<p><em>The Covid 19 pandemic has started to have an impact globally, so that almost all countries have had to face a severe, even unprecedented, health and socio-economic crisis. The life activities of children and families seem to stop, and the Indonesian state also feels this. Diseases that arise due to covid 19 infection can affect anyone. Regardless of age, race, income level, it is clear that the greatest impact is felt by children. Until now, 145 children have died due to the new corona virus or COVID-19 in Indonesia, much higher than in other countries (Ainun Najib, 2020). Indonesia holds the highest record in terms of child mortality rates in Asia Pacific due to Covid 19 with an average of 2.5% (IDAI, 2020). Many policy efforts have been made by the government to protect Indonesian children. In order to support the efforts that have been promoted by the government, the role of the smallest unit, namely the family, is very important. The control of children's lives lies at the level of parental skills in implementing adequate parenting. During the current Covid 19 pandemic, parental behavior in terms of health is very much needed. In the midst of high stress and anxiety, of course children will be a great concern for the family. Parents' instinct to protect family members, especially children, is a normal law in life. From the results of the Spearman rank test, it was found that a correlation coefficient of 0.447 and a p value of 0.054 (Î± &lt;0.05), which means that there is a relationship between parental behavior towards the prevention of Covid-19 and children's age with a strong enough level of relationship (r = 0.047) positive pattern, where the older the child is, it will increase the behavior of parents towards Covid-19.</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em><em>&nbsp;K</em><em>ey words: parents, prevention of covid 19, children</em></p>