Asian conference on home economics opened<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Regional Association for Home
\nEconomics conference was opened by Mrs. Try Sutrisno yesterday.<\/p>\n
The two-day conference, held in association with the
\nIndonesian Home Economics Association, was attended by 350
\ndelegates from 16 countries and a representative of the United
\nNation's Food and Agricultural Organization and an observer from
\nthe International Federation for Home Economics.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mrs. Try said that the
\nquality of a nation stems from the welfare of the family.<\/p>\n
\"A nation is strong and vigorous if all the families enjoy a
\nhealthy state of welfare as a result of good family welfare
\nmanagement,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said
\nthat the family is the smallest and the most important unit of
\nsociety that supports the nation's development.<\/p>\n
\"In the transformation era, the family needs direction in
\nfacing various social problems,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Sarwono said that Asian culture still has a tradition of
\neducating children.<\/p>\n
\"The parents' role in children's education tends to change
\nnowadays because of various influences, especially from the
\nbroadcasting media,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Sarwono, who was the keynote speaker at the conference, said
\ntoday many children are left alone at home because their parents
\nwork to support the family.<\/p>\n
\"To deal with the problems,\" Sarwono said, \"we could do
\nseveral things, like teaching the basic social values to the
\nchildren, among others.\"<\/p>\n
Second, he said, parents should set good examples for their
\nchildren.<\/p>\n
Sarwono said that teaching children traditional values also
\nmeans educating them. He said that a value system that should be
\ntaught to them is how to differentiate between good and evil.<\/p>\n
According to the minister, what today's family needs most is a
\nhigh quality of involvement of parents in children's education.<\/p>\n
\"We need to define ways to communicate with them intensively
\nand how to be together with the family as often as possible.\"<\/p>\n
Sarwono said that he does not have any cable TV at home
\nbecause the electronic media is too powerful in influencing
\naudiences, including children.<\/p>\n
He said parents should teach their children the importance of
\nreading, writing, listening and discussion.<\/p>\n
He expressed hope that the conference would enable everyone
\npresent to respond to immense challenges faced by children.<\/p>\n
In the plenary session delegates from Malaysia, Singapore,
\nChina and the Philippines said they agreed that it is very
\nimportant to provide children with a basic value system education
\nto prepare them for their future.<\/p>\n
Rozumah B., a Malaysian delegate, presented her paper
\ndiscussing the significance of relationships between the parents'
\neducational and economic backgrounds and the children's
\nintelligence.<\/p>\n
She said that the more educated a mother is and the higher
\nincome she earns, the higher parenting knowledge she has.<\/p>\n
A Singapore delegate spoke about the parent support program
\nthat is designed to help parents in their challenging tasks.<\/p>\n
Tng Sai-tin said that family values such as love, care and
\nconcern are very much needed by children for them to feel
\ncomfortable and secure in their surroundings.<\/p>\n
\"Mutual respect between parents and children is also needed to
\nbuild a happy family,\" Tng said.<\/p>\n
\"Mutual respect means recognition, acceptance and tolerance of
\ndifferences.\"<\/p>\n
Feng Jue Xin from China said in her speech that family factors
\nthat can affect children's socialization are the quality of the
\nparent's education, their educational method, marriage, the
\nstructure of the family and the parents' psychological stability.
\n(05)<\/p>",
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