Volume XI

Issue 08

Contents

ISSN: 0976-3759

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Volume XI Issue 08

January 2015

C o n t e n t s
Editorial
Dr Bimal Kanta Nayak
Parents Concern in Management of Fears in Children:
A Case Study
Soyuz John, Manjusha Warrier and
Dr Dhanasekara Pandian R
A Qualitative Study of Mothers Perceptions on Overweight
School Children
Dr Malarvizhi S
Parenting Challenges Faced by Non-Resident Indians
Dr Sadhna Jain
Television News Exposure on Children A Critical Study
Sripathy T
Perspectives of Teachers on Need for School Social Work
Dr Veena S Algur
Educational Problems Faced by Adolescent Children of
Commercial Sex Workers in Ganga Jamuna Area of
Nagpur City
Dr Purushottam Thote

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Focus: Parents Concerns

Honorary Special Editor: Dr Bimal Kanta Nayak
Associate Professor, Dept. of Social Work,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Gondar, Ethiopia
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Volume XI

Editorial

Issue 08

ISSN: 0976-3759

Dr Bimal Kanta Nayak

Multitude of Concerns

Every parent has a concern and and teachers and neighbours have
responsibility for their children and significant effects.
But in the modern competitive
every child expects and depends on
world,
the primary concern of parents
his/her parents for everything in their
lives till they grow up and become is to earn enough to provide the child
independent citizens in the society. a reasonable ambience, facilities and
The Childrens Act 1989 emphasized comforts and so, both the parents are
parental responsibilities over parental forced to go or work resulting in
rights but in many instances a parent latchkey children with new concerns
must exercise his right in order to for safety cropping up. While working
parents have many problems, the
perform his responsibilities.
In the past, the influences on a single parents either father or mother
child were restricted to heredity bringing up the child calls for
profession and family members; the dedication, sacrifice and hardships.
physical surroundings such as the While the widowed parents have only
house and the playthings, the yard the concern for providing material and
and the neighbourhood. Parental psychological comfort, the divorced
concern for their children were parents are burdened with shielding
confined to physical safety of the the child from certain unpleasant
child, proper growth and reasons for living alone.
Mostly, every parent is able to do
development of physique and skills
appropriate for the age. Now, the their best for making the lives of their
influence of media, especially the children comfortable. In rare cases,
internet poses more challenges and they may have to take the help of
so the concern of parents have school social work professionals.
They have to understand that it is the
increased manifold.
It is probably true that parents are, circumstance that forces them to seek
in many or perhaps most cases, the professional help and not their own
greatest influence in shaping the life inadequacy or faulty parenting. Guilt and
of a child, but sometimes there are self-pity shall not burden the parents.
In conclusion, unless the child lives
other influences that also are very
significant. No one knows the degree in harmony with the parents and the
to which heredity influences life, but family circumstances, no amount of
certainly brothers and sisters, friends parental concern will help.
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