The Best for Kids

SERIES Harry Potter (the original) are not published in braille version. Consequently, the number of people in England to protest the publisher as it is considered to discriminate against children who have vision problems. Publishers and promised to immediately publish it in two weeks.
Thus a glimpse of abstraction implementation of children's rights in the UK. Until last year, carrying four million children living in poverty in the UK (End Child Poverty, April 2002 edition). This is the highest among other advanced industrial countries. However, the seriousness of this country take care of problem children marked an effort to integrate protection of the rights of children with a program to remove child poverty. The strategy, among others, by encouraging the implementation of the Budget Children's Year by the parliamentary working group (the All Party Group Parlement) to issues of children and poverty.
SEE seriousness, we should be jealous. Conditions of children in Indonesia are still apprehensive, despite efforts to protect children have long done. Mother Mangunsarkoro since 1920 memeloporinya through Taman Siswa. Now, eight months after the Child Protection Law No. 23/2002 was enacted, the awareness of children's rights in this country is still low, even there are many agencies and related parties did not know about the existence of this law, let alone apply them.
In the article "Breaking Myths, Honor the Son as a man" (Kompas, 30/06/2003), resolved a number of myths that are considered block the efforts made to improve the fate of Indonesian children. These myths cause adults fail to perceive the child as a human being, and treats children as objects only within the family, community, or country. Various institutions and national legislation designed to protect the rights of any suspected child still behave the same. How did this happen?
It must be recognized, the struggle over the rights of children growing recognition of universal values of humanism. Child rights is part of human rights. Given child protection efforts in awareness, children do not have the legal capacity to do something legal implications. Therefore, the state shall protect the rights of children, implementation of responsibility given to parents and the community.
However, the philosophy of humanism that brought the modern capitalist system that we have adopted is now encouraging the growth of human values in favor of individual liberty and prioritize the needs of the individual over social relations. In practice, humanistic values are often surrendered to encouragement of individual needs that generate greater profits. Individuality is also pervasive in the human consciousness and dominate the structure of human relationships, until able to shift the noble values in relationship to parent and child. Moreover, globalization is forcing people motivated to be creative capitalism mengapitalisasi anything for a profit. Of course the child, in a weak position in the physical, social, and legal, to be a very attractive option for dikapitalkan.
This condition diperkeruh appreciation of culture or religion that translates parent-child relationship in a subordinate relationship, where parents are the responsible party to raise and meet the needs of children. Parents then feel entitled to do anything for their children through a variety of excuses of religion and culture, including principles "for the good of the child." Parents are also often difficult to remove identifying himself in the child. Children considered to carry a variety of obsessions and hopes that he wanted to accomplish. As a result, the concept "for the good of the child" is often transformed into "for the good parent."
CAROL Bellamy, UNICEF Executive Director for the Asia-Pacific, said, "... It all started with one thing, investing in children", in a speech opening meetings Ministerial Consultation in East Asia and the Pacific about the beginning of May and Son (Compass, 11 / 5 / 03). The phrase "investing in children" should be read carefully, considering the very smelly term economic investment. The main consideration is the profits of investors in investment. Investment is clearly being treated as possible, but the ultimate goal remained the interests of investors. If this logic continues to be used, meaning that this exploitative into the human subconscious and controlling behavior without us realizing it.
In fact, humans often treat children as property, a symbol of prestige, or the standard attributes of its status as an adult human. For example, by making the child as a reason to get married or maintain a marriage. In fact, children have the right to grow up in prosperous households who are psychologically healthy. These rights are often violated when the term "best interests of the child" is interpreted as selfish for the sake of (prospective) parents. It is time element in terms of children's rights into marriage, especially for couples who intend to have kids. They have to understand, able, and willing to fulfill the rights of children so that children could no longer be an asset or a mere household decor.
Fragility of child protection in Indonesia is also due for the issue of children being treated like this bird in a cage. People interested in participating as "child" is the issue of the exotic, all support facilities and funds are relatively easy to obtain because man easily touched by his feelings when it comes to affairs of children. In addition, the child is considered a soft issue is more charged issue because of social or charity, and relatively apolitical. In fact, the strength of bargaining position is very significant to the success of this movement. Weak political support to make this movement is used as a function of sublimation of the various interests in addition to the interests of the child, for example, the collection of political sympathy, popularity, promotion, money, or heaven.
The question now, what makes a child become a significant problem to need a lot of attention, ranging from culture to politics? The answer, because the settlement or merely ceremonial half hearts instead of emotions and endanger the development of the child's personality structure. That is, the ideals of improving the fate of the child will drift farther away.
When child protection functions implemented failing parents or society, the role of the state return is important. One of the contents of the Child Protection Law No. 23/2002 is the establishment of the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI). The institute is expected to act like a National Human Rights Commission, with a concentration on issues of children. Outside some of the concepts of material weaknesses KPAI, these institutions need to be supported, at least for two reasons. First, to ensure the device running the country and the protective function of children's rights as set forth in the Act seriously and responsibly. Second, to ensure children are not marginalized issues as the social work department or the empowerment of women, but also on the agenda of each institution shall be the policy makers. For example, by making the analysis and statements about the effect of a policy against children (child impact statement), which was then operationalized in the budget.
Criteria seriousness of the state in protecting the rights of children will be seen from this analysis of how much priority consideration in policy-making.
KPAI also should encourage the involvement of children in various activities or decisions concerning his fate. Strengthening the participation of children not only important to stimulate social sensitivity and tolerance capabilities, but also train the child is responsible for the decisions taken together.
This is not a fantasy concept. Year 1996, in Lebanon, a number of children aged 16-18 years participated in a parliamentary session to discuss issues of children, such as education and health. Positive result since it is a problem child into a serious political issue in Lebanon. It is inherent in the basic principles of children's rights are also contained in Law No. 23/2002, namely respect for children's participation. Parliament of Children, at least an initial step. Maybe one day, the opinion of children in a variety of issues, such as the Bill on National Education System or Panja Sukhoi, can be calculated, considering both the National Education Ministry and Bulog is the institution that is very relevant to their welfare.
In Indonesia, the total implementation of child rights is still far from perfect, but there must be steps taken. However, children are not responsible for our behavior. Instead, they certainly inherited the problems caused by our actions today. As stated in the song White Lion When The Children Cry, We have changed from what ... ... just look what We have done ... All That We destroyed you must build again ... ....