The Patterns of Child Care Practices of Female Factory Workers in Religious Education

This study discusses the patterns of child care practices of female factory workers in religious education in the Sumur Mati village, District Sumberasih, Probolinggo Regency. The strong background underlying this work is the importance of Islamic Education for children which is presumably yet indetermindedly neglected by parents ardently earning a living every day by working in factories. Bound to the system, they cannot arbitrarily meet their families as they wish due to restricted schedule from the company. This study aims to describe the implementation of moral education based on Islamic values and teachings for the children of factory workers in Sumur Mati village. B Prasetiya1The results of the study portray that: 1) the pattern of Islamic religious education implemented by the female workers in the Sumur Mati Village covers authoritarian parenting, the strict way of child care practices, and democratic parenting, or the one not too concerned about religious education; 2) the implementation of Islamic religious education for the children is going in satisfactory manner despite the hustling parents working in manufacturing industries. The female workers also register their children to the TPQ (a place where people recite and study Quran) to undergo various activities at the Mushallah (a place to conduct prayer for Muslim). Hence, as additional efforts, their children acquire more Islamic religious education materials apart from Islamic teaching at school.