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Parenting in step-families in zongo communities in Accra

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dc.contributor.author Ziblim, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-03-26T11:17:01Z
dc.date.available 2024-03-26T11:17:01Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/2789
dc.description A thesis in the Department of Family Life Management, Faculty of Home Economics Education, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of the degree of Master of Philosophy (Home Economics Education) in the University of Education, Winneba en_US
dc.description.abstract This study explored parenting in step-families in selected Zongo communities in Accra. The qualitative research methodology was employed using the phenomenology approach. An in-depth interview was used to collect data from twenty participants (ten step-parents and ten step-children) selected using the snow-ball technique from purposively selected three Zongo communities. The demographic data were analysed to generate percentages for discussion. Interviews were transcribed by a professional transcriptionist using QSRNVIVO 9. The study revealed that the stepfamily brought challenges and a range of benefits to the participants’ life experiences. The key difficulties pertained to issues regarding poor-quality relationships, ineffective communication, financial challenges, interferences from biological non-resident parents and outsiders, emotional challenges, abuse and neglect, step-siblings rivalry leading to conflicts and stress in step-parenting. Benefits include having an adult person in the life of step-children, step-parents having children, and other new family members in their lives among others. The findings also revealed separating wives and children in polygamous step-families to different houses, dialogue with a biological non-resident parent for collaborative parenting of step-children and step-parents accepting that step-children already know their biological parents and would not regard them were measures to overcome the challenges. Step-parenting comes with a whole lot of challenges which lead to poor relationships among members affecting healthy family living in the stepfamily. Thus, step-children should be submissive to their step-parents. Step-children should be shown affection by step-parents, relatives, and society so that they do not end up on the streets as junkies and criminals en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Education Winneba en_US
dc.subject Parenting en_US
dc.subject Step-families. en_US
dc.subject Zongo en_US
dc.title Parenting in step-families in zongo communities in Accra en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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