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Assessing Parenting Styles, Impact of Poor Parenting and Challenges in Parenting in the Rural Wututu Community, Southwest Region, Cameroon

Hilaria Lah Pipa1, Marisca Amuteng Nih1, Didimus Sefela Wirba2, Lucas Bami Agwe3, Ivo Dang Mbuh4, Harry Fon Mbacham1

1 Department of Nursing, Cornerstone University and Theological Seminary, Limbe, Cameroon

2 Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Cornerstone University and Theological Seminary, Limbe, Cameroon

3 Department of Computer Science and Technology, Cornerstone University and Theological Seminary, Limbe, Cameroon

4 Department of English Language and Linguistics, Cornerstone University and Theological Seminary, Limbe, Cameroon

Published in Social Science and Humanities Journal, 2025, 9(4) · doi:10.18535/sshj.v9i04.1802

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Abstract

Parenting style can positively and negatively affect the development of children. The three major theories in parenting styles include authoritarian parenting, permissive parenting and authoritative parenting. In the Southwest Region, and most especially in the Wututu community, information on parenting styles and their impact on children's development is limited. This study therefore sought to identify the different parenting styles practised, the impact of those styles on the development of children, and the challenges to successful parenting in the community. A cross-sectional community-based study was carried out in Wututu from 3 January to 20 February 2025, involving 115 parents, male and female, who had children between the ages of 0 and 15 under their care. The most prominent parenting style was authoritarian parenting at 33.9%, followed by free range parenting at 23.5%, while the least practised was attachment parenting at 7.8%. The impacts of poor parenting reported included aggressive children, and the study sets out the challenges parents named in raising children in the community.

Keywords

parenting styleschild developmentpoor parentingrural communityWututuCameroon

How to cite

Hilaria Lah Pipa, Marisca Amuteng Nih, Didimus Sefela Wirba, Lucas Bami Agwe, Ivo Dang Mbuh, Harry Fon Mbacham (2025). Assessing Parenting Styles, Impact of Poor Parenting and Challenges in Parenting in the Rural Wututu Community, Southwest Region, Cameroon. Cornerstone Preprints, sc93r6ep. https://doi.org/10.18535/sshj.v9i04.1802

Cite the published version in Social Science and Humanities Journal, 2025, 9(4) where you can.

Declarations

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Research article
Competing interests
None declared.
Funding
None declared.

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Version history

Version 1 · Posted 26 April 2025 · Current versionPublished version, archived from the journal.