This study aimed to examine the influence of parent’s roles and parenting patterns with gadgets on the social behavior of children. A total of 147 children aged between 5 and 6 years in Raudhatul Athfal, South Amuntai District, were used as samples. The results showed that the role of parents as well as the use of gadgets and social behavior were included in the high category. Democratic parenting was mostly adopted and had a significant influence. Furthermore, the influences of parental role and patterns on the use of gadgets were 0.548 and 0.336, respectively. The influences of parental role and patterns on social behavior were 0.288 and 0.258, respectively. Moreover, the use of gadgets had an influence of 0.218 on social behavior. The relationship between parenting role and social behavior mediated by the use of gadgets scored 0.119. Likewise, the relationship between parenting patterns and social behavior mediated by the use of gadgets scored 0.073.

Kemandirian merupakan faktor penting dalam menentukan masa depan anak. Peran dan pola asuh orang tua serta kerjasama dengan pihak sekolah menjadi faktor pendukung kemandirian anak di rumah maupun di sekolah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kemandirian anak melalui pengaruh peran orang tua dan pola asuh orang tua melalui kerjasama sekolah dengan orang tua. Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Sampel penelitian menggunakan teknik total sampling sebanyak 172 orang anak. Teknik pengumpulan data penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menyebarkan kuesioner kepada responden. Hasil kuesioner tersebut kemudian dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik analisis jalur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya pengaruh peran orang tua dan pola asuh orang tua melalui kerjasama sekolah dengan orang tua terhadap kemandirian anak. Anak dapat melakukan tugasnya sendiri tanpa tergantung dengan orang lain baik di rumah maupun di sekolah.