Nevertheless, it is not that easy to accomplish such a thing; an awareness of the importance of immediately-done character building should be first taken into account. Not to mention the fact that today’s condition of Indonesian characters is very worrying as well as the people that do not spontaneously grow becoming good b Methods that can be empowered by parents in shaping children’s personalities include: 1) providing skills in taking care of themselves, 2) allowing children to offer their own assignments without help from others, 3) make positive habituations, 4) be responsible for their own choices, 5) give freedom to children to choose their own activities not to depend on others, 6) make children aware that the companion is not always on his side.

Keywords : Family, Character Building, Children.