The Effectiveness of Increasing Parental Competence in Assisting Children Accessing Gadgets in The Covid-19 Pandemic Era Before and After Being Given Counseling

Abstract

Parents are people who play a role and are fully responsible for their children. During the COVID-19 pandemic, all activities and daily habits have changed, especially in education. For this reason, parental assistance in accessing gadgets during the COVID-19 pandemic is very necessary. The role of parents in assisting children's success while studying at home is central to that. One of the challenges of parents in this modern era is the magnitude of the existence of technology in children's lives, so that it is almost inseparable from the activities of daily life, and one of them is gadgets as a form of modernity. Gadget is a term that comes from English, which means a small electronic device that has a special function. One thing distinguishing gadget from other electronic devices is the element of "novelty". Every day, gadgets always appear by presenting the latest technology that makes human life more practical. Gadget is one of the multifunctional technological devices, and its development is very fast. Gadget users are not only adults. Even children are very familiar with gadgets. The purpose of this study was that respondents, especially parents, can be more competent in accompanying their children when accessing gadgets and increasing parental competence in assisting children accessing gadgets was one solution to increase children's learning motivation. The type of this study used is quantitative with a pre-experimental design. The population of this study were all mothers of Muslimat NU 6 Kindergarten children. While the sampling technique in this study was Total sampling, the sample was all mothers of Muslimat NU 6 Kindergarten children. The results of this study used cross-tabulation, there was an effect of increasing parental competence in accompanying children accessing gadgets with the motivation of learning for Muslimat NU 6 Kindergarten children.

Parental Guidance for Gadget Use during Early Childhood

“…The factors that hinder the effectiveness of the parental assistance authorization in this study Parents who are busy working tend to give gadgets without paying attention to their effects on child development (Halim et al, 2018;Mardiyana, 2022). Limited knowledge about the use of safe technology devices for early childhood.…”

“…In this study, parents had difficulty stopping their child's tantrums because of their great need for electronic devices. In fact, tantrums are a negative impact for children that must be avoided immediately so they don't become addicted to gadgets (Chinomona et al, 2013;Mardiyana, 2022). The belief or perception that the need for gadgets is not a bad thing, but a single solution for various problems, including child development.…”

“…Gadget facilities are problematic because children do not understand the function of gadgets, compared to parents who do not understand what features are in gadgets (Mardiyana, 2022;Mu'awanah et al, 2021). Even if parents are more aware of technology, there will be a positive impact on children's development through the use of gadgets (Sukitman & Ridwan, 2016;Taştan et al, 2018).…”

Milenial Parents' Parenting Patterns are in Danger Use of Early Children's Gadgets

“…According to other study in Indonesia the development of gadgets is very fast, in fact it is one of the countries with the largest Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp in the world, each network reaching 52 million users (Hidayatuladkia et al, 2021). Gadgets consist of gadgets of several types such as smartphones, laptops, tablets or iPads (Kholifah & Atzmardina, 2023;Mardiyana, 2022). At this time gadgets have very diverse applications, ranging from learning-themed games to applications that can keep children entertained when using them.…”