JAKARTA - Public figures Zaskia Adya Mecca assess that parents have an important role in exploring the potential and talents of their children. Each child has different potentials and needs to be supported in a different way.

"In addition to the child's inner strength, parents also play a role in exploring the child's potential and talents. Parents need to pay attention to their child's potential and talents, and realize that each child has different potentials," Zaskia said at an online press conference, Wednesday.

Furthermore, the wife of director Hanung Bramantyo said, after parents find out about their interests, talents, and potential, children also need to be given support to develop these three things.

"Parents can provide the right place and way to develop children's talents and potential. For example, they like football, maybe parents can take their children to soccer school, which can support their (non-akamemic) activities," said Zaskia.

"For me, the strength of children is not only physically and academically, but also mentally good. Children's characteristics are formed from these mental conditions," he added.

There were also people who were included in Zaskia's football school. He admitted that he had a daughter who really wanted to explore football had made him unsure to really support him in a special school for soccer.

"My son, Kala, insisted on going to soccer school. I thought that football was a sport for men, because his physical activities were very heavy. However, he didn't give up, and it turned out to be serious, so I finally registered it at the soccer school," said the mother of six. the child.

"Three of my children have joined school for a year and have competed in many places. I as a mother feel proud. She (Kala) shows a satisfying game, and I end up not sharing that football is only for boys," he added.

The actor Noura Bahadur in the film "Ayat-Ayat Cinta" (2007) added that over time, he learned a lot from the activities carried out by his children.

For football, for example. Zaskia admitted that she and her little one learned a lot about communication, teamwork, how to make the right decisions in a short time, to how we behave in accepting defeats and wins.

"Many things have been learned. Children's characteristics are also formed, mentally and physically also become strong," he said.

In addition, Zaskia also underlined that the most important thing parents must have is the desire to continue learning.

"According to the Prophet, educating according to his time. Therefore, as parents, we must continue to learn how to educate children according to the times, how to accommodate their respective potentials," he said.


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