Parent Communication Models in Character Education Teenagers in Manado City

Abstract

The results showed that parents gave messages (decoding) to adolescents related to character education: religious, hard work, creative, independent, democratic, curiosity, love of the motherland, mutual respect, communicative, peace-loving, honest , diligent, care for the environment, responsible and social spirit. Parents convey character education to teenagers when they are relaxed, when children are happy, when there is togetherness in the family room, when watching TV or movies, and when playing sports together. Decoding and interpreting adolescents' responses to character education from parents, namely: accepting and rejecting on the grounds that parents consider them like small children, messages that are conveyed are too repetitive, dictate, and are conveyed in front of many people. Communication barriers in parents: style of speaking, time and place. Barriers to communication in adolescents: Mood / Situation, and do not want to act under threat. The Model of Parental Communication in the Character Education of Adolescents in Manado City is a Circular Communication Model, in which the process of parental communication in the character education of adolescents takes place continuously in a circular manner. Each communicator, namely parents and adolescents, will be involved in the process of encoding the message, interpreting the message, as well as receiving and decoding the message in turn.