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: Samsiah
Journal Code: jppaudsdgg150011
