Fenomena Anak Jalanan di Pasar Sangkumpal Bonang, Kota Padangsidimpuan, Kecamatan Padangsidimpuan Utara, Sumatera Utara

Abstract

The phenomenon of street children is a real picture that fulfillment of a child's rights is far from hopeless. The condition of street children who must work in the street indirectly alters the rights that children should have. A street child should be on the streets when he should be in school, getting an education, playing with friends his age and doing other things that promote his growth as a human being. The research is aimed at figuring out how street children in the city phenomenon at the Padangsidimpuan. The research location is at the main market connects the city directly to the northern village. The research method used is the participants' descriptive approach, interview and documentation. Studies were conducted on 10 (ten) informers, 8 street children and 2 parents of street children. The results of field studies indicate that the main or dominant factor experienced by city dwellers at the Padangsidimpuan is the ekenomi factor (revenue, place, possession of goods) that obliges them to work on the streets to help with their family's economy. In addition to social factors (aspirations, participation in communities), culture (habits), education (levels of education for parents and children), and development (urbanisation) are also factors that contribute to the emergence of street children in the Padangsidimpuan.