Single-Father Parenting in Javanese

Abstract

Javanese society in family life has unique characteristic those are the role of man as leader in a family and woman as the one who take care children and family. The role of widower that also took care of his children by himself was kind of different thing in the Javanese family order. This study aims to explore the model of parenting by single father in the Javanese. This research uses qualitative method with phenomenological approach. This researchs’ participants are 10 men who have a role as single father. Data is collected with interview. Data analysis use descriptive analysis. The result shows that: (1) The parenting methods that were done by single father include teaching values, response to childrens’ naughty, general response to children, collaboration between father and others who are asked to help in the nurturing, teaching, quality time, and communication with children; (2) Values that was father taught to children include religion values, selfvalues, job’s values, finances management values, values in interact with others, and values to father as single parent; (3) The parenting method was done by self, helped by big family, and helped by neighbor; (4) The result of the parenting include building characteristic, developing self-potential, religiosity, also the relation with parents, brother-sister, and other else. It can be concluded that father as single parent did his role as parents with keep taking care nurturing as well as seeking money for his children.