Fatherhood and roles of father in children’s upbringing in Botswana: fathers’ perspectives

Trivedi, Shikha; Bose, Kabita

doi:10.1080/13229400.2018.1439399

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“…The results of the descriptive analyses of the family structure agree with earlier findings in Botswana (Dintwat, 2010;Maundeni, 2010;Statistics Botswana, 2018;Trivedi & Bose, 2018;Tshupayagale-Tshweneagae et al, 2012) and in southern Africa (Mbulayi & Kang'ethe, 2020;Okeke, 2018;Posel & Devey, 2006;Richter & Morrell, 2006;Salami & Okeke, 2018). All the studies mentioned above demonstrate limited father presence and involvement in child-rearing.…”

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“…The results of the current study add to earlier studies that explored the impacts of the rapidly changing family structure in Botswana (Dintwat, 2010;Letamo et al, 2015;Maundeni, 2000;Ramotuana & Amone-P'Olak, 2020;Statistics Botswana, 2018;Trivedi & Bose, 2018;Tshupayagale-Tshweneagae et al, 2012). The results showed that only 38% of the respondents come from families where there are both father and mother in the same household.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Paternal involvement during childhood, especially interaction and responsibility, significantly predicted emotional well-being in early adulthood. It is vital to recognise that father involvement and father figures have important contributions to the educational, social, and psychological outcomes in children (Okeke, 2018;Ramotuana & Amone-P'Olak, 2020;Salami & Okeke, 2018), especially now that the welfare of children is considered an important public health issue (Emmanuel, 2010;Maundeni, 2010;Ramotuana & Amone-P'Olak, 2020;Trivedi & Bose, 2018;Tshupayagale-Tshweneagae et al, 2012).…”

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“…Single-parent families or households are now more common than before and gradually replacing the traditional nuclear and extended family types (Dintwat, 2010;Maundeni, 2000). The absence of fathers from families is suggested to have economic, social, and emotional and behavioural consequences for children (Helman, 2015;Maundeni, 2000;Ramotuana & Amone-P'Olak, 2020;Trivedi & Bose, 2018). Regarding economic consequences, families without resident fathers are usually poor, live in poor residential areas with a high prevalence of crime and stressors (Mookodi, 2004).…”

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The influence of father involvement during childhood on the emotional well-being of young adult offspring: a cross-sectional survey of students at a university in Botswana

Kesebonye

Amone-P’Olak

2020

South African Journal of Psychology

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Africa is witnessing rapid changes in family structure with noticeable absence and non-involvement of fathers in child-rearing. This study investigated the influence of father involvement in child care on the emotional well-being of young adult offspring in a cross-sectional survey of 375 students (age: M = 21.05 ± 1.94) at a university in Botswana. The Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale and the Perception of Father Involvement Scale were used to assess emotional well-being and fathers’ involvement, respectively. T-tests, analyses of variance, and regression analyses were used to compute subpopulation differences and the influence of father involvement on emotional well-being. Only 38% of the students lived in a household with both parents, 70% indicated that they have a father figure (biological father, stepfather, uncles, and grandfathers), whereas, 30% of the students indicated that they had had no father figure. The female gender (β = .17, 95% CI = [.07, .27]), father availability (β = .23, 95% CI = [.06, .39]), and responsibility (β = .22, 95% CI = [.07, .27]) significantly and independently predicted emotional well-being. Significant differences were observed between biological father figures and no father figures and between other father figures and no father figure regarding emotional well-being. Father involvement, particularly the domains of availability and responsibility and having a father figure during childhood are associated with better emotional well-being in offspring.

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The influence of father involvement during childhood on the emotional well-being of young adult offspring: a cross-sectional survey of students at a university in Botswana

Kesebonye

Amone-P’Olak

2020

South African Journal of Psychology

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“…In contrast, Shaibu (2013) states that contemporary grandmothers in Botswana are faced with a greater challenge of supporting more children, with less help than they would have had in the past. Fathers continue to see their roles as provider, protector, and disciplinarian (Trivedi & Bose, 2018). Schatz's (2007) study of older women's relationships to their households in neighboring South Africa reports that on average grandmothers cared for four to five grandchildren.…”

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Grandmothers’ Developmental Expectations for Early Childhood in Botswana

Tsamaase

Harkness

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2020

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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Urban and rural grandmothers (n = 20) in Botswana participated in focus groups to learn their expectations for the acquisition of skills by preschool children. Their expectations for self‐care, traditional politeness, and participation in household chores were dramatically earlier than developmental timetables reported for Western middle‐class populations. There are some differences, however, in the urban and rural grandmothers’ expectations. Rural grandmothers had earlier expectations for self‐care skills and participation in household chores, and they had more specific expectations for mastering Setswana cultural customs. In addition, some urban grandmothers, who were generally more educated, described using more reciprocal communication, and they believed in playing with their grandchildren, whereas the rural grandmothers’ communication was more instructional, and they insisted that children should play away from adults. Strikingly, there was no mention of school readiness goals or activities by either group, suggesting a “cultural misfit” between the standard early childhood curriculum, largely imported from the United States and other Western countries, and the cultural backgrounds of Batswana families. To create a more workable partnership between preschool teachers and grandparents—important caretakers of young children, both traditionally and currently—will require efforts to acknowledge and promote the values and expectations of both groups.

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Perceptions of fatherhood among people displaced by war in the southern Philippines

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2024

Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness

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Fatherhood and roles of father in children’s upbringing in Botswana: fathers’ perspectives

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

The influence of father involvement during childhood on the emotional well-being of young adult offspring: a cross-sectional survey of students at a university in Botswana

The influence of father involvement during childhood on the emotional well-being of young adult offspring: a cross-sectional survey of students at a university in Botswana

Grandmothers’ Developmental Expectations for Early Childhood in Botswana

Perceptions of fatherhood among people displaced by war in the southern Philippines

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