Clothing Young Children Without Stretching the Family’s Resources

Priscilla Yaaba Ackah (Ms.)

University of Education, Department of Home Economics Education, P.O. Box 25, Winneba –Central Region,  Ghana-West Africa, Email: priscillaadjei@gmail.com, Mobile No. 00233248368188,

Abstract 17 January 2014

Abstract

One of the responsibilities of parenting which tends to be costly is clothing the young children. This is so because in as much as parents try to fulfill this task in our present hash economic situation, the markets are also filled with fashionable clothes which are appealing to parents. The paper therefore focused on meeting the clothing needs of young children considering their developmental stages and more importantly guiding parents to be resourceful by adopting proper management principles as they satisfy this basic need of life for quality living.

Keywords: Family, Resources, Management, Young Children, Clothing.