Psypsycho-social

EFFECT OF SINGLE PARENTING ON THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADOLESCENT AND THEIR SCHOOL/CLASS WORK PERFORMANCE IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE.

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This project work is to evaluate the effect of single parenting on the psycho-social development of the adolescent in Benin city, Edo state. Five well structured research questions were formulated, and twenty five questions were administered to the respondents to collect response from them. The population of the study which includes three various schools in Egor local Government area, Benin city, Edo state. To Conduct the study, a total of 120 respondents were drawn as correspondent. The respondents were chosen using the simple random sampling techniques. From the analysis, it was found that the level of education of parents, their socio-economic status, their relationship with their children, the structure of the home a child grows in, have either negative or positive influence on the children’s life and academic performance. The outcome of our analysis showed that all factors investigated have impact on the life and education success of the students in general. Some of the recommendations are: parents should provide adequate school materials for their children to study with and should pay their school fees in time.
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