| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Children are a nations future. Yet, their place in the society is apparently still inferior, subordinated, and marginalized. That is shown by the vast number of cases indicating that society does neither take immediate response nor advocate childrens interests and their needs pertaining their protection and fulfillment of their rights. It is a common sense that childrens rights are fulfilled within the family to begin with. Family is supposed to be a refuge, a place of abundant love, and the first institution in which children acquire their rights. This study tries to disclose the fulfillment of childrens right in poor family which is assumed to have more issues due to limited access to infrastructure and superstructure. The study was carried out upon five poor families in a slum urban districtin Yogyakarta familiarly named as Kampung Badran. Kampung Badran has attracted researchers attention as it was notorious for a village of thugs as well as its characteristics indicating tendencies to poverty issues. This study is expected to disclose the reality of how childrens rights of the five families are fulfilled, and what are the constraints and supporting factors. To be able to depict the rights of the children from the five poor urban families, this study uses symbolic interaction approach, concepts, and theories from some symbolic interaction perspective figures, such as George Herbert Mead, Blumer, and Cooley. This study also uses the Theory of Parenting Style developed by Elizabeth B. Hurlock. Methodology used in this study is qualitative using phenomenological approach for data collecting. This study finds the fact that there are rights that have been fulfilled, fulfilled with conditions, partly fulfilled, or not fulfilled at all, and sometimes varies. Rights that have been fulfilled are: the right to live and the right to know his/her parents, up brought and looked after by his/her own parents. Rights that are not completely fulfilledare: right to develop and grow, right to have adequate healthcare, and right to be protected from mistreatment. Rights that are fulfilled with conditions are: right to have a name as an identity and to have nationality status, right to express opinions and being listened to, rights to attain, seek and give information forthe childs development, and rights to recess, take advantage of their leisure time, socialize with peers, play, have some recreations, and be creative for his/her development. However, rights to acquire knowledge and be educated for the childs development and intelligence level in accordance with his/her interests and abilityare fulfilled with conditions for some children, partly fulfilled and not fulfilled at all for the others. There are internal and external aspects which constrain or support the five poor families in fulfilling their childrens right. The internal aspects, which comes from within the family themselves are economic condition and social interaction within the family comprising socialization of values and socialization system. While the external aspects or the outside factors affecting the family are the society and government. The society aspect comprises of non-government organization, university students community service, religious organizations or communities, and local residents. The government is involvedthrough community health center and social welfare programs for poor families. Keywords: Children, Childrens rights or child rights, Family, Symbolic Interaction, Educational system. | |
