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Parenting Webinar Implementation

Poor, September 19, 2020 KPL PLS UM students held a parenting webinar in collaboration with Phylia Psychology And Training Institute with the target of mothers, fathers and the general public. This webinar takes the theme Study at Home, What Should Parents Do? which was followed by approximately 192 participants via via zoom.

This webinar was opened by Dr. Zulkarnain, M.Pd, M.Si as the head of the UM PLS department. He said that "the theme raised in this webinar is very appropriate to the current situation and conditions, because usually most parents fully submit their children's education to school, therefore many parents complain about online learning, the problem is non-formal education and education. information is really needed in the current situation ”.

The activity, which was attended by approximately 192 participants, aims to provide insights on how to assist children when learning at home and be able to understand the child's psychological condition while studying at home. Holding a parenting webinar this time is expected to be able to overcome the problems that are being faced by most parents when accompanying their children to study at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This webinar invited two speakers. The first speaker was Mrs. Wuri Astuti, S.Pd, M.Pd. While discussing the webinar, she conveyed several discussion points including; The way parents assist their early childhood learning at home during the pandemic, the way parents manage their learning and playing time for early childhood, the way parents know mistakes when accompanying their children to learn, the way parents provide motivation and innovation when learning.

From the discussion points, the first speaker concludes that "parents should make options for activities for children at home, such as; make play and learning schedules for children so they don't feel bored at home. In addition, children can also be invited to cook together, camping in front of the house and so on ".

The second speaker in this webinar is Mrs. Risa Rahmawati, S.Psi, M.Psi, a psychologist at the same time Founder of Phylia Psychology And Training Institute convey discussion points including; Making parent-child relationships closer and closer to children and knowing the expectations of children, introducing early childhood characteristics, understanding learning styles in early childhood, how to deal with emotional changes (mood swing) in early childhood.

From the point of discussion, the second speaker concluded that "the types of negative emotions during a pandemic include insecurity, saturation and being filled with negative emotions and how to manage emotions, this is important considering parents during a pandemic are tasked with assisting their children who are studying at home.

So, when a child complains, does not want to study, whines and so on, the parents do not bring out negative emotions towards their child which can be bad if the negative emotions are not resolved ".

Parenting webinar activities like this can be a solution and an alternative for parents to know the options for activities that children will do at home and to understand the emotions experienced by children. Through this activity, it is hoped that it can solve problems when assisting children to study at home.

Author: Group 6 KPL PLS UM Family Education Concentration