Effect Of Broken Homes On Children

Effect Of Broken Homes On Children

Chapter One

Preface

In Nigeria society the child is largely cherished not only by the parents but also by the family. Community and the state in general. It constitutes the most precious coffers to all. It’s with the child that community of the family stock is assured. To every home the child is a symbol of stopgap and rejuvenescence.

One’s personality isn’t completely developed until he becomes a parent’s status which seems to bring along with it some satisfaction and serenity a child is instrument to establish a lasting family. The death of an existent is mourned with grief if he’s not survived by any issue. else the grief is tempered with merriment more so if numerous of the children have out grown nonage and are emotionally independent with their own means of live- hood and formerly chancing a place for themselves in the society. At similar sepultures community expressed prayer that they too will be survived in well to do and dependable issues or children.

still, the National Child Welfare Policy of 1989 defined a child as anybody who’s twelve times or below the new draft degree on children put the age of the child in Nigeria as from 18 times or below. It’s material to note that this age description of UN convention is formerly in practice under external laws. thus, parents and the society at large are Under Obligation to give their children with proper education and to cover them from exploitation and abuse arising from broken homes and negative influence that infringe on their right. therefore considerable decoration is placed on children and their proper parenting. It’s inversely the artistic norm that the care and parenting of the child is participated by all family and the community likewise. The rise and fall, the joy and anguish of a child are the concern of all of no bone ever hears the cry of a child without going to his aid. All communities in Nigeria do have and show concern for child care.

The concern and aspiration of the Nigeria society for the child is honored by the government of the confederation when it declared as major thing of its policy. The creation and conservation of an terrain conducive to the healthy growth and development of the child, it’ll be noted that in the tic history, especially in the Nigeria society, parents and relations didn’t need to go far from home their day to day work. Members of the family would like to engage in common enterprises similar as husbandry, fishing, carpentry etc so that the child will have excellent openings for early socialization with their parents, early literacy to relate satisfactorily with others.

Child neglect was oddity as parents siblings, kin and neighbors were at hand to help and watch, openings to acclimate to working life were abundant, but the family has in the last many decades experienced changes in its conformation and structure and accordingly in function to such an extent that the traditional security generally handed by the family is by and large fading thereby given room for a broken home.

The issue of broken home has given a great concern in the world at large especially in Nigeria thereby causing a social problem in the society. The family is the introductory social unit to any nation; since the nation is erected by member of the family the social and profitable development of the nation depend on the stability and well being of the family. There’s need, thus to insure that the family is duly planned and developed to be suitable to serve effectively for the overall development of the nation

Lack of acceptable focus by policy matters on this problem of broken home has redounded a big problem to the society. For case, utmost of the gangbangers and political goons we’ve in the society moment are from broken homes.

This study thus seek to probe the frequence, comprehensions, counteraccusations , produces and forestallment pattern of broken homes in some part of the country( Edo State) as it proposes the need for a abstract rethink in Nigeria.

Statement of Problem

The home that was designed to be a sanctum marquee for the children has teared piecemeal as a result of misreading and mismanagement of the parents thereby given room to gangbangers and culprits.

thus, there’s need to insure that conducive atmosphere in which the home can operate effectively and harmony towards the consummation of its pretensions is been put in place lack of focus on this problem has redounded an increased of single parent andun-parental care of the children. These social changes and attendant metamorphosis in the family( homes) structures in numerous circumstances gave room for child neglect and abuse.

The home is the introductory social unit of any- nation since the nation is erected by the members of the family. Hence, the social and profitable; development of the nation depend on the stability and good of the family( home). There’s need, thus to insure that the home is duly planned and developed to be suitable to serve effectively for the overall development of the nation.

From the forenamed, a number of exploration questions have been raised and sweats will be made to address them in order to have a comprehensive understanding of the effect of broken home in the life of a child and the damages this problems has done in our society.

The exploration questions that would be answered by this study include

what are the perceived causes of broken home among the coupled?

What and how do member of the society conceive and perceive as broken home?

What are the Socio-artistic and behavioral factors that dispose couples to have a broken home?

What are the challenges or problems associated with those who witness broken home?

What managing strategies bow espoused or acclimated by a victim of broken home? And how these managing strategies suggest treatment or result on broken home.

Objects of the Study

The general ideal of the study is to probe the socio-artistic and behavioral surrounds of broken home the people of Nigeria. The specific objects of the study include.

1. Find out the perceived causes of broken homes among the people,

2. Find out the perception and station of those who are victim of broken home.

3. probe the problems and managing medium among the people who are affected as well as the feeling of the members of the society toward it and how these influence treatment or result.

4. To make policy recommendation grounded on study chancing on the operation of broken home experience.

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this exploration is to bring to the mind of compendiums the idea or the important of children parenting in the society, it also reveals the negative consequences and effect of broken home of parents on their children parenting. Also it has been observed that in malignancy of the damage broken home has done in the society, not much has been done by the government to meliorate if for the better. The experimenter will be looking for a possible means of putting an end to the problems of broken homo and ways to help the children of broken home in the society.

exploration Questions

This study will be guided by the following exploration questions.

i. What are educational challenges faced by children from broken homes?

ii. What are the emotional challenges faced by children from broken homes?

iii. What are the social challenges faced by children from broken homes?

iv. What’s the influences of broken homes on academic achievement of inferior secondary academy children grounded on gender?

What’s the influences of broken homes on academic achievement of inferior secondary academy children grounded on position?

Significance of the Study

The weal and development of any nation depends, largely on the quality of the family unit taken into consideration the traditional and artistic values that enhance and strengthen the healthy and wholesome development of the Nigeria society, the integration andco-existence of the family is the ultimate thing of any marriage.

The peril that this unattractive prevalence of broken home acts on the child and the society can not be over emphasized it isn’t a thing to be proud of. It requires no praise or emulation.

This study thus, shall serve as a great tool for intending couples to seek the face of God and understand marriage offer, it also give pathways through which the problem of broken home can be reserved so as to insure a conducive atmosphere in which the family can operate effectively and harmony towards consummation of its pretensions.

Defense of the Study

The weal and development of any nation depends largely on the quality of the family unit. still, numerous family in Nigeria are decreasingly chancing it delicate to achieve a well planned united home indeed the government less focused on this issue despite the National Child Welfare Policy in Nigeria which is deeply settled concern for the overall well- being of the child, from a conviction which is forcefully embedded in the colorful dressed of our people, that the weal of the child is bound up inextricably with that of his parents, his family and association group to which he belongs and the wider community in which he lives and grows. It also flows from the consummation that the weal and capacity of the nation hereafter depend veritably much on the development gests and overall life quality of children moment. This is believed that the faith of the Nigeria government and people in abecedarian mortal rights and in the quality and worth of the mortal bring as well as by the internationally accepted principles are that humanity owes the child the stylish it has to give. Broken homes have eating deep in our society.

There’s no acceptable lawn root crusade on the effect of broken homes in the life of a child in- malignancy of the programs and programmes on child weal. Broken homo has long been a major cause of social disequilibrium in our society( Nigeria). This includes child neglect; child abuse as similar early maltreatment on children has a negative effect. In some case children with histories of maltreatment similar as physical and cerebral neglect, physical abuse and sexual abuse are at threat of developing severe psychiatric problems. These children are likely to develop reactive attachment complaint( RAD), similar children also may describe as passing traumatic attachment problem. These trauma experience is the result of abuse or neglect inflected on them by primary care giver, which( not their parents) disrupts the normal development of secure attachment( which can only be set up or given by their parents). similar children also at threat of developing a disorganized attachment. Disorganized attachment is associated with a number of experimental problems including dissociative symptoms as well as depressive anxiety and amusement- eschewal symptoms. Children who have endured similar early chromic trauma frequently developed complex posttraumatic stress diseases which will in- turn to social problems. Broken home is culturally regarded as a separation of partner. But there are also some consorts who are together yet the home is broken as a result of misreading and disagreement between the hubby and the woman .

This study attempt a comprehensive understanding of broken homes as it relates to both affecting family and society. also, this study sees critical requirements to examine and understand broken home geste in Nigeria in order to identify its socio-artistic and other proximate variable. A study similar as this will go a long way in stimulating farther exploration and developing a holistic frame for understanding the effect of broken home as they portion to Nigeria. Above all, this study will help in designing respectable development and policy programmes grounded on findings from the study. This would duly developed sweats as well as enhances the well being of Nigeria children.

Compass of the Study

The study has both geographical and happy compass. The geographical compass of the study is secondary seminaries in Edo State. The study in its contents covers all the frequence of broken homes among inferior secondary scholars, the challenges faced by pupil from broken homes, the influence of broken homes on academic achievement of inferior secondary academy scholars grounded on gender and the influences of broken homes on academic achievement of inferior secondary academy scholars grounded on position.