The Impact of Toxic Parents on The Growth and Development of Early Childhood After The Pandemic

Abstract

This Community Service aims to provide guidance to parents regarding post-pandemic care so that parents can provide care that provides protection, education, care for their children so that children can grow and develop according to their stages of development. The parents who were given guidance regarding parenting were 41 parents who have children under 6 years old who live in Cibatu, Purwakarta. This community service method uses a psychoeducational approach. This guidance is important because families should be able to implement family functions properly and provide a sense of security to their children. However, not a few parents during the pandemic, many who resort to violence in educating their children, especially the pandemic situation which is felt to give a heavy burden to parents, especially mothers who have to teach their children's school lessons in addition to having to take care of their household needs. The wrong treatment (toxic parenting) in educating the child can have a long-term adverse impact on the child. In addition, in this service, parents are also given self-healing to be able to control their emotions when they are with their children. The emotional condition of parents before being given self-healing was on a scale of 9/10, but after being given self-healing, it decreased to a scale of 2/3. The result of this service is the awareness and increased understanding of parents regarding the impact of toxic parenting on their children.