Children seize the day by switching off the TV
The Jakarta Post , JAKARTA | Mon, 07/27/2009 12:06 PM | City
For many children, Sunday morning is monopolized by cartoons on TV.
Not this Sunday though, when more than a hundred kindergarten students preferred to skip their favorite programs in favor of outdoor activities in support of “No TV Day”, which was celebrated at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta.
“No TV Day” was also held with the mood of National Children’s Day, falling last Thursday, still in the air.
Watching a puppet show, participating in a drawing and coloring competition and working on puzzles were some of the activities held at Monas.
In one corner, several children, helped by their parents, took turns to roll an extra-large dice and move step-by-step on a giant snakes-and-ladders game board.
“Yeah! I made it,” a little girl shouted after making her first stop on the board’s final square. Nearby parents could not hide their smiles after seeing the girl’s beaming expression.
B. Guntarto, head of the Children’s Media Development Foundation (YPMA) and chairman of the coalition’s steering committee, said the campaign was triggered by media activists’ concern about the negative influence of inappropriate content in TV programs aimed at children.
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