Childcare Services Adopted by Female Bankers with Children Aged 1-5 Years in Owerri Municipal, Nigeria
Chinyere I. Ekomaru1*, Happiness C. Opara1, Geraldine O. Iheme1
1Department of Home Economics & Hospitality Management Education, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Imo State, Nigeria
*Correspondence: Chinyere I. Ekomaru, Department of Home Economics & Hospitality Management Education, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Imo State, Nigeria (Email: ihuchiekums@gmail.com)
Abstract: The study basically concerns itself with child care services adopted by career mothers in banks with children (0-5) yrs in Owerri Municipality. Four research objectives guided the study and a structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents which consist of career mothers working in the various 30 banks in the study area, while data collected were analysed using Tables and mean scores calculated. Based on the findings of this study, the researchers reached the conclusions that career mothers in banks have various ways of taking care of their children (0-5)yrs in Owerri Municipality and encounter a range of challenges including mother’s difficulty to understand who the children are, children refuse to obey mothers when mothers are available, mothers lose grip on their children in terms of respect, tiredness makes mothers adopt permissive parenting, children make extra demands of attention when mothers are available, are encountered by career mothers in banks in bringing up their children (0-5yrs) in Owerri Municipality. Despite the challenges, there are possible strategies adopted by career mothers in banks to help them cope with these challenges in Owerri Municipality which are; career mothers in banks should spend extra time with their children, consider adopting punitive measures in parenting, as well as, motivation and family incentives. Career mothers should also share appropriately their time between work-life balances.
Keywords: Bankers, Career Mothers, Childcare, Children, Parenting, Work-life balance
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Ekomaru, C.I., Opara, H.C., & Iheme, G.O. (2022). Childcare Services Adopted by Female Bankers with Children Aged 1-5 Years in Owerri Municipal, Nigeria. International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, 1(2), 407-418.
https://doi.org/10.57012/ijhhr.v1n2.023