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Question: PARENTING PRACTICES AND PARENTING STYLES IN UPHOLDING CHILD PROTECTION AND PRIVACY TO ADDRESS PAEDOPHILIA IN MALAYSIA
Answer: The topics of ‘parenting practices’ and ‘parenting styles’ have tremendously been discussed in research on child development and growth around the world, including Malaysia. However, these aspects are still under-researched particularly when it comes to the issue of paedophilia. Based on this main gap, this paper presents the relationship between ‘parenting practices and styles’ and ‘child protection and privacy’, to specifically address the issue. Quantitative approach by using survey was conducted involving 900 Malaysian parents in Kuala Lumpur. Respondent selection comprised (1) three districts (Batu, Kuala Lumpur, and Petaling); (2) equal participation from both genders; (3) equal involvement of three main ethnicities; (4) age of parents (25 to 55 years); and (5) age of children (7 to below 13 years). Based on Pearson correlation analysis, findings revealed that three ‘parenting practices’ (involvement, monitoring, and goals, values and aspirations) and two ‘parenting styles’ (authoritative and permissive) showed significantly positive relationships with ‘child protection and privacy’ to address the issue of paedophilia (p<0.01). However, one ‘parenting style’ of authoritarian showed no significant relationship with ‘child protection and privacy’. These findings portrayed the pattern of parenting practices and styles, representing Malaysian parents’ approaches to protecting children’s privacy from being the victims of paedophiles. This paper concludes that parents as the closest persons to children need to play their roles and responsibilities to tackle any issue involving children to uphold their rights.
(Source: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, 06 Jul 2021)
Source Link: http://www.jcreview.com/?mno=16519