THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN BUILDING AN INDEPENDENT ATTITUDE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Abstract

In the life of parents being one of the important things to form an independent attitude in early childhood, parents can be the foundation of developing strong independence. This is because parents have the opportunity to set a positive example, provide support, and create an environment that can facilitate the exploration of children's learning. By giving responsibility that is appropriate for the child's age and providing space in making decisions and learning from children's experiences. Thus, the role of parents is not only limited to providing basic protection and fulfillment, but also forms a strong foundation for children's independence, which benefits children in the future.aw33 To prepare for the future of the child, fathers and mothers should instill the values of independence for the child because it can play an important role. The aspect of independence in children is not only present since childhood, but will have an impact on the future of the child. Therefore, it is necessary to apply measurements in the level of independence in children from childhood so that teachers are able to know the level of progress of student independence and carry out activities with the support of learning media that can play a role in increasing children's independence at school. The role of parents is a reflection that can be seen or followed by children within the family sphere. Thus, parenting becomes an obligation that needs to be done by parents. This is where the role of parents needed to take a big role includes, they must be ready and able to form independence in children. With the reason that the next generation can develop and grow as well as possible. Important behaviors that parents must develop in providing the development of an attitude of independence by providing many opportunities for children to continue to develop and explore. Developing an attitude of independence in children can be done by providing self-confidence and good habits according to age and phase of development by modeling the habit of throwing garbage in the trash, helping yourself, and washing hands. This is where the role of parents in forming independence is to provide opportunities to be able to build or develop these behaviors so that in the process of forming an attitude of independence is able to create the expected generation.

Then the importance of building independent behavior in childhood can encourage the formation of habits that can be done alone by children. The research method uses qualitative descriptive with the aim of describing and providing real facts that occur in the research location and studying cases in children aged 5 to 6 years. The research subjects consisted of 5 children (4 girls and 1 boy). This research took place at the Islamic Kindergarten level education Mutia 4, which is located: Jalan Fajar Baru Number III Rt 002 / Rw 008, East Cengkareng District, West Jakarta. The study will be conducted in February 2023. In its implementation, sampling is carried out by means of an approach through a question and answer system, observation and recording. In this case, teachers become elements in the realm of education that have an important influence on the process of instilling the value of children's independence through the learning process at school. Basically, teachers are parents of children at school, thus parents and teachers become an important part in instilling and developing the value of independence.