FAMILY AS THE FIRST MADRASAH AND MEDIA FOR OPTIMIZING EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS

Abstract

Family has a great influence on Islamic education in terms of the formation of the personality of students, because that atmosphere of the first education will always be a memory throughout his lifetime. The family is the first educational institution, where students first receive education and guidance from their parents or other family members. Besides mothers and fathers as natural educators there are usually grandparents, uncles, aunts, maybe even older siblings as adults who directly and indirectly carry out the role of educators in the family. This is the place to lay the foundations of the personality of students at a young age, because at this age children are more sensitive to the influence of their educators (parents and other members). In the teachings of Islam it has been stated by the prophet Muhammad. In his saying: "Every child is born in a state of nature, then in fact his parents make him madjusi, judaism, or Christian