Membingkai Kontribusi Orang Tua Dalam Mengembangkan Kreativitas Anak Sebagai Pola Pendidikan Kristen Di Keluarga

Abstract

Creativity is born from the human way of thinking and in this era where everything is starting to go digital, creativity has a very big place. For a child, creativity is very important because it is an important pillar in education, develops children's minds, makes children productive, and creativity offers advantages and can be a key factor for one's success. For this reason, parents are expected to play a maximum role in teaching creativity to their children. This study tries to explain the contribution that Christian parents can make in developing children's creativity and making it a pattern of education in the family. By using the description method and support from literature review, it is hoped that it will explain in depth the impact of creativity in human life, the importance of creativity for children, and the contribution of parents in developing creativity in children. It was concluded that parents can contribute maximally to developing children's creativity when making it an important priority, building a supportive, motivating, and empathetic environment when teaching children to be creative. 
 Kreativitas lahir dari cara berpikir manusia dan di jaman ini dimana semuanya mulai serba digital, kreativitas mendapatkan tempat yang sangat besar. Bagi seorang anak kreativitas sangat penting karena merupakan pilar penting dalam pendidikan, mengembangkan pikiran anak, menjadikan anak produktif, serta kreativitas menawarkan keunggulan dan bisa menjadi faktor kunci bagi kesuksesan seseorang. Untuk itu para orang tua diharapkan bisa berperan maksimal dalam mengajarkan kreativitas pada anak-anaknya. Penelitian ini mencoba memaparkan kontribusi yang orang tua Kristen bisa berikan dalam mengembangkan kreativitas anak dan menjadikannya pola pendidikan dalam keluarga. Dengan menggunakan metode deskripsi serta dukungan dari kajian literatur di harapkan bisa menjelaskan secara mendalam dampak kreativitas dalam kehidupan manusia, arti penting kreativitas bagi anak, dan kontribusi orang tua dalam mengembangkan kreativitas pada anak. Disimpulkan orang tua bisa berkontribusi maksimal mengembangkan kreativitas anak ketika menjadikannya sebagai prioritas penting, membangun lingkungkan yang mendukung, memotivasi, dan berempati ketika mengajarkan anak untuk kreatif.
 

PENGARUH POLA PENGASUH ORANG TUA TERHADAP KREATIVITAS ANAK USIA DINI DI TK AISYIYAH KlODRAN COLOMADU KARANGANYAR

“…Children will be more creative when they are motivated and supported in their actions when they are given the freedom to express whatever ideas arise and when they are given tools and materials to support their creativity (Glăveanu, 2011;Manurung, 2022). Children's creativity includes all the processes children go through in doing, learning, and discovering new things that are beneficial to themselves and others (Elya et al, 2019;Sabilla, 2022).…”

“…Creativity in the child's development process is very necessary because creativity can improve academic achievement. Creativity is recognized as a major factor that can improve human function by integrating the interaction between intellectual, emotional and motivational forces (Manurung, 2022;Puspita et al, 2018).Efforts to develop children's creativity and the role of parents in developing creativity in early childhood so that children can have great talents and ideas and create works of high value. Creative children have common characteristics such as persistent curiosity, broad interests, hobbies such as creative activities, fear of making mistakes, and the ability to express opinions.…”

“…In the world of education, creativity is needed to generate new ideas, which can then be applied in the problem solving process (Sopiah et al, 2020;Syahrul & Nurhafizah, 2021). The creativity process can be viewed from the child's cognitive abilities, children with good creativity will be able to express ideas and thoughts that are in their minds and have a positive impact on their future (Glăveanu, 2011;Manurung, 2022). In addition, it was explained that creativity in early childhood is related to children's cognitive abilities, this is because creativity is related to the thought process of expressing opinions, thinking of new methods, and solving problems.…”