Portrayal of Parents and Children Behavior: A Study of TV Drama Serials in Pakistan

This paper endeavors to explore the portrayal of parents in prime-time entertainment television dramas of Pakistan. Representation of the parenting style and children's response to their parents in the top three entertainment channels has been analyzed. Total 147 episodes of targeted drama serials of ARY, Hum, and Geo TV were selected through purposive sampling. The study found that the authoritative parenting style was most prevailing in the drama serials. The behavior of the children towards their parents was respectful except in the Drama serials broadcasted by ARY Digital. As Parents' respect is dominant in private entertainment channels of Pakistan, so the findings indicate that Pakistani entertainment television dramas play a vital role in safeguarding cultural norms of the country.

Perubahan Perilaku Anak-Anak Panti Asuhan yang Tercermin Dalam Drama Ashita, Mama ga Inai Karya Saya Matsuda

The research was titled "The Behavior of Orphanage Children in the Drama Ashita, Mama ga Inai by Saya Matsuda". Research aims to know the living environment of the orphanage children, behavior of orphanage children at the time of trial before and after the trial with the adoptive parents. The study used literary psychology theory from Endaswara and the theory of behaviorism of B. F Skinner. The method used in this research is a descriptive qualitative. The results of the analyzing show orphanage children’s simply life. being the countryside and the orphanage living the life with responsibility. The orphanage children’s behavior are describes as having undergone trials with new adoptive parents, a changes due to the uncomfortable feeling of affection given by adoptive parents. The cause of the inconvenience is because the children had previously suffered trauma after being abandoned by their biological parents.

PARENTS’ SYMBOLIC BEHAVIOR IN EDUCATING CHILDREN: A GENDER PERSPECTIVE

This study is aimed at describing parents’ symbolic behavior in educating children. This behavior is displayed symbolically in the form of parenting. Parenting is carried out are in a perspective of gender: boys and girls. Data were collected through literature review from various sources based on experts’ judgements and in accordance with public opinion of educating children in a family. The result shows that in educating children, both parents are obliged to provide positive symbolic behavior because it will have an impact on children behavior as reactions and consumption in satisfying impulses in the form of responses of parents’ symbolic behavior in educating children.