In psychological research (Devi & Pihasniwati 2017), the adjustment of children in Islamic
boarding schools is closely related to the communication that exists between parents and children.
Therefore, the better the communication between parents and children, the better the level of selfadjustment, and conversely, the worse the communication between parents and children, the lower
the level of self-adjustment in the boarding school. Due to the boarding school system which
requires students to live in dormitories, the number of meetings between parents and children is
reduced, therefore according to Fatimah (2008) higher quality interaction between them is more
important that quantity as quality communication can build a sense of closeness between parents
and children.
In other psychological research, Monica (2017) reports that the closeness of parents to children
also plays a significant role in a child’s self-confidence while away at Islamic boarding school.
The closer the parents are to the children, the higher the level of self-confidence in a child. In
addition, according to Nurjanah & Heryadi (2020), parental closeness also has a significant effect on
children’s social intelligence. At the Modern Miftahunnajah Islamic Boarding School, the effective
contribution of parent–child closeness contributed 12.1% to children’s social intelligence. It can be
concluded that the closeness of parents to children also has a significant effect on the development
process of children in Islamic boarding schools.
The purpose of this study is to help parents monitor development and meet the needs of their
children while they are away at boarding schools. Parental support usually includes moral support
for psychological fulfilment which includes affection, modeling, guidance and direction, encouragement, enthusiasm, motivation, and confidence, where the attention of parents is the hope of all
children in their growth and development. With the development of technology, one solution to
help parents monitor their children is the creation of a digital application.
2 METHOD
The method used in this research is a qualitative approach by collecting data through literature
study, interviews, observations, and questionnaires. After data collection, the next method is to
analyze data using SWOT for application content design requirements.
2.1 Method of collecting data
Through the literature study method, data collection is done by looking for references on how
parents care for children so that there is a correlation with the needs of the main subject on
this research topic and the perspective and context. The interview is a conversation that aims to
explore thoughts, concepts, personal experiences, convictions, and views of sources, or to obtain
information from sources about events that cannot be observed directly by the researcher or about
events that occurred in the past (Soewardikoen 2013). Interviews conducted are direct and indirect.
In addition, this method will be carried out together with the observation method. Observations
were made at the Daar El-Qolam Islamic Boarding School. The resource persons to be interviewed
were the boarding school and the parents. The questionnaire is a way to obtain data in a relatively
short time because at the same time many people can be asked to fill in the written answer choices
provided (Soewardikoen 2013). The questionnaire was made as secondary data and distributed to
the parents. The results obtained from the SWOT analysis will be designed to suit the needs of
children in boarding schools and their parents.
3 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
3.1 Segmentation, targeting, and positioning
The customer segmentation of this application is parents aged 30–50 years, both male and female.
Social status is emphasized more for middle- to medium- and upper-middle class in big cities in
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boarding schools is closely related to the communication that exists between parents and children.
Therefore, the better the communication between parents and children, the better the level of selfadjustment, and conversely, the worse the communication between parents and children, the lower
the level of self-adjustment in the boarding school. Due to the boarding school system which
requires students to live in dormitories, the number of meetings between parents and children is
reduced, therefore according to Fatimah (2008) higher quality interaction between them is more
important that quantity as quality communication can build a sense of closeness between parents
and children.
In other psychological research, Monica (2017) reports that the closeness of parents to children
also plays a significant role in a child’s self-confidence while away at Islamic boarding school.
The closer the parents are to the children, the higher the level of self-confidence in a child. In
addition, according to Nurjanah & Heryadi (2020), parental closeness also has a significant effect on
children’s social intelligence. At the Modern Miftahunnajah Islamic Boarding School, the effective
contribution of parent–child closeness contributed 12.1% to children’s social intelligence. It can be
concluded that the closeness of parents to children also has a significant effect on the development
process of children in Islamic boarding schools.
The purpose of this study is to help parents monitor development and meet the needs of their
children while they are away at boarding schools. Parental support usually includes moral support
for psychological fulfilment which includes affection, modeling, guidance and direction, encouragement, enthusiasm, motivation, and confidence, where the attention of parents is the hope of all
children in their growth and development. With the development of technology, one solution to
help parents monitor their children is the creation of a digital application.
2 METHOD
The method used in this research is a qualitative approach by collecting data through literature
study, interviews, observations, and questionnaires. After data collection, the next method is to
analyze data using SWOT for application content design requirements.
2.1 Method of collecting data
Through the literature study method, data collection is done by looking for references on how
parents care for children so that there is a correlation with the needs of the main subject on
this research topic and the perspective and context. The interview is a conversation that aims to
explore thoughts, concepts, personal experiences, convictions, and views of sources, or to obtain
information from sources about events that cannot be observed directly by the researcher or about
events that occurred in the past (Soewardikoen 2013). Interviews conducted are direct and indirect.
In addition, this method will be carried out together with the observation method. Observations
were made at the Daar El-Qolam Islamic Boarding School. The resource persons to be interviewed
were the boarding school and the parents. The questionnaire is a way to obtain data in a relatively
short time because at the same time many people can be asked to fill in the written answer choices
provided (Soewardikoen 2013). The questionnaire was made as secondary data and distributed to
the parents. The results obtained from the SWOT analysis will be designed to suit the needs of
children in boarding schools and their parents.
3 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
3.1 Segmentation, targeting, and positioning
The customer segmentation of this application is parents aged 30–50 years, both male and female.
Social status is emphasized more for middle- to medium- and upper-middle class in big cities in
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