Challenges in Effective Parenting Among Domestic Workers in Plateau State

CHALLENGES IN EFFECTIVE PARENTING AMONG DOMESTIC WORKERS IN PLATEAU STATE,BY DR.JANET PUNYIT PLANG,UNIVERSITY OF JOS,PLATEAU STATE,NIGERIA.

Parenting is one of the most basic and necessary obligations of responsible parents and guardians in any society.Effective parenting yields in the production of well cultured and responsible people.It is a role when not properly handled leads to a lot of chaos,disharmony,conflict and many other social ills,retarding the development of any society.Parenting entails a lot of commitment and sacrifice.The need to survive and provide for children has therefore witnessed many parents getting employed for income.Sometimes while generating income,the nature and conditions in carrying out job responsibilities affects family members especially children.Such is the case of parents in hired domestic service.This study aimed at identifying challenges in effective parenting as domestic workers.Its objectives were to find out to what extent working as domestic workers affects parenting,and to identify challenges in parenting as domestic workers.The methodology design is a social survey where questionnaires were used as instrument for data collection.Simple frequencies and percentage were used for data analysis and drawing conclusions.Findings showed to a large extent working as domestic worker affects parenting.Poor remuneration,inadequate time spent with children,literacy status of parents and irresponsible spouses among others are challenges in effective parenting as domestic workers.Recommendations made included,government enacting social welfare policies on regulations of salaries for non formal workers such as domestic worker,and boosting of adult education among such category of workers.

KEYWORDS:CHALLENGES,EFFECTIVE PARENTING AND DOMESTIC WORKER.