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Parents are responsible for socializing their
children; provide their basic needs; provide
emotional support for them.
Parents need certain skills in order to perform
these functions well.
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Communication Skills- so that they can talk
to their children and also be able to listen to
them.
Socialization Skills- in order to teach theirchildren the values, norms and mores of the
society
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Disciplinary Skills-in order to deal with
inappropriate behaviour.
Knowledge of Good Nutrition Skills-so that
they can prepare the kinds of meal that would
help the child to grow and stay healthy.
Problem Solving Skills-to deal with the many
problems which the children will face.
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Skills to provide love and warmth which the
children will need.
Money Management Skills- skills in managing
money in order to budget properly for the
childrens material needs.
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A Social Issue is a condition which is
widespread and contains behaviour which a
large number of people think is desirable or
unacceptable.
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Teenage Pregnancy
Street Children
ALTERNATIVE Life STYLE Substance Abuse
Juvenile Delinquency
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Child Abuse
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Suicide
Incest
Poverty
Desertion
Domestic Violence
Trafficking in Persons
Care and Concern of the aged and those with
Special Needs
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Is the issue considered to be desirable in yourcountry?
Does the issue affect a large number of
people in your country?
Do a large number of people in your countryrecognize the issue as a problem for the
society?
Do people in your country think that the issuecan be solved easily?
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Use of the familys scarce financial resources
to rehabilitate a family member.
Conflict and eventually breakup in the family
due to these social issues(promiscuity,
substance abuse, incest, domestic violence).
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Alienation may lead to an attitude of
indifference among family members and as a
result, they may accept the problems rather
than deal with them(poverty or substance
abuse).
Other family members may learn the negative
behaviour and the cycle will continue.
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The moral or self-esteem of the family maybe
affected, as the members become alienated
by other members of the society-example
A.I.D.S or Poverty.
The health of the family may be affected.
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Some children may be deprived of their
parents, for example through imprisonment
for crime, death from A.I.D.S or the desertion
of both parents.
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Educating the citizens on the causes and effects of
the problems/ issues in order to bring about a
change of attitudes.
Enacting legislation with heavy penalties to
discourage people from encouraging in some of
them-examples: domestic violence, substance
abuse.
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Prosecuting offenders who are involved in social
issues which are of a criminal nature.
Providing assistance to victims, for example,
welfare payments to the poor, sheltered homes for
battered women and hospices for A.I.D.S sufferers.
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Consulting with and providing resources/
assistance to Non-Government Organizations
and other organizations which are dealing with
social issues.
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Seeking international technical and financial
assistance to deal with the problems, for
example, funding for A.I.D.S awareness
programmes.
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Creating more employment opportunities to
prevent people from becoming involved in
crime and also alleviate poverty.
Providing home help and institutionalized
care for the aged and those with special
needs.