Peran Ibu Dalam Mengasuh Anak

Abstract

Deaf and mute are terms used for children who cannot hear and speak. Unability to hear may be low ability to hear or complete unability to hear. Hearing disorders experienced by children with hearing and speech impairment causes delays in the children development. The success of a mother in Kranjingan Village, District of Sumbersari, Jember Regency in taking care of her deafmute child until the child is able to be independent in his daily life and also to ease the burden of his parents in terms of economy is an interesting phenomenon for the author to examine the role of a mother in caring for a child with hearing and speech impairment (A Case Study of Mrs. SW in Kranjingan Village, District of Sumbersari, Jember Regency). The research used qualitative approach with case study research type. Informants were determined by purposive sampling. The analysis method used was based on triangulation of source. The results showed that the role of the mother in parenting her child, in this case, is related to the role of the mother in parenting children in formal education, that is, the mother's roles as child’s primary carer, in worship and religious activities, as a teacher who teaches anything new, trains, guides, directs and assesses whether in the form of educational "reward" and "punishment", the role of the mother in parenting in employment at home, namely the role of the mother as a teacher, the role of the mother in parenting in the application of norms or rules at home is the mother's role as regulating domestic life, and the role of the mother in parenting in community activities is the mother's role as a teacher. Results of analysis obtained that care for children with hearing and speech impaired better and ideal if the mother uses parenting authoritative, parenting authoritative provide warmth to children accompanied by firmness, Mother giving reward and punishment to the child so that the child can be independent and disciplined, and the child does not repeat mistake again.