The Effect of Parental Support on Children’s Ambition in Northern City Division, Mbale City
| dc.contributor.author | Mercy Zewija | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T15:25:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-12T15:25:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-09-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Parental support in vital to the achievement of children’s ambitions the world over but this support is lacking. Many children in most countries are not getting the muchneeded support. This study set out to determine the effect of parental support on children’s ambition in Northern City Division, Mbale City. The study objectives were three folds: first, to explore the different parental support systems that exist in Northern City Division, Mbale City. Second, to determine the effect of a parental support on children’s ambition in Northern City Division, Mbale City and lastly, to investigate the factors that hinder parental support to children ambition in Northern City Division, Mbale City. The study used qualitative case study design to analyze data from the study area with the help of both qualitative and quantitative methods. The researcher collected data from 25 respondents in the study area who were selected using purposive sampling and interviews were used to collect data. The study found that parents take play seriously lead by example. Findings also show that parents always model healthyhabits and parents manage expectations of their children in the sub county and this was revealed in the study findings. Parents according to the findings make time to talk with their child today. Study findings also revealed that child’s prospects for future academic success and children’s motivation to achieve higher outcomes hinges on parental support. Parental support improves children’s self-efficacy in dealing with prospective situations containing many ambiguous, unpredictable, and often stressful elements and found out by the study. Additionally, parental support improves children’s chances of being more economically successful and as a result, parents communicate their visions toward work and their aspirations for their children to the next generation. Findings further reveal that parents with higher with higher social and economic status (SES) tend to have greater access to technology and the internet, and therefore may be more knowledgeable for example about the potential risks and benefits of social media use for children and poor parents may also face other stressors, such as financial instability and find it more challenging to support their children as well as some cultures prevent parents from supporting their children and thus hampering their ambitions. The study recommended government and stakeholders should sensitize the community of the need to provide parental support to children and in conjunction with local leaders should put in place measures that enhance children’s abilities to achieve their ambitions as well as improve the capability of parents to provide the much needed parental support | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12311/3101 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Uganda Christian University | |
| dc.title | The Effect of Parental Support on Children’s Ambition in Northern City Division, Mbale City | |
| dc.type | Thesis |