Each family have their unique way of parenting. This is what make family A, to be different from the other families.
There are many factors that affects proper, adequate and successful child raising, some of which are culture, religion and tradition.
Many at times, when the child behaves in a good manner and is hailed by the community, the community occupants tend to praise the man for raising his kid properly.
Conversely when the child becomes a nuisance to the community and always causes trouble, the child's father and the community at large, begin to blame the mother for not raising the child properly.
When the child do good, the father is praised, but when the child does a bad thing or goes through a bad path in life, the mother is to be blamed. This is mostly seen between The Igbo's.
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In a family, every body have their respective role to play. The father will not leave the role of bread winning, and enter into the kitchen and make food, also, the mother will not leave the role of breastfeeding the baby, and go out to win bread.
The children on the other hand, have their own role to play, when they reach a certain age.
Who to blame when a child misbehaves?
Before putting blames on either the father or the mother, many things should come into consideration. Number one factor is; How is the role in the family being shared? Who is the bread winner? is the daddy a stay at home type of worker while the mother spend most of her time outside?
In some families today, mothers are the bread winners while the fathers have no jobs. In such a family, then i think that the father is to be blamed for the childs misbehaviour.
In most families today, the man is the warrior, the bread winner, the defender and the negotiator of the family. He sees to, both family and business affairs. Most of his time is spent of trying to get more money to make life easier and softer for his wife and children.
When the father is out on these type of stressful activities, it is expected of the mother, even though she equally works, go back home early and take good care of the kids.
Compared to men, women are better suited for child raising. They have the patience and all other qualities needed.
So, in this case, if the child goes astray and commits a hiddious crime, then the mother is to be blamed because she did not play her role as a mother.
Sometimes, when you raise a child in a good path, they will end up allowing peers to influence their lives, thus, the rise of negative behaviour.
In this case, then the child is to be blamed, because he/she eas raised in the right way, but they chose to follow the wrong way.
This is my response to the hive learners prompt.
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