Child Rearing

In today’s society which is growing in multiculturalism and diversity, health, social and personal services have to be able to consider the influence of these issues in practice. An understanding of these key issues is critical in creating sensitive and timely services that in turn are important in promoting personal well-being and social progress.

From the initial interview conducted from the study group, all the respondents acknowledge the importance of rearing children well and the vulnerability of children to neglect. Reflecting the literature reviewed for the study, majority of the responsibility for child rearing is associated with females and men are often assume a ministerial role in most concerns but ultimately have the final decision if need be. The major challenge that has been cited for instances of neglect are economic or financial needs that Hispanic families are encountering. Regardless of whether the family setting of the child is single income, multi-income with both or single parents present, they cite this as the major reason why they feel that they can not devote enough time to child rearing. There is also a great degree of responsibility taken for children who become delinquent or become victimized because of neglect.

It should be noted that the issue of child neglect is very sensitive to the study group because there is a dominant belief of the importance of child rearing and at the same time, children display a significant attachment to parents as well as other older female members of the family. Since, they are culturally very social people, the utilization of group activities or focused discussions are the most effective means of verifying results of the study. Therefore, it was critical that the research was done in a very collaborative and non-critical approach. To be able to properly assess the needs of the population, the research utilizes assessment or survey tools that used simple language to afford for communication barriers. As it was needed, the help of Spanish speaking individuals were used to explain the purpose of the research and the use of the information being collected from the respondents.