HOME ECONOMICS FOR EFFECTIVE CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
Keywords:
Child Development Growth Home EconomicsAbstract
The paper looks at Home Economics for effective child growth and development in educational institutions in Nigeria. The paper takes a broad look at what Home Economics is as well as child development. The paper sees Home Economics as a course that deals with the family, health, sanitation, textiles and clothing, home management, clothing and textiles, housing and furnishing, child development and family relationships. It views child development as a sequence of physical, language, thought and emotional changes that occur in a child from birth to the beginning of adulthood. It argues that the child, for any nation, must be given a prime of place in the nation’s developmental plan. This is because children are vulnerable, even as they remain the future of any nation. As future leaders, they deserve full attention from the family to the larger society. The paper looks at the ways Home Economics contributes to the development of the child. It takes a look at the challenges of Home Economics in the growth and development of the child. Finally, the makes recommendations on how to Home Economics can enhance the growth and development of the child, among which are