The Role of the Single Mother of Parenting in Informal Education in Javanese Ethnic Families in Kualuh Hulu District Labuhanbatu Utara Regency

Single mother in carrying out the function of
education in family or Informal education can be seen how a
woman is able to play a role in dividing her duties as a housewife
and family head who plays a role in Informal education. The
purpose of this study is to find out and get a picture of single
mother as the head of the family in carrying out the functions of
education in the family or in informal education in Kualuh Hulu
Subdistrict, Labuhanbatu Utara District. In this study is
descriptive qualitative by using the Ethnographic approach, Data
Collection is done by means of in-depth interviews to participants
of observation. Furthermore, the data analysis technique is done
by observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of
this study can be seen that single mother as the head of the family
in carrying out the function of informal education in the family
did not fail to educate their children to carry out the life process
by prioritizing informal education in the family. As seen in the
family single mother can divide time and carry out two functions
as well as socialize it in the community because single mother is
the head of the family in carrying out the function of informal
education in the family. The conclusion in this study is that the
role of single mothers as family heads in carrying out family
functions is successful in educating children to be successful due
to informal education in the family.