This research has been started by the awareness of the fact that a school drop-out rate by children from multi-cultural family is higher than those who are born in common family. When we think of the fact that children of multi-cultural family are als...
This research has been started by the awareness of the fact that a school drop-out rate by children from multi-cultural family is higher than those who are born in common family. When we think of the fact that children of multi-cultural family are also the one who will lead Korean society with children raised in common family, their high rate of the school drop-out must be a big burden to Korean society. This fact made me to focus on their relationship with mothers who play a big role in their life most closely and came to know that the parenting is highly connected to the social activity of children from multi-cultural family.
Therefore I researched about the variable facts that have influences on the effectiveness of the parenting of the mother in multi-cultural family so as to elevate the effectiveness of the parenting on their children. And the result of the research is to provide basic data to establish the service and policy improving the effectiveness of parenting for the children of multi-cultural families.
This research has been conducted among 145 mothers staying in the southeastern region of Korea to study and analyse about the influence of the stress from the parenting, psychological factors; parenting efficacy, enculturation;, social features; level of spouse's support, support of the people around them; on stress from the parenting, psychological factors; parenting efficacy, enculturation;, social features; level of spouse's support, support of the people around them; on the effectiveness on parenting. The summary of the results is followings.
First of all, there is difference in stress from relationship with children, parenting efficacy, level of spouse's support, support by the people around them, parenting effectiveness according to the economic situation of mothers in multi-cultural family.
Second of all, according to the mother's nationality, there is difference in stress from relationship with children, enculturation and the level of the spouse's support, parenting effectiveness .
Third of all, according to the result of the multiple regression analysis conducted to find out the main figure and relative influence, it turned out that effectiveness of the parenting by the mother in multi-cultural family is affected by the facts; order of the parenting efficacy, nationality, stress by child's-awareness.
Based on results of the research mentioned above, I would like to propose the action plan to improve the parenting effectiveness of the mother in multi-cultural family as followings.
First of all, the assistance and self-supporting policy improving economic conditions should be considered. In order to support this policy, it is essential to provide financial assistance in pregnancy and childbirth as well as support for parenting and various service. Furthermore, we also need to establish the social infrastructure of the job training or employment for the improvement in their economic situation.
Second of all, we need to get involved in parenting of the mother in multi-cultural family in terms of educational system. As we can know through the previous research, I could realize that the more the mother has high parenting efficacy, the higher effectiveness of parenting it is. The parenting efficacy is such an important factor to enhance the parenting effectiveness when we think of the fact that confidence as a mother makes them understand and fulfill chid's demands. Therefore, assistance and development in program for parenting and understanding child are needed.
Third of all, the education of understanding about the child's tendency is necessary for the mother in multi-cultural family. Mothers who have 6~7 year old child tend to get the high stress by the low awareness of the child's tendency rather than by the relationship with child and high expectation of child. Therefore, education concerning child's tendency is essential since low awareness of child's tendency is main cause of the lowering the parenting effectiveness.
Fourth of all, considering the fact that friends are the most people who provide the social support for the mother in multi-cultural family, we need to settle the base of the support from groups in similar situation. Not only could we help them to enhance the parenting effectiveness but we also build the communicational network for the sharing various information when we develop and provide programs with organizing the groups in similar situation. And the information obtain through this policy will be helpful for the mothers raising children in countryside to get the emotional stability.
On the other hand, the support for a spouse and supporters of family who keep close relationship is needed. Considering that main cause of conflicts among spouse and supporters for family with the mother in multi-cultural family is the culture shock, it is necessary to develop various programs and materials increasing the understandings in the country and culture of the mother in multi-cultural family. And it is also essential to develop the consultant program for the solution of the difficulties that Korean men go through the marriage life with the foreign woman.