PARENTAL DEPRIVATION: TYPES AND EFFECTS

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  • CAROLINE BECK PROF. USHA MISHRA Professor, Department of Education, University of Allahabad, Allahabad D.Phil. Research Scholar, (UGC SRF), Department of Education, University of Allahabad,

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Abstract

The present paper discusses parental deprivation of children. Parental deprivation refers to the state of being rejected or separated from their parents or suffering permanent loss of their parents through natural or circumstantial means. Parentally deprived children are a class by themselves. Being deprived of parental care and familial protection such children suffer from environmental deficiencies in many ways. These children develop a style of life and learning which runs counter to the life styles of other children. They get lesser opportunities for interaction with physical and social world outside their immediate neighborhood.

 

The family is the psychological field in which the transactional process between the parents and their children takes place. The core of this field is the husband and the wife. The family unit remains the crucial guiding influence in the child’s personality development. Faulty family patterns are a fertile source of unhealthy development and maladjustment. In very general terms, the love, parental-warmth and permissiveness are needed for the healthy personality development of the children. Coleman (1949) described that the child is born with some biological needs and generally acquires psychological needs. Biological needs are of two kinds- visceral needs (basic needs of food, water, sleep etc) and stimulation-cum-activity needs (safety and avoidance of pain etc). Psychological needs for healthy human development and functioning are influenced by social status and social norms. These needs are love, affection, security, understanding, predictability, curiosity, order, adequacy and competence etc.The most crucial and persuasive of all the influence exerted in the home, is the love and warmth imparted by the 

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2016-01-31

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2016): JANUARY 2016

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