Human Development in Cultural Context: A Third World Perspective

Nsamenang, A. Bame; Lamb, Michael E.

doi:10.4135/9781483326030

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“…As Einarsdottir (2000), in her study of child-rearing in Guinea-Bissau, observed, when the punishment of children was too harsh or prolonged, people talked uneasily about the parent, 'claiming that he or she must be sick in the head to beat their child in that way' (Quoted in Montgomery, 2009: 176; see also Korbin, 1981Korbin, , 2002Levine and Levine, 1981;Langness, 1981;Nsamenang, 1992;Gottleib, 2004). These restraints highlighted demonstrate one important point.…”

Section: Embedding Interventions Within Communities: the Importance Omentioning

confidence: 99%

Tackling the Physical Punishment of Children in Resource Poor Contexts

Imoh

2016

Int J Child Rights

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Despite the global wind of change in public attitudes towards the physical punishment of children, partly influenced by the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, the practice remains prevalent in diverse societies. This implies that current efforts are limited as strategies to initiate behaviour change, especially in societies where, the practice is not only condoned, but also where governments lack the capacity, largely as a result of resource scarcity, to enforce legislation. Therefore, this article proposes an alternative approach which foregrounds using the starting point of communities as a more effective strategy to protect children's rights in such socio-economic contexts. Focusing predominately on sub-Saharan Africa, this paper outlines the rationale for the continuing prevalence of the physical punishment of children before exploring the utility of approaches that take community perspectives as their point of departure for action and intervention and analysing the importance of dialogue to this process.

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Section: Embedding Interventions Within Communities: the Importance Omentioning

confidence: 99%

Tackling the Physical Punishment of Children in Resource Poor Contexts

Imoh

2016

Int J Child Rights

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“…Across societies, girls are generally engaged in more responsible work than boys (Whiting & Edwards, 1973). In a West African community, girls aged 8-10 years were often found caring for younger siblings, family members, and neighbor children (Nsamenang, 1992). In most cultures, females continue to be seen as responsible for children, and as young females become adults they expect to take on responsibility for children (Best & Williams, 1997).…”

Section: Children's Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Through work, children can learn adult roles and skills (Nsamenang, 1992). In the Children of Different Worlds project, boys as young as age 4 years were trained to care for livestock (Whiting & Edwards, 1988).…”

Section: Children's Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socialization of Boys and Girls in Natural Contexts

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Kumru³

2003

Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender

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“…In this perspective, they need to be cognisant of questions, such as whether and/or how indigenous socialisation processes prepare children adequately for 'modern' institutions like schooling (Marfo, 2011). They should desist from the practice of clinging to a research orientation that has exclusively been focussed on issues that are more pertinent to Western social realities than to the harsh realities of life in African communities (Nsamenang, 1992).…”

Section: Way Forwardmentioning

confidence: 99%