AD, Volume 37, n° 3, 2012 - Full Issue

Abstract

Contents

Introduction: Parents’ Involvement in Children’s Lives in Africa

Mwenda Ntarangwi ................................ 1

Dating Practices and Patterns of Disclosure among in-School Adolescents in Oyo State, Nigeria

Agunbiade Ojo Melvin ............................ 19

Parent-Child Communication on Sexuality-Related Matters in the City of Lagos, Nigeria

Michael O. N. Kunnuji ............................. 41

Mothers’ Constructions of their Roles in the Literacy Education of their Children

Ngozi Anyikwa & Ngozi Obidike ............ 57

Parents’ Engagement in Adult Literacy and its Impact on their Children’s Schooling

Efua Irene Amenyah .................... 69

From the Will to the Field: Parent Participation in Early Childhood Education in Madagascar

Colleen Loomis & Abdeljalil Akkari .............. 87

Husbands in Wives’ Shoes: Changing Social Roles in Child Care among Cameroon’s Urban Residents

Henry Kam Kah ................. 101

Where is my Daddy? An Exploration of the Impact of Absentee Fathers on the Lives of Young People in Botswana

Gloria Thupayagale-Tshweneagae, Tennyson Mgutshini & Zethu Zerish Nkosi............ 115

Children’s Experiences of Support received from Men in Rural KwaZulu-Natal

Tawanda Makusha, Linda Richter & Deevia Bhana ........... 127

Latchkey Experiences of School-Age Children in Low-income Families in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Mildred Ekot..........................153

‘Arming the Rebels for Development’: Parental Involvement among Fishing Communities in Tanzania

Paul Wabike ......................... 171

Forced into Adulthood: An Exploration of Psycho-Social Dynamics in Child Headed Households

Bernadette Muyomi ....................... 193