A Mother’s Role in The Child's Safety and Care During Online Learning

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has given birth to a new consensus, namely "Back home" where all activities that are commonly carried out outside the household are now all carried out indoors, which includes schooling. This makes parenting function even more comprehensive towards the responsibility of parents at home, especially in learning. Conditions like this certainly have a direct impact on students, that the existence of online learning has a big influence on cultural issues, values, attitudes, mindsets and identities. One and a half years of the pandemic, have brought out many problems in the teaching and learning process where the assignments given by the teacher have increased, causing students to deviate, where the use of services in completing school assignments has been identified. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of roles of mothers in accompanying children during online learning. The method used in this research is a case study with an informant of a mother who is at home. The data in this study was obtained using survey, interview and observation techniques. Nine mothers voluntarily became primary informants during the interviewed of this research which represents rural and urban communities spread across West Java. The results of this study have reveal that, with the use of online learning that has been going on for 1 year, the role of mothers is very much needed in assisting children during learning, many things happen when mothers do not accompany or guide their children in learning. The factors behind a mother's optimal roles at home include the mother’s knowledge and socioeconomic factors. The existing age gap between mother and child result in communication difficulties in learning, as mothers assume the child’s maturity age doesn’t need any necessary supervision in learning, and finally the mother's educational background is one of many crucial factors in the weak social control of their children.