ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis bagaimana penerimaan anak mengawali bersekolah; dan bagaimana strategi orang tua mempertahankan rasa senang anak awal bersekolah. Penelitian kualitatif ini digali melalui teknik observasi mendalam mengacu pada fokus penelitian sebagai pedoman observsi kepada orang tua dalam memanfaatkan rasa anak bersekolah; dan wawancara kepada orang tua selaku subjek penelitian juga kepada anak selalu informan dan subanalisis penelitian tentang penerimaan

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... k bersekolah dan kiat-kait orang tua memanfaatkan rasa senang anak bersekolah; serta dokumentasi keluarga untuk melihat usia lahir anak. Dianalisis secara sistematis melalui teori berkenaan dengan pedagogik dan psikologi. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan: semua anak memiliki penerimaan yang sama, yaitu merasa senang awal bersekolah formal di SD; strategi orang tua berpendidikan SLTA dan sarjana memanfaatkan dan mengondisikan secara sadar rasa senang anak bersekolah; dan orang tua berpendidikan SLTP menyerahkan kepada anak melalui bimbingan guru; serta orang tua berpendidikan SD menyerahkan sepeuhnya kepada anak tanpa bimbingan. Kata kunci: anak senang ke sekolah, orang tua, memanfaatkan ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze how children's acceptance begins school; and how parents' strategies to maintain the fun of children early in school. This qualitative research was explored through indepth observation techniques refers to the fokus of the study as a guide to observation to parents in utilizing children's sense of schooling; and interviews with parents as research subjects, and also to children as informants and subanalysis of research on the acceptance of children attending school and parents' tips in utilizing the joys of children attending school; and family documentation to see the child's age of birth. This research is analyzed systematically through theories relating to pedagogy and psychology. The research findings show: all children have the same acceptance, that is; feeling happy when starting formal schooling in the elementary school; the strategy of parents with high school education and scholars who is using and conditioning consciously the joys of children in school; and parents who have junior high school education submit to children through teacher guidance; and parents who have an elementary school education fully surrender to children without guidance.