philosophical choices - Practical choices - Educational choices - Conclusion. Notes, ref. |