Parental Accompanying in Learning Mathematics in the Family Environment (Do Parental Assistance for Children)

Abstract

Parents​ play an important role in supporting and providing learning to their children throughout their lives. This role is not just about helping with household chores or ensuring school attendance but needs to be followed up by giving more attention to children. Migrant workers are people who move within or between countries for work purposes. This can be a temporary or permanent migration. In this case, specifically for female migrant workers, female migrant workers are an important part of the global workforce who are often faced with complex challenges related to their duties and roles as mothers. This article aims to present the results of community service which focuses on the importance of assisting children while studying, especially assisting children in learning mathematics. Time management for female worker migrants, especially in balancing economic income with the quality of children’s education. Through a series of community service activities, we explore effective child learning assistance strategies and their benefits for children. The results of community service show that female migrant workers as parents face various challenges in assisting their children while studying, such as children having difficulty understanding mathematical concepts and negative perceptions regarding mathematics as a subject that is difficult to learn. Through a solution-oriented approach, we identify several solution​s that can help them balance work and motherhood. These strategies include: (1) parents can adjust learning methods and provide lots of practice; (2) parents can provide a pleasant experience;​ (3) parents can divide their time to study mathematics with their children in between daily activities; and (4) parents can learn together by looking for learning resources that can help their children.