Parental Attitudes toward Risky Play in Early Childhood in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The study aimed to identify parents’ attitudes toward risky play in early childhood in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and to reveal the presence of differences in the sample’s responses in parents’ attitudes toward risky play in early childhood according to the variables (relationship, age). The current study relied on the descriptive survey method to suit the purposes of this study. The two researchers prepared a questionnaire consisting of (15) items, and its validity and reliability implications were extracted. The questionnaire was applied to a sample of parents of children aged 3-6 years in the city of Al-Khobar in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Their number reached (361) mothers and fathers. The results of the study found that parents’ attitudes toward risky play in early childhood; It came to a degree of (sometimes), as the general average of the paragraphs of this axis was (1.88), with a standard deviation of (0.36), and five statements came in the category (Disagree), while seven statements came in the category (Sometimes), and three statements came in the category (Agree). ). The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences in parents’ attitudes toward risky play due to the variable of gender or kinship (mother and father). The results also indicated that the value of the statistic (F) related to the total degree of parents’ attitudes towards risky play is due to the age variable. Not statistically significant at the significance level (α = 0.05). The study recommended a number of recommendations, including: the need for parents to provide a safe and exciting environment to challenge the child’s abilities in various fields. Encouraging the child to acquire and practice life skills such as: flexibility and perseverance. Parental supervision and monitoring of the child; To learn about his physical abilities.
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