Discipline practices of Filipino parents with different living arrangements in dealing with temper tantrums of children ages three to four years

• Main Authors: Aggabao, Hannah Viole G., Cortes, Aleli Camille C., Prufer, Alexandra Marie P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Problem children > Philippines > Education > (Preschool); Behavior disorders in children > Philippines; Emotional problems of children > Philippines; Parent and child > Philippines > Discipline; Parental influences > Philippines > Discipline; Discipline of children > Philippines
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9755
• Institution: De La Salle University

This descriptive study was focused on the discipline practices of Filipino parents with different living arrangements in dealing with the temper tantrums of children ages three to four years. A face-to-face interview was conducted utilizing an interview guide to determine the following: 1) the types of temper tantrums exhibited by children at home, 2) the discipline practices that parents used in dealing with their children's temper tantrums, and 3) the commonalities and difference in the practices of parents in dealing with temper tantrums based on their living arrangement. Respondents of the study consisted of forty-five parents, forty are female and five are males, in different cities in Metro Manila. The said respondents were purposively selected and equally classified in the following living arrangements: single parent, spouse working abroad, and living with spouse. Results of the study show the most frequent type of temper tantrums exhibited, the common discipline practices employed by the respondent-parents and the commonalities and differences of discipline practices used by respondent-parents in dealing with the temper tantrums of their children aged three to four years. The different types of temper tantrums investigated in the study are frustration tantrums, attention-seeking tantrums and emotional tantrums. It is revealed that frustration tantrums are the most prevalent type of temper tantrums exhibited by the children, wherein something that they cannot have or want leads them to deep frustration. As for the discipline practices, majority of the respondents from all types of living arrangements talk to their child as one of the common discipline practices they use. Apart from that, the married couples, specifically living with spouse working abroad, commonly cuddle their child when they exhibit temper tantrums. Another common discipline practice employed by parents living with spouse is ignoring their child while spouse working abroad at times tell their child that they cannot have what they want. However, the single parents, other than talking to their child, resort to scolding/shouting and spanking their children when they exhibit temper tantrums. This study reveals that the discipline practices of parents living with their spouses and spouse working abroad generally use the same discipline practices in handling their children's temper tantrums. Single parent families differ in their discipline techniques and their children's reaction to the discipline practice for they used shouting/scolding and temper tantrums didn't stop, respectively. The reoccurrence of a child's temper tantrums in the future may be predicted based on the discipline practice employed by parents to a particular type of temper tantrum exhibited by the child. Other significant implications were discussed and recommendations were given in this study.