Abstract
This study is set out to examine the “Influence of Parental Responsibility on Children of Anglican Communion in Southern Senatorial Zone, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study include: examining the influence of parental responsibility on the moral upbringing of their children; evaluating the influence of parental responsibility on the social live of their children; measuring the influence of parental responsibility on the educational live of their children. Descriptive research design was used in this study. The target population was on all registered members of Anglican Communion in Southern Senatorial Zone. Cluster Random Sampling was adopted. Two instruments were used namely: structured questionnaire and oral interview. The questionnaire was framed based on Modified Likert scale of four-points. Interview method was adopted in order to reach other respondents who were not privileged to be sampled. The researcher used face content validity in this study to ascertain the validity of the instruments. Pilot study was carried out to assess the efficiency and the appropriateness of the research instrument. This is to give an opportunity for testing the validity and reliability of the research instruments. Data obtained from the pilot study was statistically analyzed for the purpose of reliability, through the use of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was used to test the questionnaire at 0.05. The reliability co-efficient for children was 0.728 and that of parents is 0.879. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The major findings of this study were: it revealed that, parents have higher perception of their influence on the moral development of their children. Similarly, most parents have higher perception of their influence on the social development of their children. One also revealed that parents and children do not differ significantly in their opinion on parental influence on the academic life of children. It is concluded that Parents have high moral influence on their ix children, and children rely much on the moral influence of their parents. Lastly, children have much reliance on their parents‟ educational influence. It is recommended that: parents should not relent in their effort of inculcating moral standard in their children and children should always be encouraged to follow the standard of moral behaviour of the society. Parents should be proactive in their care of children in the choice of friends, guidance in their behaviuor. Parents should have positive attitudes in their children‟s education and children should have positive attitude in pursuing their ed ucational career. Parents should encourage children to follow the standard of moral moral behaviour in the society. Parents should advice children to stay away from evil association that leads to drug addiction, smoking, alcoholism and other social ill behaviour. Children should be advice on the need to have positive attitude towards educational pursuits. The community should have a collective responsibility to discipline and assist children when they need help. The Church should take it upon itself in daily activities in shaping the moral/religious, social and academic life of children by organizing workshops, seminars and symposiums.
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