CHARACTER EDUCATION SINCE EARLY CHILDHOOD IN FAMILY
Abstract: Children are the
future investment that must be developed optimally without, the praper stimulus
from their parents, which carried the potential for children from birth will
not be able to develop optimally. Parents play an important role in Character
Education because parents are child’s first teachers and moral education.
Education as a moral enterprise should play its role more serious, especially
in character building. Character building helps to shape children attitudes and
behaviors. Therefore, it is necessary to develop character education beginning
from early age. As stated in law no 20
year 2003 on National Education System that the National Education Functions is
developing the ability shaping the nation’s character as well as the
civilization of dignity in the framework of the intellectual life of nation
(Depdiknas, 2003). But in reality was opposite. This phenomenon can be answered
by optimizing the function of family, centering on the parents. The concept
that early childhood education is the golden age. The role of parents in early
childhood character building begin since
the child is born, parents should be able to love and care for children
in accordance with the characteristics and developments tasks.
Parenting patterns greatly affect the character education in the family,
as we all know the parenting that are usually applied in Indonesia are
democratic, authoritarian and permissive parenting. One of them that is applied
greatly affects the character education in the family. Baumrind developed 3
types of parenting style which are democratic parenting, authoritarian, and the
last the permissive style. Eleanor Maccoby & John Martin (1983) added one
type parenting style. Neglecting type (ignore). The neglecting type is showing
low of mother’s acceptance and the control of parents to child behavior (Bee
& Boyd, 2007). Education in the family is the thing that is important to
remember the early childhood family education is the largest potion of which
will be embedded in the child.
Author: Mrs Samsiah
Journal Code: jppaudsdgg140011
