Psychoeducation of Digital Parenting for Parents of Kemala Bhayangkari Playgroup and Kindergarten

The use of gadget nowadays is increasingly attached to everyday life, including in early childhood. Gadgets have a positive impact such as helping children develop their creativity and thinking skills. However, parents need to assist their children’s use of gadget in order to prevent from some negative impacts like an obstacle in their psychosocial development in particular. This digital parenting psychoeducation aims to give some information to parents about the limits of using gadget for children, the negative and positive impacts of using gadgets. We also offer some strategies about how to manage screen time in order to prevent gadget addiction. The method we used is carried out small group discussion and video education. We choose Bhayangkari Kindergarten which took place in Singosari, East Java. This psychoeducation was attended by 50 mothers of Bhayangkari’s student. The results shows that there is a significant influence on parents’ comprehension of digital parenting after participating in this activities. However, we acknowledge our limitation in this program. The various programs of digital parenting like story telling and games are strongly very recommended if it is possible for the next similar programs.