A PROTOTYPE FOR PARENTS TO MONITOR THE CHILDREN'S USE OF GADGETS APPLYING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE-PROTOTYPE: A CASE OF INDONESIA

Abstract

Gadgets seem inseparable from the lives of today's children all over the globe. Similarly, gadgets and the internet have become inseparable parts of children's daily lives in Indonesia. On the other hand, children's excessive use of gadgets negatively impacts their lives and routine activities. Therefore, efforts are needed to increase children's awareness, knowledge, and skills by providing security or monitoring the use of devices. As primarily responsible for children's use of gadgets/devices, parents must supervise and accompany their children in their digital activities and be involved in them. Hence, this study aims to develop a safety system for gadget activities (gadgets) for children that facilitate the parents in monitoring their children's gadgets' uses by applying the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)-Prototype. This research applied a mixed method approach, i.e., exploratory sequential mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative). The monitoring system using the SDLC-Prototype was successfully developed following the parents' requirements and Indonesian culture. This development is expected to be one of the solutions to overcoming gadget addiction in children.