Christian-Based Positive Discipline Program in Enchanged Mindful Parenting Skills of Mothers

Abstract

Parenting is one of the most challenging and stressful jobs. At the same time, its significance lies in the influence it has on the life of the one being parented. Mothers of preschool had difficulties on emotion control, automatic reaction, receive herself and child, and take care themself. These reactions emerge because lack of the mindful parenting skills. Mindful parenting skills are the ability of mother in parenting that involve self-awareness, attention without judgment and the present situation-oriented. Mindful parenting skill could enhance by Christian based-positive discipline program. This program was aims to improving parenting skill that consists of listening with full attention, nonjudgemental acceptance of self and child, emotional awareness of self and child, self-regulation in the parenting relationship and compassion from self and child. This program was held 5 times, with time duration about 120 minutes respectively, and using methods such as lecture, focus group discusion, role play, reflection, discussion, case study and mindful breathing. Searching for mindful parenting skills was carried out 2 times design of exeperimental study withh pretest and posttest . The result analysis showed homogenus data (f=4,22; p>0,05), improving higer mindful.