Keywords: Growth and development of pre-school children, working mother, non-working mother. Suggestion: Researcher give suggestion to working mother to pay more attention to children growth and give adequate stimulation for children development.
Result: The result of statistical test for growth was obtained p value = 0,027 (p <0,05) which showed that there was significant difference in growth between preschool children (3-5 years old) who have working mother and non-working mother while for the development obtained p value = 0.641 (p> 0.641) which shows that there is no significant difference between development of preschool children (3-5 years old) who have working mothers and non-working mother.Pada dasarnya dalam kehidupan manusia mengalami berbagai tahapan dalam tumbuh kembangnya dan setiap tahap mempunyai ciri tertentu. Hal ini sesuai dengan pengertian anak menurut WHO yaitu sejak terjadinya konsepsi sampai usia 18 tahun. The instruments of data collection are: anthropometric measurement and observation sheet of denver II data analysis using Mann-Wihtney test. Pertumbuhan dan perkembangan pada masa anak sudah dimulai sejak dalam kandungan sampai usia 18 tahun. Sedangkan balita merupakan anak usia di atas satu tahun atau lebih populer dengan pengertian anak usia di bawah lima tahun. Respondents were 52 respondents taken with Purposive Sampling technique. Perkembangan bayi dibagi menjadi dua tahap yakni neonatal (0-2 minggu) dan bayi (2 minggu-2 tahun). Method: This research is a quantitative research design with comparative descriptive approach. Objective: To identify differences in growth and development of pre-school children (3-5 years old) who have working mothers and non-working mother in Sta. Perkembangan adalah bertambah sempurnanya fungsi alat tubuh yang dapat dicapai melalui tumbuh kematangan dan belajar. It is demanded the role of mother as a determinant of parenting to care for and protect children to achieve optimal growth and development. Indikator Pemantauan Pertumbuhan Neonatus, Bayi dan Balita Pertumbuhan adalah bertambah jumlah dan besarnya sel diseluruh bagian tubuh yang secara kuantitatif dapat diukur.
Disorders occurring in preschool children if not detected and not handled properly will reduce the quality of human resources in the future.
Background: Growing up is an aspect that explains the process of forming a person both physically and psychosocialy.