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    Effects of alcoholic parents on children's behavior peer relationships: A case of Imenti North District: Meru county - Kenya
    (KeMU, 2012-07) Nyaga, Mary Wanja
    Research among families of typically-developing youth suggests that parents help their elementary school-age children make friends by networking with other parents to arrange social opportunities for their children, modelling positive interpersonal skills themselves, and coaching their children during peer interactions. Because play-dates (arranged play periods between two children outside of organized activities, usually at one child's home) are considered essential for close friendships to deepen, parents are particularly suited to help their child make friends. Parents' warmth towards their children, parents' own skilled social interaction with other adults, and parents' facilitation of the child's peer interactions all were correlated with children being better accepted by peers Parental behaviors may encourage children's good peer relationships. Alcoholism parents therefore, may not provide the required support to their children to necessitate good peer relationships and may also be a major cause of family problems which may adversely affect children. Family problems can have damaging effects on children's• peer relations. For example, children of divorcing parents may act out feelings of anger at school, eliciting rejection from peers in the process. Children with family problems, such as parental alcoholism, may be reluctant to bring friends home, avoiding close friendships as a result. Due . to poor parenting and modelling from alcoholic parents, some children behave in an aggress~ or disruptive manner and, hence, are rejected by peers. Other children withdraw from peer interactions and, in this way, limit their ability to gain acceptance and friendship. The intention of the researcher in this research was to evaluate the impact of parental alcoholism on children's peer relationship aged between 10-15 years in Miiriga Mieru East Division, Imenti North District, in Meru County. The study covered three out of the five slums within Meru Town. The significance of this study was to promote children's peer relationship particularly with the help of their parents. The study limitations included unmet expectations by the slum environs which made the respondents hesitant to answer questionnaires. The study used ex post- facto and survey designs. The population was 388 children and 191 parents from which a sample size of 191 children and 73 parents was selected from the three slums i.e.( Shauri Yako, Mjini and Majengo ). Stratified random sampling and simple random sampling methods were used for. Self¬scoring questionnaires and oral interviews were used to collect data from the respondents. The researcher used computer based statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) version 7.1 to analyze data. Tables with figures, graphs and charts were used to summarize the results. Analyzed data were interpreted, conclusions made and recommendations put forward in order to address the observed problems facing COAs in their peer relationships. The researcher after the research findings concluded that there are various ways through which children's peer relationships are affected by parental alcoholism. These effects hindered the socialization in peer groups between COAs and non- COAs which is an essential aspect in children's development. The researcher also gave some recommendations with the focus of improving peer relationships among COAs and non-COAs for healthy developments. These recommendations include educating parents more on the effects of parental alcoholism on the children's relationship with peers, establishing counselling set ups in schools to help COAs, training non-COAs so that they are able to accept COAs and value them among others.
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    Impact of alcoholism on parental care of school children: A case of Miriga Mieru West Division in Meru county.
    (KeMU, 2012-07) Gikunda, Kimaita Richard
    This study is a research to find out the impact of alcoholism on the parental care of school going children in Miragamieru West division. This is because many parents have neglected their school going children thus raising the school dropout rate. Children going to school lack basic necessities like pens, books, fees and personal effects. The number of idlers in the markets has increased in Mirigamieru West division. The rate of alcoholic drinks taking has also increased. The health of some of the parents who are heavily indulged into alcohol taking has deteriorated. Deaths of parents in unclear circumstance have occurred. Domestic violence and immoral practices like rape and violence in general has increased. The ageing parents are complaining that their daughters and sons are taking alcoholic drinks and thus neglecting their grandchildren who are in school. Women (members) at the church have complained of the many problems they face that are related to alcoholism of their spouses (husbands) and children especially sons. Alcoholism has been found to be a factor that has led to poor parental care to school going children where they are affected socially, emotionally and financially. Data has been collected and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). From the data analysis, it has been found that some parents are heavily indulged into alcoholism and thus wasting a lot of family resources thus failing to cater for the school going children well. It has been recommended that the Government should ensure that only the approved alcoholic drinks are sold to the parents in Mirigamieru West Davison for the illicit brews are killing them slowly thus raising the number of orphans. Government agents involved in the law enforcement should be serious in implementing jhe government alcoholic policy. The corrupt administrators should be sacked for they are encouraging the consumption of the illicit brews that are killing parents in the division at a high rate thus affecting the school going children.