Children Socialization in Working Mothers Families in University Campus District Peshawar

Abstract

The research paper “Children Socialization in working Mothers Families in University Campus District Peshawar” aimed to show how the process of children socialization takes places in those families where mothers remain out of home for job. The study explores effects of mother’s employment on their children’s brought up.Whether the dual responsibilities of employment and mothering are actually undertaken at the expense of child well-being. The data collected for the study is analyzed by statistical tools (SPSS). Association are tested by Chi square test. The relationship results of working mothers families and children socialization presents a significant (P=0.005) relationship between employed and non employed mother’s children’s academic achievement difference and children socialization. It depicts that employed mothers children tended to be more achievement oriented than the non employed mothers’ children. Similarly, the association with Non-working mothers families and working mothers families control over their children was highly significant (P=0.000), working women multiple responsibilities in nuclear family system was significant (P=0.002), it shows that joint family system minimize working mother tasks and provided huge support to work outside the home. The risk of child delinquency in large families (more number of siblings) was significant (P=0.003), as mother cannot give proper time to every child.

Keywords: Children, Socialization,  Working Mothers, Families