Abstract:
This study aimed to determine family communication based on
satisfaction with the uses of new media technology by millennial mothers and
teachers in children studying from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. This
research was conducted qualitatively through online interviews at the beginning of
school from home during pandemic Covid-19. It was conducted from May until June
2020 with 30 millennial mothers born in the 1980s to 1999 in Indonesia. Millennial
mothers experienced positive feelings (confidence, satisfaction, happiness) and
negative feelings (burden, shock, frustration, stress, and depression). The child
experienced positive feelings (happiness, satisfaction, enjoyment) and negative
feelings (missing school, tiredness, stress, and sadness). The study results show that
negative feelings are determined by negative thoughts caused by mothers’
communication when accompanying their children studying online. Therefore,
mothers need to improve how they communicate with their children in school and at
home to deal with negative emotions.
