THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTING PATTERN AND GENDER ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF CHILDREN GROUP A TKIT 1 QURROTA A'YUN

Abstract

Child independence is the child's ability to carry out daily activities and tasks with a little guidance, according to the child's stage of development and ability. Independence is needed so that individuals can live life without depending on others in carrying out daily activities. Many factors can affect independence, one of which is parenting and gender. There were 15 children who were fussy when they were sent to school, did not want to be separated from their parents so that parents waited in front of the class or accompanied their children in class, children who did not want to join the teacher when explaining material, children tended to be alone or had fun playing alone, when learning takes place there are children who come out of the classroom and play outside.The purpose of this study was to analyze the significant influence of parenting and gender on the independence of group A TKIT 1 Qurrota A'yun children. Researchers used a quantitative approach that is ex post facto with multiple regression techniques. The population and sample in this study were group A TKIT 1 Qurrota A'yun, totaling 42 children. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, observation and documentation. Then the data analysis used multiple linear regression tests. The results showed that the results of the ANOVA test performed obtained an F_count of 3.803 > F_table of 3.23. Parenting patterns and gender have an effect of 16.3% on children's independence. While the remaining 83.7% is influenced by other factors.

 Keywords: child independence, parenting style, sex, parents, early childhood