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Gadgets are not parents' enemies
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G
adgets are not parents' enemies. They can be a medium to strengthen the bond between parents and kids, says the CEO of a creative media communications company.
PT Kaya Catha Indonesia CEO Vanda Yulianti said she had produced two applications of children stories with this philosophy in mind, along with her previous experience in writing children's stories in a magazine.
'With this application, parents can read the stories to their children, so they can be closer with the activity through this application,' she told The Jakarta Post on the sidelines of a talkshow on Thursday.
A study by the Southeast Asian Nutrition Survey (Seanuts) of 2,557 Indonesian children in 25 provinces in 2011 showed that 55.2 percent of children in Indonesia spent more than two hours every day in front of a TV, a computer or a gadget.
The trend has reportedly caused growing concern about the distancing of relationships between parents and children in this gadget-heavy era.
Vanda claimed that her company had produced two applications that consisted of five interactive local stories that she wrote herself.
The first application is named Bintang Kecil yang Turun ke Bumi (The Little Stars that Fall to the Earth) and the second is Alang Galang Cilik (Little Alang Galang). They are also called Indonesian Kids Stories 1 and 2.
The stories include stories on everyday life such as pets and kids' creative projects to make a simple purse, with information on local Indonesian cultures.
She said that she was inspired by many things, including her own son.
'He owns a cat as a pet, so I made a story about it. I hope the stories can help parents to teach their children to love animals,' she said, as she demonstrated the apps by tapping the cats on the screen where the stories displayed, which were followed by the sounds of a cat meowing.
She said that she read the stories, which were available in English and Indonesian, to her children as well.
The next series of the applications, dubbed Indonesian Kids Stories 3 to 6, would be launched according to the response to the application, she said. (fsu)(+++)
