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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: Street hawking which appears to be fast becoming a culture in Nigeria has a lot of vices associated with it. Such vices are likely to affect the general standard of morality and social norms that had formed the acceptable pattern of behavior among Nigerian children if not properly addressed. This study therefore investigated the influence of hawking on socio-emotional development of the child. The study was guided by two research questions. The sampled population consists of 140primary four pupils of public primary schools in Cross River state. The data used for the study was gotten from the questionnaire composed by the researchers. The questionnaire was structured on a four point scale and the data were analyzed using mean scores: the mean of 2.50 and above shows acceptance while any mean value below 2.50 was not accepted. The findings among others revealed that Hawking has a negative effect on socio emotional development of the children. It exposes children to danger such as armed robbery, prostitution and other vices. The researchers therefore concluded that street hawking has negative influences on children's social emotional development and therefore should be discouraged. Based on the findings, recommendations were made among others that there should be advocacy campaign to educate parents and guardians on the dangers of hawking on children's development especially on their socio emotional development. |
| Keywords: street hawking, social development, emotional development ,development, children |
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