Parenting Education As A Vital Tool For Sustaining Green Skills Among Youths For Nation Building

Abstract

This study examined the efficacy of parenting education in developing and sustaining green skills for youth to foster sustainable nation-building. Parenting education provides a platform that individual youth can use to acquire green skills with the right attitude, knowledge, and values necessary for workforce in a knowledge economy to build a sustainable nation in the contemporary time. In contemporary times, parental education inculcates diverse range of home training and skills development in the youth, enabling them to express self-capabilities to drive sustainability, innovation, and green growth for nation-building. This is possible because many youths spend most of their formative years within the family. Therefore, parenting education plays an important role in contributing to the development of green skills acquisition among youth and producing competent youth amid many ethical and sociological menace such as cultism, corruption, examination malpractices, sexual immorality, promiscuity, hooliganism, impersonation, financial fraud, money ritual, and a host of other ethical cum sociological problems that threaten nation-building in the contemporary time. It was discovered that. Parents need to set an excellent example for their youths so that they will be compelled to adopt green lifestyle changes. In reality, culture and mindset change will progress towards green technology and practice. Small changes we make today will have a significant impact in the future. Therefore, this paper examined the place of parenting education in youth acquisition of green skills toward sustainable nation-building. The study employed a descriptive method to harness the discourse. The study investigates practical ways parenting education can be utilized to develop green skills among youth.