Discourse On Restrictions On Children's Games, Local Governments Asked To Actively Expand Open Space

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) considers that online game restrictions must be accompanied by the provision of alternative activities for children.

For this reason, local governments are asked to increase child-friendly open spaces that can encourage physical activities, social interactions, and self-actualization.

Assistant Deputy for Child Special Protection from Violence at the Ministry of PPPA Ciput, Eka Purwianti, said this step was important to balance children's screen time.

"Substitution to replace screen time must be in the form of actualization activities according to the age of children and positive activities in the room for children," he explained Monday, November 17.

Ciput said that his party encouraged local governments to expand safe public spaces for children.

"We encourage local governments to increase open spaces that are friendly to children as part of their commitment to create a child-friendly city or district," he said.

In addition to public spaces, community-based activities are also considered effective. He gave an example of the existence of volunteers and sports activities in the community.

"There are female and child friends volunteers and some are managing futsal fields so that children are motivated to practice," he said.

This effort is also in line with the increasing need for children to do outdoor activities, not just depending on the screen.

"For digital problems, we not only always think about technological efforts, but there are also non-technology," concluded Ciput.