Value of Children Within the Families in Iran: An Asian Perspective

Volume 2 - Issue 4

Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi*

Received: January 13, 2020   Published: January 21, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/PAPN.2020.02.000143

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Abstract

The paper mainly explores the attitudes and perceptions of the families towards the value of children; optimistically as a source of happiness. Families invest on their children from cradle to grave as much as they can. The process of modernization in different dimensions is creating various controversies which require new and appropriate policies to solve the emerging problems. The value of children within the families in Iran originates in their socio-economic values in different dimensions to the parents. However, children are prone to prospering or suffering depending on the statues of families with special reference to the status of their mothers. Because of the obvious difference in the attitudes, values and life parents of people and families form different cultures and way of life, the perceptions of positive and negative values of children would differ from one culture to another and from one region to another. The method of research used in the present work is of qualitative type.

Aims

It is argued that we need to consider the family as a controversial issue because of the differences between ideology of the family, and the reality of the variety of various ways in which men, women, boys and girls, live together and interact. The paper aims to explore how families changed in the past half century, why people marry, and/or have children, and how synergy and solidarity in the family are achieved. The scope and scale of happiness in the family in terms of values [1], and whether the family is in a state of crisis are also investigated. Providing answers to such questions and many more, are some of the aims of the paper. The paper will reflect a synthesis of families in the ever-changing world with special reference to Tehran, Similarly, Iran’s current state of children and families need such investigation in terms of economic, social and cultural perspectives. Analysis of the dynamics of families in society is also a part of the aims of the paper

Keywords: Value of Children; Attitudes; Perceptions; Controversies; Policies

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