Parenting management in growing independence in children

Ujang Cepi Barlian ,Risa Rosyadah ,Riani Juniarti
Keywords: Management, parenting, early childhood, independence. ,

Abstract

This research is motivated by the low understanding of parents about the process of implementing parenting activities, to foster parental understanding of the importance of their role in fostering early childhood independence and fostering the ability of parents to carry out their role in fostering early childhood independence, parenting management is needed. For this reason, maximum effort is needed from the institution in managing its parenting program properly and in a structured manner from planning to supervision. This study generally aims to determine parenting management in fostering independence in early childhood. The specific objective is to find out the planning, implementation, evaluation, and constraints faced by parenting management in fostering early childhood independence. In this study, researchers used a qualitative descriptive method. The results of this study are: 1) Parenting planning in fostering the independence of young children through work meetings at the beginning of the school year by the school together with parents/guardians of students. The planning process includes determining activities and materials to be carried out such as parent meeting classes such as seminars and consultation days, and parental involvement classes in joint events such as outbound and cooking classes which are listed on the school academic calendar, time and place of implementation. 2). various objectives including as a forum for hospitality, conveying the school's vision and mission, aligning goals with parents in early childhood education and care to foster early childhood independence. There are two forms of implementation of the parenting program: a). Parent meeting class in the form of a seminar b). Parental involvement classes in joint events in the form of outbound and cooking classes. 3) Parenting evaluation consists of (a) Evaluation carried out during parenting activities with parents through discussion and question and answer. (b) supervision and evaluation carried out after the parenting program activities, 4). The technical constraints in the process of implementing the parenting program faced were the lack of good cooperation between institutions and student guardians. The conclusion of this study is that parenting management can foster parental understanding of the process of implementing parenting activities. This research is recommended for education offices, teachers, parents, and for other researchers.