Practical Parenting

This book provides a structured overview of the existing parenting literature with the aim of developing an evidence-based and culture-sensitive framework of parenting and its influence on child development.



This book calls for a different approach from parenting in traditional African society. In the past, people were not as mobile as they are today and parenting was communal, with a lot of importance placed on children as the way of perpetuating society. The community felt duty-bound to prepare children to ably take the mantle of procreation. Today's world is rapidly changing in light of education, careers, and wealth creation. The family set up in general and parenting has indeed been affected by all these factors competing for attention. For instance, the ideal, traditional family setup (headed by one man,