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Parenting Practices in Botswana: A Nexus of Legal and Sociocultural Discourses

Parenting Practices in Botswana: A Nexus of Legal and Sociocultural Discourses

Poloko Nuggert Ntshwarang, Odireleng Mildred Shehu
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781799829409|ISBN10: 1799829405|EISBN13: 9781799829416
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2940-9.ch011
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Ntshwarang, Poloko Nuggert, and Odireleng Mildred Shehu. "Parenting Practices in Botswana: A Nexus of Legal and Sociocultural Discourses." Exploring Best Child Development Practices in Contemporary Society, edited by Nava R. Silton, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 242-259. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2940-9.ch011

APA

Ntshwarang, P. N. & Shehu, O. M. (2020). Parenting Practices in Botswana: A Nexus of Legal and Sociocultural Discourses. In N. Silton (Ed.), Exploring Best Child Development Practices in Contemporary Society (pp. 242-259). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2940-9.ch011

Chicago

Ntshwarang, Poloko Nuggert, and Odireleng Mildred Shehu. "Parenting Practices in Botswana: A Nexus of Legal and Sociocultural Discourses." In Exploring Best Child Development Practices in Contemporary Society, edited by Nava R. Silton, 242-259. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2940-9.ch011

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Abstract

As in other Sub-Saharan countries, the legal reforms that occur in Botswana have significant effects on family functioning and how parenting occurs. Parenting practices such as strategies for supporting, monitoring, and disciplining children have significant effects on children's physical, social, psychological, emotional, and behavioral wellbeing. An important section of the structural system that affects parenting practices is the law. Botswana's Children's Act is an overriding law that informs any children's policy and program as well as parenting behaviors. Children's laws in the country are influenced by both socio-cultural discourses as well as the international bodies that Botswana is signatory to such as the Convention for the Rights of the Child (CRC). The authors adopt a critical discourse analysis (CDA) to examine how Botswana's Children's Act of 2009 contributes to parenting practices in the country and the impact of socio-cultural discourses in understanding and implementing the act. Implications for social work practice, research, and policy are highlighted.

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