IMPROVING THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHILDREN IN THE PANDEMIC PERIOD THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF PARENT PARENTS Resha Aftika Dewi (a*), Farida Mayar (b)
a) Universitas Negeri Padang
*reshaaftika09[at]gmail.com
b) Universitas Negeri Padang
Abstract
The_purpose_of_this study_is to find out how the social development of children during a pandemic is based on the form of parenting given by parents. In this study, studying the importance of understanding social development in early childhood thoroughly and deeply. The social abilities that exist in early childhood are able to prove that children must have a good interaction with the surrounding environment and be able to adapt themselves to their environment. Parenting patterns are needed during the pandemic in the process of developing early childhood social development, because parenting greatly determines the developmental aspects of children. This study formulates the application of parenting styles in children^s social development during_the_Covid-19_pandemic. This_research method uses literature research that examines parenting styles and social development, which collects relevant references, from journals, books and newspapers. The results in this study determine that social development in early childhood during a pandemic can be developed effectively through the understanding of parents in providing parenting patterns for children.
Keywords: parenting style, social deveploment, early childhood, covid 19
