Volume XI Issue 08 ISSN: 0976-3759

Journal of SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK January 2015

Editorial Dr Bimal Kanta Nayak 02

Parents’ Concern in Management of Fears in Children:

A Case Study Soyuz John, Manjusha Warrier and

Dr Dhanasekara Pandian R 03

A Qualitative Study of Mothers’ Perceptions on Overweight

School Children Dr Malarvizhi S 09

Parenting Challenges Faced by Non-Resident Indians

Dr Sadhna Jain 13

Television News Exposure on Children – A Critical Study

Sripathy T 17

Perspectives of Teachers on Need for School Social Work

Dr Veena S Algur 21

Educational Problems Faced by Adolescent Children of

Commercial Sex Workers in Ganga Jamuna Area of

Nagpur City Dr Purushottam Thote 28

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Honorary Special Editor: Dr Bimal Kanta NayakAssociate Professor, Dept. of Social Work,

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Focus: Parents’ Concerns

Contents

Volume XI Issue 08 ISSN: 0976-3759

Journal of SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK January 2015

Every parent has a concern and

responsibility for their children and

every child expects and depends on

his/her parents for everything in their

lives till they grow up and become

independent citizens in the society.

The Children’s Act 1989 emphasized

parental responsibilities over parental

rights but in many instances a parent

must exercise his right in order to

perform his responsibilities.

In the past, the influences on a

child were restricted to heredity

profession and family members; the

physical surroundings such as the

house and the playthings, the yard

and the neighbourhood. Parental

concern for their children were

confined to physical safety of the

child, proper growth and

development of physique and skills

appropriate for the age. Now, the

influence of media, especially the

internet poses more challenges and

so the concern of parents have

increased manifold.

It is probably true that parents are,

in many or perhaps most cases, the

greatest influence in shaping the life

of a child, but sometimes there are

other influences that also are very

significant. No one knows the degree

to which heredity influences life, but

certainly brothers and sisters, friends

and teachers and neighbours have

significant effects.

But in the modern competitive

world, the primary concern of parents

is to earn enough to provide the child

a reasonable ambience, facilities and

comforts and so, both the parents are

forced to go or work resulting in

latchkey children with new concerns

for safety cropping up. While working

parents have many problems, the

single parents either father or mother

bringing up the child calls for

dedication, sacrifice and hardships.

While the widowed parents have only

the concern for providing material and

psychological comfort, the divorced

parents are burdened with shielding

the child from certain unpleasant

reasons for living alone.

Mostly, every parent is able to do

their best for making the lives of their

children comfortable. In rare cases,

they may have to take the help of

school social work professionals.

They have to understand that it is the

circumstance that forces them to seek

professional help and not their own

inadequacy or faulty parenting. Guilt and

self-pity shall not burden the parents.

In conclusion, unless the child lives

in harmony with the parents and the

family circumstances, no amount of

parental concern will help.

Multitude of ConcernsEditorial

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Dr Bimal Kanta Nayak