Authors : Ife O. Abodunrin and Simeon A. Dosunmu
Abstract: This study has assessed over parenting practices in Lagos and how this has affected children learning efficiency. Using 75 parents and 375 secondary school students as participants, survey method was used to obtain required information by the process of interviewing and questionnaires. A mixed method of research was adopted involving quantitative and qualitative approaches to arrive at conclusions. The research hypothesis had stated that over parented children are the male in gender, academically sounder than the non overprotected ones but socially naive. This had three corollaries stated in the null form. These were tested along with four research questions. The results provided that there is no significant relationship in the degree of over parenting between male and female children; there is no significant difference in the academic performance between over parented children and their counterparts who are not but significant difference existed in the degree of social naivety between children of over parenting parents and their counterparts who are with no traces of over parenting. Improvements in the school system with emphasis in the provision of boarding facilities for all children were suggested and further study of the character and their effect on children learning efficacy.
Ife O. Abodunrin and Simeon A. Dosunmu , 2012. Gauging over Parenting on Children Learning Efficacy in Lagos. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 9: 27-32.