Parenting And The Moral Development Of Adolescents In Ghana

Abstract

With so much interest in adolescence studies, many theoretical viewpoints have been advanced. this work analyses and integrates these different theoretical positions for a better understanding of adolescents. the problem under investigation is to ascertain how some social and cultural interventions like puberty rites and communality in Ghana can help the adolescents to navigate adolescence. on methodology, semi-structured interviews was used, the case study technique was used with the focus group approach to the study. the purposive sampling technique was employed. adolescents seems to be cushioned against pressure in Ghana and Africa due to their cultural and social interventions. the findings shows, today's adolescents needs one thing that grownups seem to have the least surplus of, time, nevertheless, parents' understanding, time and effective communication among others will go a long way in influencing the adolescents sail through adolescence with ease. furthermore, parents should gage the emotional state of the adolescents at any time in their relationship and communication with them. it recommended, parents should listen to teenagers nonjudgementally, as well as modeling decision-making strategies for adolescents to emulate. besides teenagers often go off tangents, seems to argue side issues for no apparent reason; this can be highly frustrating to many adults, they do not mean any harm contrary to popular opinion and parents must not be worry as they are only exercising their novel reasoning capabilities. the conclusion reached is that, Africa and for that matter Ghana would be better of revisiting some of her cultural and social interventions like puberty rites and communality and bring to bear the moral lessons enshrined in them on her adolescents in order to cushion them against the stormy nature of the adolescent transition and globalization.