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Current Affairs -- 25 March 2010 -- 16:10CEST
A study on childhood has revealed that young children consider quality time with parents to be a major concern, with a significant number saying that they do not have suitable time to express themselves within their family, particularly with their parents.
These findings emerge from a new publication from the DISCERN Institute for Research on the Signs of the Times, Experiencing Childhood in Malta.
Authored by Joe Inguanez and Rebecca Gatt, it was commissioned by The Children’s Foundation of the Malta Financial and Services Authority.
This study revealed new facts as well as confirming existing ones, bringing to light specific issues that tend to negatively affect the psychological wellbeing of children and their relationships with others, such as parents’ atypical work schedules and the limited availability of resources at home.
The importance of parenthood emerged as a strongly recurring theme in this study. Children were very open in their responses where they asserted that the parents’ love and care are unique and very difficult to substitute, DISCERN said.
The publication is being sold for the price of €10 from DISCERN’s office, which may be reached on 2124 1924 or by email on discern@maltadiocese.org
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