Childrearing and Child Participation in Jamaican Families

Autor/inn/en	Brown, Janet; Johnson, Sharon
Titel	Childrearing and Child Participation in Jamaican Families
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Years Education, 16 (2008) 1, S.31-40 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0966-9760
Schlagwörter	Focus Groups; Children; Family Structure; Foreign Countries; Punishment; Civil Rights; Child Rearing; Discipline; Parenting Styles; Child Abuse; Participation; Family Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Conflict Resolution; Rural Urban Differences; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Ausland; Bestrafung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Kindererziehung; Disziplin; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Teilnahme; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung
Abstract	Existing research in Jamaica on children and families has focused on family structure and function. The recent worldwide focus on the rights of children, particularly young children, has highlighted the absence of research on child rights in Jamaica. This article explores the implementation of protection and participation rights within the family, with a specific focus on protection from harsh punishment and abuse, including harsh work. Six child focus groups with 60 children and eight parent focus groups with 44 adults were held, with focus groups being socio-demographically representative of urban inner-city, urban middle-class and rural groups. Children were between 7 and 12 years and parents between 24 and 45 years. The children described a wide range of family structures. Harsh discipline was more common than demonstrated affection and approval, and levels of meaningful child participation were low across classes. The majority of parents believed in exercising strong authority, valued obedience and manners in their children, and defended the use of corporal punishment. Many parents described the interventions to amend their own life scripts in the ways they raised their children. This resulted in parental attention to children's education and economic advancement, provision of physical comforts and emotional support, altered approaches to corporal punishment and guidance on relationships. Using reflections of their own childhood, the development of amended scripts for parents is recommended as a powerful tool to encourage greater participatory rights for children and improve protection rights by reducing the use of harsh disciplinary measures and requirements for adult forms of work. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10