The Development Process of Parents as a Counselor for Teenager to Strengthen Peaceful Family Through Buddhist Peaceful Means
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The research article consisted of the following objectives: 1) to investigate context, problems, needs, concepts, the Buddhist peaceful means conducive to the development of parents as a counselor friend for teenagers; and 2) to improve the development process of parents as a counselor friend for teenagers in order to strengthen peaceful families by Buddhist peaceful means. The study employed mixed-method research using exploratory sequential design. The qualitative data were collected by in-depth interview with 11 persons and focus group discussion with 6 persons. The quantitative data were collected by pilot experiment with 13 parents. The tools used to examine pre- and post-experiment include parents’ competencies assessment form, participatory observation, and after action review (AAR). t-test was then used to analyze data. The experiment period was from September 2022 to April 2023.
From the study, the following results are found:
1) Problems and obstacles that prevent parents from becoming a counseling friend for their teenage children include the lack of knowledge and understanding in counseling as well as the lack of communication skills to approach their teenage children who are fragile in terms of thinking, emotions, and mentality. The needs to develop parents as a counselor friend include peaceful communication skills, counseling concepts, and teenage psychology. Tisikkhā (the threefold learning) and Brahmavihāra (the four sublime states of mind) are Buddhist peaceful means conducive to the development of parents' skills in communicating with their teenage children.
2) A body of knowledge obtained is a 2-day course based on the development process of parents as a counselor friend in order to promote peaceful families through Buddhist peaceful means. The course consists of the following four modules: (1) encouraging parents with the right mindset toward parenting; (2) improving parents' comprehension of their role; (3) managing their emotions positively and creatively; (4) enhancing their communication skills as a counselor friend. A study revealed that the posttest of parents as counselor friends is higher than the pretest with a statistical significance of 0.05. A body of knowledge gained is '3A model' or '3A Power Parents model,' which includes four skills in developing parents as a counselor friend.
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