Childhood is a time to learn skills to fulfill the desire to be independent. Because of that, it needs optimal caregiver. The busy parents are commending their children in daycare. The role of parents is replaced by the caregiver role in providing care to children. but sometimes caregiver can not fullfil the needs of children. This study was purpose to analyze the relationship between caregiver’s parenting with developmental of self-autonomy for children in daycare.
This research was a cross sectional correlation study. The population in this study was 4-6 years old children and caregivers in daycare who met inclusion criteria and use purposive sampling. Sample of this study were 35 children in daycare and 10 caregivers. Data were collected by using questionnaire and observation sheet. The data was tested by using Spearmen Rank Correlation with α = 0.05.
The results showed that most of caregiver applied democratic parenting. There was strong relationship between caregiver’s parenting and developmental of self-autonomy for children with p = 0.000.
It can be concluded that caregiver’s parenting related to developmental of self-autonomy for children in daycare. It suggested to improve caregiver’s knowledge related to children development and parenting methods that correspond to stages of children development to pass optimally.
Keywords: caregiver, self-autonomy, daycar
