Fulfill Children's Rights To Grow Maximumly So As Not To Suffer Mental Disorders

JAKARTA - The growth and development of children and adolescents in one country has an important meaning in ensuring the sustainability of the country itself in the future. Unfortunately, ensuring the growth and development of children and adolescents properly is full of various challenges.

"Early age (0-6 years) is a golden period as well as a critical period that determines the quality of children in their youth and adulthood. Fulfillment of children's needs at an early age is a shared obligation that must be carried out for the future of the nation," explained Nadia Emanuella Gideon, MPsi Psychologist, Founder and Managing Director of the Jakarta Child Development Center (JCDC) at the JCDC Parenting Safari event in Jakarta, Saturday, July 15, 2023.

Based on data from the Pediatrician Association in Indonesia (IDAI), in 2018 there was 5-10 percent of Indonesian children experienced a slow growth and development and in 2022 it increased to 30 percent. For mental health, according to data from the National Adolescent Mental Health in 2018, 6.1 percent of teenagers were diagnosed with mental disorders and increased in 2022 to 28 percent or 1 in 3 teenagers who were diagnosed with mental disorders.

As an effort to fulfill children's rights and special protection for children, it is in line with one of the visions of the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPA), namely the fulfillment of children's rights and children's special protection. JCDC strives to become a trusted partner for parents and individuals in facing challenges in parenting, optimizing growth and mental health as well as the development of children and adolescents.

We work in various disciplines with transdisciplinary, the highest level of multidisciplinary, meaning that one child is observed by practitioners from various disciplines. Customize us to create and conduct programs for children and adolescents by involving parents in the manufacture and implementation of programs. All children have the potential to become great children. It's our job to create the best world so that this potential can develop," explained Nadia.

The issue of family education and mental health has become a topic that has been widely discussed in recent times. Mental health topics themselves are also important in the practice of family education, and the development of children and adolescents.

The urgency of family education, especially growth and development after this pandemic, is increasingly felt. Many children were born during the pandemic and are now growing and developing. Clinics for the growth and development of children and adolescents can become friends of parents who want to get expert assistance so that child growth becomes maximized.

Each child and teenager experience different growth and development. In fact, some may experience problems in the growth and development process. This is where the development clinic for children and adolescents is present to be a solution, "added Nadia.

Clinics will carry out early detection, diagnosis, and intervention of children and adolescents according to their needs, and can provide appropriate education for parents.

Taking children to clinical growth and development does not mean that children have health problems but instead to fulfill their children's right to be able to grow and develop optimally. This is very important to understand by parents," explained Nadia again.