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Gender and Family

Construction of Children'S Values Based on Gender

in Beggar Families

Anisatul Khoiroh, Vina Adriany, Yeni rachmawati

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Children's values are the parents' perspective on the presence of children in their lives. According to
Hoffman & Manis (1979) the value of children is defined with a view of the reasons and expectations of

parents for their children. Much research on children's values has been conducted, however, previous
studies have focused more on upper middle class families (Brazil et al., 2015; Paccinini et al., 2012; Hoffman

et al., 1978). This study aims to dig deeper into the construction of children's values based on gender that
occurs in beggar families. The lack of research on the value of children based on gender in lower-middle

families makes the researcher, an enthusiastic writer, desire to find out more about this topic. Before the

researcher explains how beggar parents view their children's values based on gender, she will first explain
the meaning of gender in this study. Gender is not the same as sex. Sex is the physiological and

anatomical attributes that distinguish men from women, while gender is all the complex attributes
possessed by men and women which come from culture (Fakih, 2013).

According to Sarwono (2007), in traditional societies people assume that boys will be more likely to grow
masculine traits and for girls will tend to grow feminine traits. For example, working to earn a living is the

duty of a man and taking care of the household such as washing and cleaning is the duty of a mother or a
woman. But gradually people have come to understand that making a living can not only be done by men

but mothers or women can also do it, even on the contrary washing dishes or other cleaning can also be
done by a man.
This research was conducted in the city of South Jakarta with the research subject of one mother and one

father who work as beggars and have young children. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case

study method which aims to describe the construction of children's values i n beggar families. Data
collection techniques in this study used interview techniques with open and semi-structured questions in
order to obtain complete answers and help the researcher to optimize time, focus on interviews, and

make interviews systematic and comprehensive (Hoepfl, 1997). The researcher analyzed the data obtained
using the theory of post-developmentalism.

The results of this study indicate that there is no difference between the value of boys and girls. In addition
to being taught to make a living, boys are also considered to be able to take care of the household. As one
research subject said to his son, "even though you are a boy, you also have to be able to sweep and wash

dishes" which the researcher can analyze that respondents have the view that their sons should also be
able to do housework and the subject does not distinguish between the roles of boys and girls. Occurring

in other research subjects who have daughters and assume that girls will not only have a role as mothers
and take care of the household, they assume and hope that their daughters can help them work as adults.
The conclusion in this study is that gender issues have not been seen because the main problem is more

about economic issues. This shows the importance of understanding the intersectionality between gender
and socio-economic issues.

Keywords: Child Values, Gender, Beggar Families

Short Biography:

Anisatul Khoiroh is a Postgraduate Student at Department of Early Childhood

Education Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Vina Adriany, M.Ed.,Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Department of Early

Childhood Education Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Yeni Rachmawati, M.Pd., Ph.D is a Lecturer at Department of Early Childhood

Education Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

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