Republic of the Philippines

NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY
ACADEMICS GROUP
Camp General Mariano N Castañeda, Silang, Cavite
ISO 9001:2015 Certified

CHAPTER 5

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This study presented the summary of findings, the conclusions drawn and

recommendations offered by the study.

Summary of Findings

This study focused on the lived experiences of children whose mothers

are police officers gathered from September 2022 to December 2022.

Specifically, the study identified the participants’ perception of their mother’s job,

the advantages and disadvantages, the challenges encountered, as well as their

coping with the said challenges, and the insights gained from having a police

mother.

A total of twenty-two (22) themes was formulated from answering the

statement of the problem. On the Perception of the participants on their mother’s

job, from two (2) interview questions, emerged six (6) themes which are;

understanding that being police is an arduous job; that it is a respectable and

honorable job; they are inspired and proud to their mother’s duty; they had close

family ties; they learned to be independent through their mother’s way of

discipline and they experienced complication due to time deficit. On the

advantage of being a policewomen’s child, formulated one (1) theme which is;

MASIDTALAK CLASS 2023

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY

respect for women, sense of independence, responsibility, security and

discipline, social connection and prestige. While on the disadvantage, emerged

one (1) theme which is the time and/or attention deficit for bonding and sense of

danger due to parent’s duty as police.

On the challenges of having a police mother, the researchers came up

with seven (7) themes which are; that the participants were raised in a strict

parenting environment; growing up is challenging due to the situation; learning to

be independent. When it comes to attachment issues, the participants; did not

have attachment issues with attachment issues and they learned to live

independently and responsibly; also, they learned to adapt to their parent’s

absence. Lastly, on the challenges of being a child of policewomen; they

experienced difficulties due to frequent parental absence to render duty but at the

same time, they had positive perspectives as children of policewomen.

It was also revealed in the fourth statement of the problem which is the

participants’ coping with the challenges of being a policewomen’s child, that they

asked for support from relatives and peers; and that they took the challenges

encountered as an avenue for their character or self-development.

Further, there were five (5) themes on the insights gained by the

participants from having a police mother; they became a person with high self-

efficacy of becoming a public safety officer; they became productive and lived

independently; they appreciated their mother’s work, became independent and

developed empathy and valued time.

MASIDTALAK CLASS 2023

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY

Conclusions

Based on the study's findings, the researchers discovered that, on the

whole, they have a favorable opinion of their mother's work and that they are

motivated and well-behaved. Additionally, they encounter difficulties receiving

care and attention because their mother doesn't provide them with enough of it.

Being a child of a policewoman has both benefits and drawbacks, according to

the study. The participants' status as the children of policewomen presented

additional difficulties.

The participants' lived experiences as policewomen's children were

determined by adaptive, positive, and negative experiences that were influenced

by favorable, unfavorable, or personal-related factors, according to the

researchers' findings. The majority of them were adaptive, indicating that despite

the disadvantages they experienced and the difficulties associated with being a

policewoman's child, most of them still developed good viewpoints on these

issues and grew more reliant. Their experiences served as a springboard for their

own growth.

Further, the researchers showed the insights of the participants on their

experiences that they gained high self-efficacy becoming public safety officers,

they became productive and independent and they developed empathy and

valued time.

Recommendation

MASIDTALAK CLASS 2023

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY

Based on the research findings, the researchers hereby recommend

addressing the existing challenges encountered by children of policewomen, is to

develop an action plan, emphasizing in developing of deep understanding of a

children with regards to the work of their mother as a police.

Last but not least, given the limits of the study, this research can be used as a

foundation for references for future research. It is strongly advised to do

exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses that call for a wider population with

a variety of backgrounds.

MASIDTALAK CLASS 2023