The Effect of Parenting and Fathers Involvement in the Early Childhood Emotional Social Development Proses

Abstract

This study aims to determine: 1) the influence of parenting and father’s involvement in the process of early education to the social development of children’s emotions; 2) the influence of social caring for children’s emotional development; 3) the effect of the father’s involvement in the process of early education to the development of children’s social emotions. This research uses quantitative methods through ex-facto research style. The authors use purposive sampling with 146 fathers and 146 children. The data were collected through questionnaires and observations: the questionnaires to collect data for parenting style and father involvement in the process of early education, while the observation sheets to determine the achievement of social emotional development of children observed. The results of this study indicate that the involvement of fathers in parenting and early education process have significant impact to children’s emotional development at the level of 0.651. The results also show a significant impact on the children’s social and emotional development to the level of 0.643. Therefore, the involvement of fathers in parenting and children’s early education effects significantly toward children’s social and emotional development at 0.477.

Keywords: Child Development, Father Involvement, Parenting