A study and Evaluation of some of the variables in the Stubborn Child behavior in eating his food Between the ages of 3 to 6 years

Abstract

The child realize that the meals time provide golden opportunities to get the attention the child needs. However, many difficulties that may appear about eating food can be avoided, if the family used the right way in dealing with this problem. The study aims, in this case, at searching for the reasons that lies behind the child's obstinacy in eating his food and the attempt to study some variables that is related to the research topic.

The results are summed up as follows:

• The number of the sample children is 3 of both sexes between the ages of 3 to 6 years.
• The scientific level of the mothers: the highest ratio 80% has the secondary school and the lowest ratios 20% are from different levels the mothers are either have BH degree 90% or MA degree 10%.
• The patterns the families use to present to the child in cooking are boiled food, fried food, and fresh food.
• The methods used to convince the child is watching TV 70%, giving encouragements to the child 15%, 10% comparing the child with other children,5% the use of punishment, the effect of the brothers and parents 50%, the effect of the friends' children 50%.

Macnmar and Cosheran test is used as indicator of the statistic analysis to the results which reached Macnmar factor of the effect of the child's participation during eating food 22.3% and the effect of the number of times the child participates in making food value is 17.9%. and the value of the change of nutritious behavior of the child when the food is varied is 16.9. A11 the previous values are higher in the beginning that means it is of statistical significance in effecting these variables which equals three time the stubborn child's behavior to be positive. While when the equation applied as indicators to know the effect of the parents in the child's behavior, and the use of encouragement and punishment the value reached the static value 803.85. And this value is higher than the tabled value which is 9.31 and this gives meaning that the results are of statistic significance at the level 0.01.

Consequently it is discovered that eating by force leads at the end to indigestion and the food will not be absorbed in a normal way. The success in the nutrition process needs patience and wide heart from the side of the parents, because may be the family might guide the child behavior in a direct and the right way and teach him what he needs and train him/her the right behavior. The methods of raising the children and guide them to what is good and avoid and fearing what is evil or what bother or irritate them is the style of the Islamic education and the nature Allah ( be praised) created man on to love of the good, heavenly, prosperity, and survival.