Integrating Family Communication Patterns and Parents Feeding Applications in Children's Food and Language Inclinations

Onwumere Onyeabor Jonathan; Geraldine O. Iheme; Diala Edwin Lionel; Mellah Ethel Uzoamaka

doi:10.59890/ijatss.v3i5.37

Authors

Onwumere Onyeabor Jonathan Abia State College of Education (Technical)
Geraldine O. Iheme Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education
Diala Edwin Lionel Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education
Mellah Ethel Uzoamaka Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59890/ijatss.v3i5.37

Keywords:

Children’s Feeding Environment Family Communication Feeding Practices, Language Inclinations Parents

Abstract

The relationships, manners, emotions, knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of parents are all part of their childcare practices. This has to do with providing children with early learning, safety and security, responsive care, healthy eating, and good health. The primary learning environment for children is the family. It is the duty of parents to support their children in completing language-related developmental activities. Parents should be the ones to motivate their children to develop their language and social abilities from a young age. This research reviews the literature on how parents' feeding practices and family communication patterns can influence children's food and language preferences in Owerri villages in Imo State, Nigeria. Family Communication Patterns Theory (FCPT) is the theoretical framework utilized to examine the communication that takes place at family dinners. For the study, three goals and one hypothesis were developed. Purposively, four primary health centers were chosen. 697 respondents made up the study's population (511 females and 187 males). The parents were given systematic checklists and questionnaires about childcare methods as part of the study. The main conclusions demonstrated that parents' feeding applications were below average, psychosocial support practices were mediocre, and family communication patterns were significantly below the criteria. The results also showed a substantial difference between parental childcare methods and family communication patterns, psychological support practices, and feeding applications. Stakeholders are advised to strengthen positive family communication patterns, parents to use play materials to improve their interactions and psychosocial support techniques with their children, and the government to reintroduce environmental applications for parent feeding in every neighborhood

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