The Role of Parents in Shaping Children’s Behavior During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Learning activities in schools during covid-19 do not exist, this reality will result in poor development of children's behavior, therefore the large role of parents is expected to realize the development of positive behavior in all children. This study aims to describe how the role that parents play in shaping children's behavior in order to avoid bad behavior as well as covid-19. This research was designed with qualitative approach, data collection techniques through observations, interviews and documentation studies, the results of analysis showed that the busyness of parents in doing their work in the office resulted in a lack of attention to the development of children's behavior, among the roles performed by parents is to divert children's activities from school to non-formal educational institutions, while in the home environment children are directed to active in traditional games that exist in the community.