Children’s perception of God and parents: basis for faith development framework
摘要
This study investigated how religiosity and parenting can help develop a framework for faith development. The researcher used an explanatory sequential mixed method to gather the necessary data. During the quantitative phase, 43 student participants agreed to answer the survey questionnaire that aims to look at the children’s image of God, their perception of parents, and the role of parents in their perceptions of God and religiosity. In the qualitative phase, the researcher interviewed six respondents to serve as a follow-up to the quantitative survey and gather new themes. It showed that God is viewed as loving, giving, kind, omnipresent, and omnipotent. Moreover, it was gathered that parents have a role in the children’s perception of God and religiosity. The study addressed the attitudinal gap and showed that compared to previous research, which presented that parents do not contribute to the children’s image of God, it discovered that most students in a private academic institution see that parents contribute to their perceptions of God. Also, this study proposes a BATA EH! framework for faith development. This framework promotes actively involving the parents in the children’s faith education and a collaborative effort among school administrators and parents for the child’s betterment.