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Book Review of: Geise, Rachel. (2018). Boys: What it Means to Become a Man. Toronto: Patrick Crean Editions.
No full textParent-Child Communication: A Case Study of Teachers from a Romanian Life-Sciences University
No full textThe aim of this paper was to explore and present a specific point of view of university teacher parents about communication with their children, using focus group interviews. The focus group was conducted with tenured teachers (N = 12) from a Life Science university from western Romania. The parents’ ages varied from 34 to 48 years old (M age = 39.83 years) and relating to gender, there were 7 females and 5 males. Data collected from the interviews were analyzed using thematic analyses methods. Most of the parents have considered that parent-child communication represents an essential element in child development and in a positive family environment. Time, stress and overuse of technology are considered, by questioned parents, to be the main barriers to positive and efficient communication with their children. School is not perceived as a catalyst in developing a positive parent-child communication. Even if the parents are tenured university teachers, with knowledge in effective communication, and high expectations from society to be especially good at parent-child communication, they face the same difficulties as any other parents. This aspect could lead to a conclusion that the problems of parent-child communication could be a general one. The implications for families with school-age children are discussed
Book Review of Downe, Pamela J. (2021). Collective Care: Indigenous Motherhood, Family, and HIV/AIDS. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
No full textBook Review of Perry, Gina. (2018). The Lost Boys: Inside Muzafer Sherif\u27s Robbers Cave Experiment. Melbourne: Scribe Publishing.
No full textBook Review of Barkin, Janna. (2017). He\u27s always been my Son: A Mother\u27s Story about Raising her Transgender Son. Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
No full textBook Review of Barkin, Janna. (2017). He\u27s always been my Son: A Mother\u27s Story about Raising her Transgender Son. Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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Parental Divorce During Childhood: Interparental Conflict, Socioeconomics, and Shared Custody
No full textParental Influence on Choice of Career among Secondary School Students in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State
No full textCareer choice has become a complex task today as one not only has to undertake career planning but also has to do exhaustive career research before making a career choice based on evolving social-economic conditions. The study therefore investigated parental influence on choice of career among secondary students in the Ilorin Metropolis. The relative influence of variables such as parents’ level of education, parents’ occupation and family types were examined. A descriptive survey design approach was employed for the study. The population for the study comprised all students of secondary schools in the Ilorin Metropolis. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 200 respondents who participated in the study. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire entitled “Parental influence on choice of career among secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis”. Content validity of the instrument was established and the reliability coefficient of 0.68 was obtained to ensure consistency of the instrument. Data analysis was done using percentage and frequency, mean and rank order analysis and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); all hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study revealed that parents’ encouragement to students on making good career decisions, parents informing students about specific careers, and parents’ encouragement to students on considering different education and career options were significant influences of parents’ choice of career among secondary students in the Ilorin Metropolis. The research hypotheses tested revealed that there were no significant differences in the parental influence on choice of career among secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis based on parents’ level of education, occupation and family type. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that school guidance counsellors should organize a meaningful career program that will help to educate both parents and students on the concept of career choice.