Parenting: Literacy in Countering Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Behavioral Deviations in Early Childhood

Abstract

The use of digital tools without adequate supervision will provide opportunities for children to be exposed to content that is not in accordance with the age and characteristics of early childhood such as pornographic content, drugs, and even LGBT. Impressions in the media, especially films, have great potential to influence the actions, behavior and lifestyle of the audience. The influence will be more lasting when exposed to early childhood. Recently, the existence of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) content in free digital media has again shocked the public through children's shows on the YoutubeKids channel. Therefore, it is important for parents to always monitor what their children watch or access in the media, be it television, internet, or books. In addition, open communication between parents and children is very important. Based on the data obtained by the Community Service Activity with the theme Parenting: Literacy in Countering Deviations of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Behavior in Early Childhood is very effective for parents, this can be seen in the increase in parents' knowledge about the importance of the Dangers of LGBT Content in Early Childhood which is categorized as good with an average value of 78.25% in contrast to the results of the questionnaire before the activity took place which obtained an average value of 32.50% with a poor category. From the questionnaire results, we can see that some indicators require more attention. Furthermore, it is expected that parents and teachers can play a supervisory role and also adjust parenting and lifestyles that can keep children away from LGBT according to the age and characteristics of early childhood.