ABSTRACT​ This research aims to understand the role of interpersonal communicationbetween parents and children who often play online games, especially the MobileLegends game. This researchexamines the importance of parental communicationin shaping children's good and correct behavior in various environments,including family, school and society. With a constructivist paradigm, this research uses a qualitative approach through observations and interviews with student SMP 1 Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and parents of student SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta who are addicted to online games. The research results show that there are communication barriers between parents and children who are addicted to online games and parents need to understand effective communication to overcome this problem. This study also highlights the different communicationmodels adopted by parents and the challenges they face inunderstanding thecommunication needs of their children addicted to online games. Keywords: Interpersonal Communication, Parents, Children, Online Games.
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