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PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN INSTILLING SOCIAL CARE
ATTITUDES TO EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH THE

FRIDAY BLESSING PROGRAM
Cipta Rumsari1, Sri Nurhayati2

1, 2 IKIP Siliwangi – Cimahi – Jawa Barat – Indonesia
1 nengcipta@gmail.com

Received: Agustus, 2020; Accepted: September, 2020

Abstract
This research aims to describe parents' involvement in instilling social care attitudes to early childhood
through the Friday blessing program at PAUD Mawar Kota Bandung. The data collected in this study
uses semi-structured interview techniques, participatory observations, and documentation studies. The
method used is descriptive with a post positivistic approach with a simple research design. This study's
respondents were a PAUD principal, two tutors, and two parents of PAUD Mawar students selected
purposively. The results showed that parental involvement as a supporter, social agent, and streamline
the program. While the factors inhibiting parental involvement are the busyness of parents and the lack
of awareness of the importance of parental involvement in early childhood education programs. Friday
Blessing Program in instilling social care in children is already underway judging by the participation
of parents of students who participate in every activity carried out from preparation to implementation.
Children's social care is instilled in a way that, together with parents and teachers, donate the dhuafa in
the Friday Blessing program.
Keywords: Parent Involvement, Social Care Attitudes, Early Childhood

Abstrak
Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan tentang keterlibatan orangtua dalam menanamkan sikap peduli
sosial kepada anak usia dini melalui program Jumat berkah di PAUD Mawar Kota Bandung.
Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan teknik wawancara semi terstruktur, observasi
partisipatif dan studi dokumentasi. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif dengan pendekatan post
positivistik simple research design. Responden penelitian ini adalah seorang kepala sekolah PAUD, dua
orang tutor dan dua orang orangtua siswa PAUD Mawar yang dipilih secara purposif. Hasil penelitian
menunjukkan bahwa keterlibatan orang tua sebagai pendukung, agen sosial, dan memperlancar
program. Sedangkan faktor penghambat keterlibatan orangtua adalah kesibukan orangtua serta
kurangnya kesadaran akan pentingnya keterlibatan orangtua dalam program pendidikan anak usia dini.
Program jum’at berkah dalam menanamkan kepedulian sosial kepada anak sudah berjalan dilihat dari
partisipasi orangtua siswa yang ikut terlibat dalam setiap kegiatan yang dilaksanakan mulai dari
persiapan hingga pelaksanaan. Kepedulian social anak ditanamkan dengan cara bersama-sama
memberikan bantuan kepada dhuafa yang menerima bantuan dalam program Jumat Berkah.
Kata kunci: keterlibatan orangtua Sikap Peduli Sosial, Anak Usia Dini

How to Cite: Rumsari, C & Nurhayati, S. (2020). Parent Involvement in Instilling Social
Care Attitudes to Early Childhood through the Friday Blessing Program. EMPOWERMENT:
Jurnal Ilmiah Program Studi Pendidikan Luar Sekolah, 9 (2), 306-312.

INTRODUCTION

The early childhood education program is a basic education level that can develop children's
potential through stimulation from home. The first educational foundation for children in
families with a continuation to strengthen early childhood education in the sensitive period or
golden age is realized through the early childhood education, one of which is PAUD. A
sensitive period in children should be utilized as best as possible through Early Childhood



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Education (PAUD). PAUD is done to aid physical and spiritual growth and development on
formal, informal, and informal paths.

The implementation of education is a shared responsibility between parents, the community,
and the government. The Law of the Republic of Indonesia number 20 of 2003 on the National
education system in Chapter XV Article 56 states that the community plays a role in improving
the quality of education services through the board of education and school committees/
madrassas. Citizen participation is also fundamental in a democracy, and this is the foundation
of parenting and community involvement in education. The importance of the role of parental
involvement in preparing their child is stated in retnaningtyas research (Amini, 2015), which
states that parents who are involved in parenting in kindergarten will strengthen the parent's
relationship with the child, parents will gain additional knowledge about the child's growth
when the parent participates in routine activities in the child's school and can apply his new
knowledge when educating his child at home. Concerning the impact of parental involvement,
research from Henderson and Mapp (Amini, 2015) states that when it comes to parental
engagement with the quality of the school, there are two points of research conclusion as
follows: (1) schools that work well with parents can improve teacher morale, and get higher
assessments from parents, (2) schools whose parents are involved have better support and
reputation in the community.

Children who are in the developmental stage are not only intellectual, or language that develops
but emotions and behaviors will develop because basically, the development tends to be more
qualitative and related to the maturation of the function of the individual organs, emotions, and
behaviors that will shape the character of a child (Izzati, 2008). Each child's emotions and
behaviors will be different, depending on the influence of the child's experience and
environment. It is in this character development that the government also does not stay silent
in taking over. Through the world of education, the government tries to help the child develop
the primary character he has. One of the children's characters that must be developed in the
world of education is social care. The character of social care is fundamental to develop early
on in the child. According to Narwanti (2011), social care is an attitude and action that always
wants to assist others and communities in need. Attitudes and actions that always want to
provide assistance need to be developed in children, especially early childhood. Attitudes and
actions that reflect social care need to be developed so that the child does not have negative
traits such as indifferent, individualism, stupid times, to social problems, picky friends, and
fading gotong royong culture.

PAUD Mawar, located in Bandung, is an effort to develop children's social care and facilitate
the involvement of parents of students making the Friday Blessing program. The program is
sharing food every Friday to people around the school. This activity is carried out together by
children, parents, and teachers.



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Parents’ Involvement

According to Akbar (2017), parental involvement is significant because parents greatly
influence the child's success, where the parents in the child's education will engage in
homework activities, giving the child various opportunities to observe and learn from the model
provided by the parents. Parental involvement also gives children a sense of security and
connection. Especially as children get older, parental involvement informs that children are
critical to parents. The common objectives of family involvement in the implementation of
education are explained in article 2 according to the Directorate of Family Education
Development (2017), namely: (1) increasing care and shared responsibility between education
units, families, and communities towards the implementation of education, (2) encouraging the
strengthening of child character education, (3) increasing the family's concern for the education
of the child, (4) building synergy between academic units, families, and communities, (5)
realizing a safe education unit environment, comfortable and pleasant.  Types of engagement
according to Morrison (2012) state that there are six types of engagement that schools can
emphasize in partnership with parents, namely (1) Type of Parenting Knowledge and Skills,
(2) Communication Between Home and School, (3) Volunteering in School and the
community, (4) Home Learning (5) Decision making, (6) Collaborating with the community.

Social Care

There are about 18 characters proposed by the government to be developed in children. One of
the most important characters that need to be developed in a child is a social care character.
According to Listyarti (2010), social care is an attitude and action that always wants to assist
others and communities in need. While according to the paud study center of the research
institute Universitas Negri Yogyakarta (2009), social care or caring for others is an attitude of
children who can understand others' condition according to their views. Understanding this
attitude should be with exercises in the way the child is faced with real citations. In social care,
students are expected to develop attitudes and actions that always want to assist others.
According to S. Nasution (Budiyanto, 2016), this social care character needs students as
supplies to live in their social environment. The most crucial social element is human
interaction. The most feared thing when interacting with other students is that the child's friends
will tend to choose one group of friends or choose a friend who is one of the top class just
wanting to be friends with a child who is one of them. Furthermore, those who have low
incomes are ashamed and reluctant to be friends with the higher class.

METHOD

In this study, researchers used descriptive methods with a simple research design approach.
Sugiyono (2017) argues that descriptive research methods are research methods based on post-
positivist philosophy used to research natural objects (as opposed to experiments) wherein this
study, researchers as a critical instrument. Furthermore, data collection techniques use
interview, observation, and documentation studies techniques. Data analysis is done using
triangulation. According to Miles and Huberman (Sugiyono, 2017), activities in qualitative
data analysis are conducted interactively and continuously until complete, so that the data is
saturated. Activities in data analysis are data reduction, data display, and data conclusion or
verification.

The collection of data sources for respondents is done purposively with specific considerations
and objectives by being done randomly or randomly (Sugiyono, 2017). As for the respondents
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involved in this study influenced the study results and according to the science owned by the
respondents. The research site was conducted at PAUD MAWAR Cibeunying Kaler Bandung.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Result

Based on the results of interviews conducted by researchers at PAUD Mawar, parents'
involvement in the development of social care attitudes through the Friday blessing program
are as follows:

The first interview researchers conducted to the principal with the initial "T," along with the
interview "Parental involvement in attitude development usually we do by carrying out the
parent class activities that the school makes for once a month. Besides,  the school
communicates between parents and the school needs know the child". Furthermore, respondent
T again explained the child's development after engaging parents in the activities "the
development of the child's social attitude develops well after participating in the activities that
the school does. The activity is one of the friday programs blessing". Respondent T explained
the program implementation process that "friday program is voluntary implementation where
parents work with other parents to implement it." The Friday Blessing difficulties in
implementation are "when children do not want to participate in activities directly shared to the
community in the school environment may be because the condition of the feeling is no longer
good."

The researcher did the next interview to respondent M as a tutor that "Social care attitude
development activities conducted by children have been excellent, with the program
implemented every Friday." Furthermore, regarding the development of children, respondent
M said that "Children have started to change social care attitudes since participating in activities
carried out by the school, let alone the school involving parents in every activity. This can also
improve the relationship between the child and the parent". The problem felt by the tutor at the
time of implementation is, "If the child's emotional or physical condition is not good, they do
not want to participate in the activity, and there is also a child who is still shy if not
accompanied by a parent." However, the tutor explained the solution to the obstacles faced
following the result "the solution we give gifts to children who are passionate and diligent in
participating in activities and compact with their parents."

The researcher went on to tell the respondent "L" that "Attitude development programs have
been well done by children, one of the Friday program blessing." Furthermore, regarding the
development of children, "all children have had changes to social care attitudes and engaging
parents in friday activities is a blessing to add to the children's changes." As for the constraints,
the respondent L said that "the condition of the child if the child is no longer feeling good or
sensitive and they do not want to participate in activities because the parent does not
accompany them if the parent is not present." Respondent M said about the solution to the
obstacles is, in a way, "Giving gifts to children who are passionate and diligent in participating
in activities and compact with their parents."

Based on the interviews with parents with initials, A obtained findings on the positive impact
of the Friday Blessing program involving parents, among others: "If I think the program is very
good. Because of the many positive aspects, which I feel, besides of course being able to share
with others. Thempakmpakkan between parents also gets better, the relationship of parents and
mothers, with the children also I think become more solid. Maybe it's because of the
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process of people involvement in the Friday Blessing program, namely "For the concept, every
week we raise funds from parents. The amount varies depending on how much his parents want
to donate. Only the minimum average of Rp.5000, the maximum is up to Rp.20.000. continue
to kencleng children every week is also included in the budget of Friday blessing funds." Next,
respondent A explained the type of parental involvement consists of adjusting menu to the
week's budget, conditions, and situation. "For the menu I for picket parents to cook. Usually,
rice, stir-fry and protein. So about once a Friday blessing three parents cook. They cooks at
each other's houses and then takes the dishes to school to be wrapped together. The funds are
from the money that's been raised. Just because it is not mandatory the amount of funds is
different. If if it is not possible to cook we replace the menu with snacks such as; lontong, wet
pastries and others. One activity requires rice, side dishes, rice paper, plastic spoons, mineral
water and crepe to wrap it. If there's any leftovers, we'll keep the funds for the next week."
Then for the Blessing Friday program's target, respondent A explained that "the target every
week is different, but because it takes the kids. The target is not far from the school
environment. Usually online motorcycle drivers, scavengers, builders who happen to work in
school districts, beggars, angkot drivers have also been, and people who run out Friday in
mosques near schools. The last thing about obstacles is "There must be a mother. The kids are
one of them, yes, because the kids are still active, so when everyone flocks down to the field,
they have to pay extra attention. Usually mothers and some parents also come to watch.
Continue from the fund, sometimes there may be parents who forget so with a limited budget
must think hard for the selection of menus etc. Because I also help as many mothers do, and
sometimes be active."

The next respondent, D, explained that "The program is very good. Because many positive
aspects of certainly being able to share with others and parent and tutor relationships, with
children also I think it becomes more solid." Furthermore, respondent D explained about the
concept of activities "The concept is every week we raise funds from parents. The amount
varies depending on how much his parents want to donate. Only the minimum average of
Rp.5000, the maximum is up to Rp.20.000. continue to kencleng children every week is also
included in the budget of Friday blessing fund.”

Image 1: Activities of Friday Blessing



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Discussion

The results of this study show that parental involvement through social sharing programs in
PAUD Mawar has gone well where parents of PAUD Mawar have implemented this type of
parental involvement. Morrison's type of parental involvement (2012) states that there are six
types of engagement that schools can emphasize in partnership with parents, namely (1) Type
of Parenting Knowledge and Skills, (2) Communication Between Home and School, (3)
Volunteering in School and in the community, (4) Learning at home (5) Decision making, (6)
Collaborating with the community. In addition, the characteristics of involvement in school
activities is one of supporting children this is in line with the opinion of Tolada (Yuliasari,
Fitria, & Zirmansyah, 2019)which states that there are 4 characteristics of parental involvement
in their child's education, namely providing support to children in activities, providing
additional learning guidance, caring about children's home work and engaging in school
activities. The activities carried out by PAUD Mawar are social care activities where the
implementation of the activity involves the surrounding community in need as the target of the
activity. According to Listyarti (Listyarti, 2010) social care is an attitude and action that always
wants to provide assistance to others and communities in need. Furthermore, Rosita, Nurhayati,
Jumiatin, Rosmiati, & Abdu (2020) explained that the attitude of sharing, responsibility,
helping each other and interacting with each other in solving a problem is formed from planting
cooperative characters that must be trained early on, so that children are used to living together
and able to cooperate when they grow up, because humans are social beings that can not be
separated from others.

Furthermore, based on the interview results, there are obstacles in the school activities, one of
which is about funding where the funding of activities is charged to parents in the
implementation of Friday blessings activities. Funding is very important in making activities
and needs to be taken into account. In the opinion of Sukwiaty (Yuliasari, Fitria, & Zirmansyah,
2019) money is one element that can not be ignored. Money is an exchange tool and a means
of value, the small amount of activity can be measured from the amount of money that is in a
company. However, looking at the activities results, it has been seen that parents give a lot of
support to the school where the parents' view of the activities can affect the activities carried
out in the school.

CONCLUSION

Friday blessing Program in instilling social engagement in children has gone well, judging by
the participation of parents of students who participate in every activity carried out where
parents want to participate in every preparation until implementation. However, to continue to
run correctly, the school can seek the application of funds for each program through the
submission of proposals.

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