This study aims to establish the knowledge and learning needs of parents with toddlers in
order to formulate guidelines for a pro-active parental support programme. The topic
represents a response to the need for information and skills expressed by numerous parents
in the researcher's private practice. Contemporary parents continue to be confronted by the
significance of the responsibility of parenthood. They also continue to experience learning
deficiencies regarding their role as parents in spite of living in an age of information and
technology.
Intervention research was undertaken. The principal findings of this investigation were the
following: parents participating in this investigation expressed the need for guidance that take
into account two specific factors, namely that the program should be based on a Christian
perspective and that the guidance should take the specific developmental phase of the child
into consideration - the toddler phase in this case. Themes were also identified that these
parents would like to see included in such a programme. These were: discipline,
developmental phase, moral values and character development, emotional needs of toddlers,
parental involvement in children's play, the uniqueness of every child, conflict management
and communication, parental style, children and marriage, and aspects in the adult's world
with a negative impact upon parental status. These themes were used as guidelines to
compile a prototype parental support programme. This program was subjected to a pilot study
involving three separate groups of parents. Guidelines were continuously evaluated and
adapted where necessary. A final global evaluation confirmed the suitability of the program
for further development and testing. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/305 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Grobbelaar, Anita Marlisse |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | North-West University |
| Language | Afrikaans |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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