RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS AS HOME BUILDERS, A SINE QUA NON FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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2024-07
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WUKARI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES JOURNAL
Abstract
The family, society and morality, to borrow the most ecological
terminology, have become “endangered species”. Studies on
parenting have focused on psychological, sociological, gender
roles and traditional perspectives. However much has not been
said about the dimension of parents as home builders a sine-qua
non for national development from Christian standpoint. Data for
this work were collected through oral interview and consultation
of scholarly journals and textbooks. In the 21st century, the
families off springs are endangered with multiple social vices that
range from internet fraud (yahoo yahoo), kidnapping, lesbianism,
drug abuse, homosexuality, bestiality, incest, ritual killing and
others. Some of these issues if not all are gaily celebrated in most
of our churches and shrines as they are being aided in all front.
Parents have self-imposed and natural duty to train up their
children without treating it as a second class duty, that there is a
link between effective parenting, morality and national
development. Findings from this work has indicated that
responsible citizenry, reduction in crime rate, healthy nation and
preservation of cultural values which are germane to national
development are products of responsible parenting. Also
discovered, are the salient roles of women (responsibility in
children upbringing, character study, mirror of the family and
caretakers) which are imperative for effective parenting, tutelage
and admonition of children in families. The work recommends.