RENI PUSPITASARI, PARENTS ROLE IN CHILDREN PSYCHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN JODY PICOULTS MY SISTERS KEEPER

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Judul PARENTS ROLE IN CHILDREN PSYCHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN JODY PICOULTS MY SISTERS KEEPER

Abstrak This study is entitled ‘Parent’s Roles in Children Psychology Development as Reflected in Jodi Picoults’ My Sister’s Keeper”’. The study is conducted to analyze how parents try to look for ways to solve problems in their family and to discuss the roles of parents in children psychology development. This study analyzed the roles of parents in children psychology development, the conflicts between the children and the parents in the novel, and the psychological conditions of the children. I used Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper as the object of this study. The data was analysed by using descriptive qualitative method. This study was a descriptive qualitative study that the datas were analyzed by using psychological approach. It was descriptive qualitative since the data of the study were in the form of words, phrases, sentences, narrations, and dialogues.The data were gained by reading the novel thoroughly, identifying, intventorizing, classifying, selecting, and reporting. The analysis was done by several techniques includingexposing, explaining, and interpreting This investigation resulted in several findings. First, parents had significant roles to nurture their children. Second, the existance of conflicts in a family were caused by different opinion and disagreement among the members of family, And the last, problems in Fitzgerald family affected the psychology of the children because there was lack communication among each other. Based on the result of the study, it could be concluded that parents should have been wise in solving the problems in their family, since if they decided an improper decision it would make another problem that could be be more difficult to solve. The condition of a family affected the psychology of children. Finally, I do hope that by reading the novel “My Sister’s Keeper” we are able to decide which one is better for our children, so we will never regret with what will happen in the future

Kata Kunci Parents’ Roles, Children psychology, Conflict, Novel

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