“A Single Mother’s Perspective on Her 5-Year-Old Child’s Self-esteem”: A Case Study in Early Childhood Education

Minaya-Llerena M.; Iraola-Real I. · Communications in Computer and Information Science (2023) · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24978-5_1

Resumen

Self-esteem at preschool age can be influenced by various aspects, with separation from parents being a determining factor that can affect the infant’s development socially, affectively and at school. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze the perspective of a single mother on the self-esteem of her five-year-old preschool child in a school in the district of Los Olivos (Lima-Peru). Likewise, the methodology corresponds to the qualitative approach of descriptive type and case study. A semi-structured interview of nine questions was applied to two single mothers. At the conclusion, the results showed that in the social perspective, the child is accessible and relates to older children. In addition, in the affective perspective the child showed feelings of sadness and fear. In addition, in the scholastic perspective the child had difficulties in his studies maintaining low grades.

Instituciones: Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades