Exprerience and Impact of Parenting, Culture on Infant Frowth and Develompment: A Phenomenological Study

Theresia Anita; Tezi Kharina Aprezia; Lezi Mayang Sari

doi:10.37287/ijghr.v7i3.6492

Theresia Anita Universitas Katolik Musi Charitas
Tezi Kharina Aprezia Universitas Katolik Musi Charitas
Lezi Mayang Sari Universitas Katolik Musi Charitas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37287/ijghr.v7i3.6492

Keywords: culture, environment, experience, growth and development

Abstract

The development of every child in the early stages of life is highly dependent on parents, especially mothers, who will help with all their needs. The purpose of this study is to determine the experience and impact of parenting and environmental patterns on infant growth and development. Method: This study uses a qualitative method with a descriptive phenomenological approach. This study involved 8 participants and with a purposive sampling technique according to the inclusion criteria. Data was collected through interviews and data was analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Based on the results of the interview analysis conducted, several themes were obtained related to the research objectives, namely: 1) Infant growth and development, 2) Parenting. 3) Culture. 4) The impact of parenting and culture on growth and development. Conclusion: 8 informants have children of different ages. There is no delay in child growth and development, the type of parenting in this study is democratic and authoritative. There are positive and negative impacts of parenting and culture on growth and development.

References

Parenting patterns have a fairly important position in the social process within a family and have a significant influence on a child's life. This is in line with the opinion(Anggraeni, 2019) mentions that parenting is a fairly important factor in inhibiting or developing a child's creativity. Based on this opinion, it can be interpreted that parenting is a process in which parents will provide assistance in various aspects of a child's life, both from the child's needs, the child's pleasures and the most important thing is the child's education.(Anggraeni, 2019).The results of this study show that 6 out of 8 informants have a democratic parenting style that prioritizes closeness between parents and children. This is in line with research conducted by (Handayani et al., 2020) The democratic pattern is a parenting pattern where parents are able to work together and be cooperative in providing support in daily life.The results of this study found 2 participants who applied the authoritarian parenting style where the family has special rules that must be obeyed by children and those closest to them for the good of the family. This is relevant to the research conducted by (Handayani et al., 2020) In this study, authoritarian parenting is a pattern of guidance that applies very strict rules to children. There is almost no tolerance for what has been determined by the family.