Strategi Pembentukan Karakter Anak di Panti Asuhan Putra Aisyiyah Bukittinggi

Abstract

Character formation is very important for children because children will live their lives in society and in the state. With a strategy in forming a child's character, the child can behave well or have a character that is acceptable in society. Based on this, the author is interested in researching strategies for building children's character at the Putra Aisyiyah Orphanage. The method used in this research is descriptive with a qualitative approach. An orphanage is a social welfare institution which is responsible for providing substitute services to fulfill the physical, mental and social needs of its foster children, so that they receive extensive, appropriate and adequate opportunities for personality development in accordance with expectations. The results of the research show that the orphanage's strategy in shaping children's character is by, (1) giving tasks to children, (2) requiring children to recite the Koran and praying in congregation (3) requiring children to take part in holy tread exercises. The obstacles encountered in character building strategies are (1) the influence of the environment outside the orphanage, (2) the nature and character of children who are difficult to manage.