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This research aimed at developing a model of islamic guidance and counseling to<br />improve students‟ insights and understanding toward the concept of family life in<br />anticipating potential child abuses. In order to achieve the aim, Research and<br />Development design was used. The Subjects of the research were students of Guidance<br />and Counseling Department of IAIN Batusangkar. The steps of the research were: 1)<br />Potentials and Problems, 2) Data Collection, 3) Prototype Design, 4) Prototype<br />Tryout, 5) Prototype Revision, dan 6) Limited Empirical Tryout of Revised<br />Prototype.The study showed that factors that contibuted to the child abuse were lack of<br />parents‟ understanding toward their responsibility as husbands, wives and parents.<br />Furthermore, parents keeping busy outside affects the harmony of their family. Lack of<br />information and skills for children on how to protect from and deal themselves with<br />potential abuses were other contributing factors. The Model of islamic guidance and<br />counseling is as follows: 1) Present Conditions, 2) Infomation and Content services,<br />and 3) Expected conditions.