Dwi Hastuti: Revitalization the Role of Mothers
Coffee Morning at Bogor Agricultural University, In Commemoration of the Mother Day, 22 December 2011
The role of a mother at present should be revitalized by increasing her maternal skills to provide stimulus, model, socializationion, support, setting rules and positive emotions for children. Especially, related to the current issues and challenges encountered by the children. Then to increase family harmony and family support, enhancement of attention (Attention), the formation of emotional attachment (bonding) and communication with the children and policy support pro-family and pro-children (primary health care, education and child protection).
This is the topic described by family expert and lecturer of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology (FEMA) Bogor Agricultural University, Dr. Ir. Dwi Hastuti, M.Sc., in the special event held by the Public Relations of the Executive Secretary of Bogor Agricultural University "Coffee Morning, In commemoration of Mother’s Day, in 21 December 2011, in PSP3 IPB, Baranangsiang Campus, Bogor
"Currently, there are so many working mothers who leave their children, to meet the basic needs such as food, drink, clothing and to keep the emotional of children, mothers must continue to set time and attention to their children. A good mother should be able to put balance between working time and time for their children, "said Dwi Hastuti in front of journalists. According to her, attention to children should not only be performed post-pregnancy, but also when they are still in the womb.
"This is important factors that will shape the character of the children. Attention of mothers will greatly affect the children in the womb. If the mother has an unstable emotion it will indirectly affect their children, and vice versa," says Dr. Dwi.
Related to single parent methods which is currently chosen by many parents, Dr. Dwi explained, single parents likely to have children with emotional and behavioral problems 3-4 times higher (Zill and Schoenborn, National Center for Health Statistics, 1990), and 84% of adolescents who are hospitalized for psychiatric reasons are from single parent families (research 1989 cited by Hewlett). "Therefore, either brides or briderooms who planned to get married they should be ready physically and emotionally, and they should be given guidances and counselings before marriage," he said.
In relation to the mother day and the role mothers in Indonesia, Dr. Dwi explained that most of mothers in Indonesia are to take care their families, and the role of mothers is very respective and heavy as they have to educate children with complexes challenges, such as globalization, mass media, the easy access to information, technological developments etc. (Wied).
