Child Rearing and Modernity among the Igbo of Southeast, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOkoye, O.C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-04T08:31:23Z
dc.date.available2022-10-04T08:31:23Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractChild rearing which involves nurturing and training a child from childhood to adulthood is pivotal among the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria because children ensure their continuity. Modernity and the resultant technological innovations have immensely affected child rearing. Using qualitative method, this study seeks to examine the concept of child rearing among the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria, the extent it has been affected by modernity and make recommendation on best child-rearing method to adopt. Modernization theory is used as an explanatory framework for this study. It was established that child rearing entails feeding, nurturing, teaching and correcting children to become responsible adults. Child rearing was a communal affair in the traditional Igbo societies. Modernity resulted in most parents living in nuclear families and became solely responsible for child rearing. Socialization with people from other cultures and the modern means of communication have affected children’s behavior and the child-rearing style adopted by parents. The study, therefore, recommends that parents should consider the personality of their children and their environment before copying child-rearing style from other culturesen_US
dc.identifier.citationOkoye, O. C. 2022. Child Rearing and Modernity among the Igbo of Southeast, Nigeria.International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Social Sciences, 1(2)en_US
dc.identifier.issn2790-5276
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11634
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKCA Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;Vol 1 No. 2
dc.subjectChild rearing,en_US
dc.subjectchildrenen_US
dc.subjectIgbo cultureen_US
dc.subjectModernityen_US
dc.subjectParentsen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.titleChild Rearing and Modernity among the Igbo of Southeast, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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