INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL FAVOURITISM ON CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT: A CHRONOLOGY OF IKOT IDAHA COMMUNITY IN IBIONO IBOM LGA, AKWA IBOM STATE

Abstract

Parental favouritism is an unspoken aspect of family vigorous actions that can jolt parents’ children relationships or the well-being of children negatively. This study orients to elucidate the influence of parental favouritism on child's development. To achieve this objective, In-person survey method was employed, involving direct interactions with the respondents to enable accuracy and profound insights. The study amalgamated a synthesis of apropos information related to the subject team using search process that involved filtering through primary and secondary sources. Descriptive statistical procedures were used to illustrate the categories of respondents. Judgmental sampling was also exploited based on the nature of the study. This paper divulged that majority of parents treat their offsprings dissimilarly without ensuring them with the same prerogatives, endearment and succor. Favouritsm often times leads to avoidable enmity among siblings and many other untoward outcomes. Therefore, this paper advocates that public awareness is the primal. There should be a strong and effective awareness sensitization campaign about parents’ inappropriate behaviours to lessen the practice of favouritism in various families. Moreover, favouritism can be resolved through fairness and equity, admissible communication and adherence pattern of treating all children indistinguishably.