Parenting and academic life: A research on social work student-parents in Gävle

Abstract: Education is essential to human development because it provides knowledge and skills that hold great results for economic empowerment, better living and social growth. Parents do their best by engaging in studies for their development and a better future for their children. This research is meant to examine the challenges experienced in combining Parenting and academic life using five social work student-parents who studied in Gavle University. In this study, a qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were deployed to collect data from five willing social work students at the University of Gävle who juggle parenting with studying. Role theory was used to get the best out of this research endeavour, implying that people occupy different roles daily. The data collected were coded into themes. It is crucial that aside from recommended solution approaches, regular guidance and counselling should be considering as a means to help monitor and supervise the academic progress of studying parents and their children to provide emotional aid, support and assistance wherever needed in the scheme of things.