Abstract
BackgroundThis study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children’s Homes in Ghana. The focus was on investigating caregiver perceptions of proper child care, their experiences with having to work with child rights principles and the implication of these for their relationships with the children and the care services they deliver.MethodsAdopting a qualitative approach with phenomenological design, data were collected from 41 caregivers in two children’s homes in Ghana using focus group discussions and in-depth interviews.ResultsIt emerged that caregivers experienced frustrations with perceived limitations that child rights principles place on their control over the children describing it as lessening and, at the same time, complicating the care services they provide.ConclusionsThe findings suggest a need for a review of the implementation strategies of the child rights approach in that context. A re-organization of the children’s homes environment and re-orientation of caregivers and children regarding their relationship is also suggested.
Highlights
This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children’s Homes in Ghana
The present study investigated this nexus between child care and parental control by exploring the experiences of caregivers who play parenting roles in an environment dominated by child rights
Some are organized in forms reminiscent of boarding schools with children sleeping in large dormitory-style rooms and have shift-working caregivers, while others are organized in family home units with children living permanently with one caregiver in a small family home
Summary
The findings suggest a need for a review of the implementation strategies of the child rights approach in that context.
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