IDENTIFICATION OF PARENTAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN SHAPING RELIGIOUS AND WELL MANNERED CHARACTERS IN STUDENTS OF SD MUHAMMADIYAH TEGALGEDE KARANGANYAR

Abstract

This study aimed to describe parental problems and solutions in shaping religious and wellmannered

characters in students of SD Muhammadiyah Tegalgede Karanganyar. The research applied descriptive-qualitative method. Data collection was done by conducting indepth interviews, observations, and documentations. The collected data were analyzed nonstatistically

using data reduction, presentation, and drawing conclusion. The researchers described the problems in words to give clear picture to the readers. The study showed that 1) Parents faced some problems coming from outside home environment; 2) Solutions done by parents to solve those problems were building habits or routines from early age, restricting children’s milieu, and always monitoring children so that they could grow up to be civilized and law-abiding citizen, and uphold the values of deity.