| Summary: | Parents with children mentally retarded have
psychological and forms conditions parenting of different than
parents with normal children. The characterized of mentally
retarded children having limitations in intellectual functioning,
adaptive behavior and social skills, include practical on a day to
day basic, the parents is a heavy burden in foster patterns.
The purpose of research to understand the patterns of
parenting and the obtain description a child's of mental
retardation, and understand the perspective of parents with
mentally retarded children. The main theory used by parenting
typology of Diana Baumrind. Qualitative research methods to
design case studies as a proper way to be able to explore parents
with children mentally retarded. Participants involved in the study
were two parents with children mental retardation, the intent
researchers to obtain more comprehensive information about the
research themes.
The results showed that parenting parents with children
mental retardation of done positively with no age limit a child
through four points of parenting include: providing for children,
serving the needs of children, increase the child's independence,
teach families the norm. Another finding that children with mental
retardation with epilepsy that often recur the family described by
the term �kumat�, the condition of �kumat� in children with mental
retardation is caused by intrinsic and extrinsic factors of children,
while parents with children mental retardation of �kumat� condition
more shows authoritarian parenting and the children did not
experience �kumat� the parents more shows authoritative
parenting. Besides, the understanding of parents having a child
with mental retardation is defined as a reward and a exam from
God.
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