Visual basic sms-based enrollment system
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
According to the 2012 National Statistics Office (NSO) Survey, an estimated 2.2 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) are abroad. Undeniably, Philippines is one of the countries in which unemployment is a consistent problem that is why many Filipino migrants take risks and settle to other countries for labor as their means of improving their lives and in gaining new learning experiences. In fact, the number of Filipinos who work abroad continue to increase as the years go by. Many moves across different countries for the sake of better job opportunities, higher salaries, good experiences, and an escape from poverty, but along this is the reality that many children are being left behind by either one or both of their parents.
According to Fernando (1997) as mentioned in the book of Carandang (1987), parents play an essential role in an adolescent’s life. The family as considered by the adolescents as a central part of their lives who has the major supporting role with regards to the adolescents’ socialization to others. According to de la Garza (2010) when children are left behind they are more prone to psychological and emotional stress, feelings of abandonment, and low self-esteem, which my result to the damage of the child’s overall well-being and patterns of socialization.
Adolescents are prone to changes and adjustments that are mostly relate to distressing emotions such as tension, confusion and uncertainty. Moreover, adolescents face problems and conflicts as they rationalize their relationships with their parents, peers, and opposite sex (Carandang, 1987). That is why parental absenteeism causes the youth to turn their peers not just for friendship but for nurturing, security, and guidance (Cortes, 2007).
There have been numerous studies that examined the impact of labor migration. However, the changes on the sense of family obligation among adolescents and the degree to which they believe that they should support,
INTRODUCTION
According to the 2012 National Statistics Office (NSO) Survey, an estimated 2.2 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) are abroad. Undeniably, Philippines is one of the countries in which unemployment is a consistent problem that is why many Filipino migrants take risks and settle to other countries for labor as their means of improving their lives and in gaining new learning experiences. In fact, the number of Filipinos who work abroad continue to increase as the years go by. Many moves across different countries for the sake of better job opportunities, higher salaries, good experiences, and an escape from poverty, but along this is the reality that many children are being left behind by either one or both of their parents.
According to Fernando (1997) as mentioned in the book of Carandang (1987), parents play an essential role in an adolescent’s life. The family as considered by the adolescents as a central part of their lives who has the major supporting role with regards to the adolescents’ socialization to others. According to de la Garza (2010) when children are left behind they are more prone to psychological and emotional stress, feelings of abandonment, and low self-esteem, which my result to the damage of the child’s overall well-being and patterns of socialization.
Adolescents are prone to changes and adjustments that are mostly relate to distressing emotions such as tension, confusion and uncertainty. Moreover, adolescents face problems and conflicts as they rationalize their relationships with their parents, peers, and opposite sex (Carandang, 1987). That is why parental absenteeism causes the youth to turn their peers not just for friendship but for nurturing, security, and guidance (Cortes, 2007).
There have been numerous studies that examined the impact of labor migration. However, the changes on the sense of family obligation among adolescents and the degree to which they believe that they should support,