Parenting Goals among Moslem Parents in Bandung, Indonesia

摘要

Parenting goals can be seen as representatives of value in a society, since family are one of the important unit of socialization for children. What is perceived as important or unimportant to a society will be socialized in the family. Since value, belief and culture can differ from society to society, then the knowledge of parenting in a particular society needs to be studied. There are limited study about family and parenting practices in south East Asian countries. This study was aimed to describe parenting goals among Moslem parents in Bandung, Indonesia. One hundred and four parents was participated in present study. The mean age of mother was 36.57 (SD= 4.92, range 25-52). The mean age of father was 39.17 (SD=7.31, range 26-71). The participants comes from various background (ethnicity, educational background, stage of family development). Open ended question about parenting goal they want to achieve was given, the participants may write more than one answer. 334 answer then recorded and coded by theme (thematic analysis) through two stages. The data analyzed using manual technique, then calculated by its percentage. The results showed that religious qualities (sholeh/sholehah and perform religious obligations) founded as a prominent parenting goal. Relational qualities (such as socialization skills, respect for parents and others, tolerance, sharing and empathy) are not so prominent compared to the personal qualities.