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        "id": 1736856,
        "msgid": "arifah-hopes-childrens-storybook-will-foster-closeness-between-parents-and-children-1778666242",
        "date": "2026-05-13 16:13:54",
        "title": "Arifah hopes children's storybook will foster closeness between parents and children",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Minister for Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, Arifah Fauzi, has expressed hope that the children's storybook \"Mission for Raka\" will encourage parents to read to their children, thereby building emotional bonds amid increasing distances. She highlighted the alarming 6-7 hours of daily screen time for children, advocating for beneficial activities like reading to counter this trend. The book, developed in collaboration with the Tanoto Foundation and relevant ministries, aims to assist vulnerable families in reducing gadget exposure through engaging stories.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister for Women\u2019s Empowerment and Child\nProtection Arifah Fauzi hopes that the existence of the children\u2019s\nstorybook titled \u201cMission for Raka\u201d can build emotional closeness\nbetween parents and children. \u201cWe hope that parents not only provide\nbooks but also read the stories together, thereby building emotional\ncloseness between parents and children, which is currently increasingly\ndistant,\u201d said the Minister of Women\u2019s Empowerment and Child Protection\nat an event titled \u201cPublic Education for Children and Parents Through\nthe Illustrated Children\u2019s Storybook Mission for Children\u201d, in Jakarta\non Wednesday. According to her, children\u2019s current screen time exposure\nis quite high, ranging from 6 to 7 hours per day. Therefore, a diversion\nto beneficial activities such as reading storybooks is needed. \u201cSurvey\nresults show that children\u2019s screen time is around 6-7 hours; this is an\nalarm for all of us,\u201d said Minister Arifah Fauzi. Meanwhile, Head of\nPolicy and Advocacy at the Tanoto Foundation, Eddy Henry, hopes the book\ncan help families, especially vulnerable ones, in obtaining children\u2019s\nreading materials. \u201cWe are collaborating with the Ministry of Women\u2019s\nEmpowerment and Child Protection and the Ministry of Education to create\nchildren\u2019s storybooks because we see that many parents in families,\nespecially vulnerable ones, still struggle to obtain beneficial reading\nbooks,\u201d said Eddy Henry. They also encourage parents and educators to\nutilise children\u2019s storybooks to reduce children\u2019s screen time. \u201cWe\ncertainly hope that many parents, teachers, educators, and facilitators\ncan use this book to divert the children they care for from gadget\nexposure,\u201d said Eddy Henry. The storybook \u201cMission for Raka\u201d tells the\ntale of two sibling characters named Tora and Tania who are visiting\ntheir grandmother\u2019s house. Their cousin, Raka, is also at the\ngrandmother\u2019s house but is preoccupied with playing on gadgets. Tora and\nTania then devise a plan for Raka to divert his busyness from\ngadgets.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/arifah-hopes-childrens-storybook-will-foster-closeness-between-parents-and-children-1778666242",
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