Questioning Content Of Child Care Patterns In Social Media According To Netray Monitoring

Illustration - Implementation of parenting must be dynamic in line with child growth and development. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA Child care patterns are still an interesting topic for parents, especially those who just have a baby or still have a school-aged child. This can be seen from the large number of child parenting content circulating on social media.

With keywords, parenting, and parenting tips, Netray monitors that there are thousands of parenting content during the period 12 December 2022 to 10 January 2023.

On Instagram, Netray found 1,466 content of parenting with an impression of 26.8 thousand and the potential to reach 17.7 million accounts.

The content of uploading the @ideparentingtop account containing the parenting model of artist Nikita Willy received the most interactions with a total of 1,365 comments.

Nikita Willy in the upload shared information related to the impact of giving gadgets to young children. He received advice from a doctor not to give devices to his son, Issa IDX Djokosoetono, who is still 7 months old.

Because, according to Nikita, "If he has seen the gadget once, he will focus on the gadget and wants to continue watching it."

Thus, children tend to be lazy to do or learn other things. Malas learn to crawl, are lazy to learn to chew to eat, and are even lazy to explore new things that ultimately hinder children's growth and development.

"So as much as possible I don't give any more gadgets when eating because when I eat he really sits in the high chair, he focuses on what food is in front of him," Nikita said in uploading the @ideparentingtop account.

Not only about gadgets, according to Netray, but also about children's relationship, it was discussed by the @parettingofficia parenting account with a total of 551 likes and 10 comments. Child parenting models that have an Islamic background are also in great demand, as uploaded by the @nabawi_homeschooling account with a total of 1,308 likes and 9 comments."

On YouTube. Netray found 407 video content of parenting with a total achievement of 645.6 thousand viewers. A number of popular content about Indonesian-based child care mostly comes from YouTubeshort.

Such as uploading InfoParenting and Ranita Okta accounts which share tips on parenting, such as how to deal with IVF or vomiting and help when the babyRICates.

While on Tiktok, Netray found 161 child care content. Content has been distributed to 791.8 thousand users and played 302.6 million times. The number of dislikes reached 42.3 million and received 221.9 thousand comments.

Although the amount of content is less, the parenting content on TikTok has a larger number of impressions, reaching 43.3 million. Meanwhile, on Instagram, from 1,466 content, it only had an impression of 26.8 thousand.

The content of parenting, among others, was uploaded by the @mamabercer account. Featuring a male doctor who shares tips so that the baby's stomach does not bloat.

The text in the video reads, Do this so that the baby's stomach does not flattened: Baby leg movements such as pedaling a bicycle, bending legs slowly in the future, do it slowly and regularly every day, contains the text in the video.

The content has been shared with 774 TikTok users, received 17.6 thousand LIKEs, and 174 comments.

The various content of parenting can certainly provide benefits. However, parents must also be more critical in filtering the information obtained. For example, in seeing the model of Nikita Willy's parenting, which does not provide gadgets for their children.

For children under 2 years old, the model is ideal to do. As recommended by WHO, parents should not give gadgets to their children before they are 2 years old. Moreover, only so that they sit still and be calm.

However, when a child is over 2 years old, the trend will be difficult. Especially in today's modern era when the use of internet technology is increasingly massive. All parents can do is limit the use of gadgets.

As long as its use is still under surveillance, gadgets can be a tool that helps children's development. It can be a means of channeling creativity or learning media.

In principle, launching from the Mental Hospital Psychology Clinic page (RSJ) Grhasia, the application of parenting must be dynamic in line with child growth and development. Parents must understand the needs and abilities of children.

No less important, parents must also be able to set a good example for children. Sometimes, parents ask their children to act according to their expectations, such as being honest, not wasteful, or prohibiting using devices.

"Meanwhile, in daily life, parents often lie, like to waste money, or are even busy with gadgets in front of children," wrote RSJ Grhasia.

If that happens, the application of parenting will certainly not be effective. Instill and at the same time show these values of kindness in front of children. Indeed, children are master imitators. He learns by imitating the behavior of the people around him.