Long-distance parenting and child-parent relationships of domestic workers in the Philippines

Long-distance parenting has been used by domestic workers in the Philippines as a way to balance the need to live in a far distant location for their occupation and to parent their children left behind. Such compromise tales a psychological toll both on the children and the domestic workers themselv...

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Main Authors: Ferrer, Patrice Ines I., Sarte, Robert A., Jr., Sobria, Nicole, Tan, Gerik Raffertee B.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:etd_bachelors-101422021-08-05T08:00:27Z Long-distance parenting and child-parent relationships of domestic workers in the Philippines Ferrer, Patrice Ines I. Sarte, Robert A., Jr. Sobria, Nicole Tan, Gerik Raffertee B. Long-distance parenting has been used by domestic workers in the Philippines as a way to balance the need to live in a far distant location for their occupation and to parent their children left behind. Such compromise tales a psychological toll both on the children and the domestic workers themselves. Along with this is the lack of attention given by policy makers and institutions to domestic workers in the Philippines, which have caused them being denied of platforms to exercise their rights as employees, enabled abuse and exploitation from their employers, and being deprived from having better resources and benefits for both them and their families. This research aimed to steer the attention towards the experiences and challenges of long-distance parenting that domestic workers in the Philippines experience. At the same time, the paper, through the parenting competency model, intends to determine the limitations of long-distance parenting, in accordance to effective parenting functioning ad its need to meet child development. Participants were domestic workers in the Philippines who are mothers to children left behind in their hometowns and provinces. The qualitative approach study made use of the parenting competency model and interpretivist paradigm as the guiding framework, and thematic analysis for the data analysis. 2019-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9497 Bachelor's Theses English Animo Repository Parenting--Philippines Parent and child--Philippines
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
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topic Parenting--Philippines
Parent and child--Philippines
spellingShingle Parenting--Philippines
Parent and child--Philippines
Ferrer, Patrice Ines I.
Sarte, Robert A., Jr.
Sobria, Nicole
Tan, Gerik Raffertee B.
Long-distance parenting and child-parent relationships of domestic workers in the Philippines
description Long-distance parenting has been used by domestic workers in the Philippines as a way to balance the need to live in a far distant location for their occupation and to parent their children left behind. Such compromise tales a psychological toll both on the children and the domestic workers themselves. Along with this is the lack of attention given by policy makers and institutions to domestic workers in the Philippines, which have caused them being denied of platforms to exercise their rights as employees, enabled abuse and exploitation from their employers, and being deprived from having better resources and benefits for both them and their families. This research aimed to steer the attention towards the experiences and challenges of long-distance parenting that domestic workers in the Philippines experience. At the same time, the paper, through the parenting competency model, intends to determine the limitations of long-distance parenting, in accordance to effective parenting functioning ad its need to meet child development. Participants were domestic workers in the Philippines who are mothers to children left behind in their hometowns and provinces. The qualitative approach study made use of the parenting competency model and interpretivist paradigm as the guiding framework, and thematic analysis for the data analysis.
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author Ferrer, Patrice Ines I.
Sarte, Robert A., Jr.
Sobria, Nicole
Tan, Gerik Raffertee B.
author_facet Ferrer, Patrice Ines I.
Sarte, Robert A., Jr.
Sobria, Nicole
Tan, Gerik Raffertee B.
author_sort Ferrer, Patrice Ines I.
title Long-distance parenting and child-parent relationships of domestic workers in the Philippines
title_short Long-distance parenting and child-parent relationships of domestic workers in the Philippines
title_full Long-distance parenting and child-parent relationships of domestic workers in the Philippines
title_fullStr Long-distance parenting and child-parent relationships of domestic workers in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Long-distance parenting and child-parent relationships of domestic workers in the Philippines
title_sort long-distance parenting and child-parent relationships of domestic workers in the philippines
publisher Animo Repository
publishDate 2019
url https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9497
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