Author/Authors
Thupayagale-Tshweneagae, Gloria University of South Africa - Faculty of Human Sciences, South Africa , Mgutshini, Tennyson University of South Africa - Faculty of Human Sciences, South Africa , Nkosi, Zethu Zerish University of South Africa - Faculty of Human Sciences, South Africa
Title Of Article
Where is my Daddy? An Exploration of the Impact of Absentee Fathers on the Lives of Young People in Botswana
شماره ركورد
21942
Abstract
A substantial body of research has consistently concluded that children growing up with absentee fathers are at an increased risk of maladjustment. This paper argues that co-parenting can have both direct and indirect or mediated effects on children. Co-parenting has an added benefit of modelling dyadic skills that include proving mutual emotional support, influence, and amicable resolution of disputes. Through qualitative data obtained in 2009 from 45 final year students at the University of Botswana, the authors conclude that African personhood is a larger-than-self conception, which also includes more than the physical being and shows that young people raised in father-absent families view their personhood as inferior, less guarded, and incomplete, relative to that of their counterparts who were born and raised in married-couple families. Living a full quality life eludes youth who were raised by mothers only, affirming the importance of fathers in the personhood of any individual.
From Page
115
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Absentee fathers , youth personhood , co , parenting
JournalTitle
Africa Development
To Page
126
JournalTitle
Africa Development
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