Parenting Education: Building Characters and Holding in Millennial Mental Problems

摘要

This research was conducted to see parents effort in improving their parenting skills, especially in building children's character education. Parental education is very important and crucial for children. During 2007 to 2009 there were cases of juvenile delinquency which involves teenagers aged ≤18 years and cases of mental decline. This cases shows that there is a moral decline or character of millennial generation. Millennials tend to have weak mentality compared to the previous generations. This also indicates that the role of the family in shaping character to the millennials are not going well. This research was conducted using qualitative methods. The data was collected by conducting in-depth interviews with 21 parents who had children aged between 2-18 years as respondents. The collected data is reduced, interpreted and analyzed. The results of the study are presented in a narrative descriptive manner. The purpose of this research is to find out whether parents prepare themselves with the science of parenting.