Everyone needs the best for their
child. As a parent, we must want our child treated warmly, responsibly and in
good manner. For Malays, child is like a jewel, it is very valuable. As the eras
is changing, the role of parents also changing. Before this, the role of
parents is to give guidance to the child from small babies until they become adult.
However, in this globalization era, almost every young parents work to get
money. So, what happen to their child? Who will take over the role of these
young parents as the teacher to their child?
There
are many solutions to the questions above. In Malaysia, there are many
childcares that are always ready to take in these children. These childcares
are often built in the urban area. So, the young parents that live in the urban
area can place their children in these childcares. What about in the rural
area? Where the parents need to place their child when they going to work? The
answer is “Pengasuh”. “Pengasuh” is a Malay word that means someone that take
care of the child when the parents going to work in the house of the “Pengasuh”.
“Pengasuh” is often an old or middle age housewife that is lonely or want to
get the side income by become a “Pengasuh”. So, are these two ways is good or
bad? Is the system that is implement by the government is correct?
Firstly
is about the childcares. There are many problems that were happened in this
place. We can get the news from newspaper and television about the children
that is abused in this place. There are also many childcares that do not have
appropriate license to care for the child. Some of the childcare does not have
enough nannies that care for the child, compared to the child there. Another
problem is the mixtures of the child in early age such as newborn baby with the
child that is elder such as 2 and 3 years. These years are not suitable to mix
them as the method to care them is not the same. Actually, there are many more
problems that happen in childcare apart from the examples stated above.
Second
is about “Pengasuh”. As stated earlier, “Pengasuh” is often a housewife that
wants to get side income by caring the child. The problem that usually happened
in the “Pengasuh”’s house is they not care enough for the child. Some “Pengasuh”
will let the child alone without care in their house. It is very dangerous if
the child goes out from the house and goes to the road for example. Another
problem that can get from “Pengasuh” is the children do not learn anything
there, in term of education especially. They do not have any syllabus of
learning, so the child will only get the knowledge from what is thought by its “Pengasuh”
only.
Despite
the negatives, there are also the positives that a child can get in the
childcare. Some good childcares have their own method to develop the child,
mentally and physically. They have the syllabus for learning that is
appropriate to the age of the child. The children that go to these childcares
also can develop their soft skill by interacting with others early. Although
there is many benefits that can a child get in childcares, care from their
parents itself is much more important to implement the basic that we want in
our child such as in religious manner.
Something
that have its negativity, always have its good side. This also applicable to
the child that is sent to “Pengasuh”. Usually here, the “Pengasuh” only take
one child only to take care. So, if they care the child properly, it will give
many benefits to the child. The child will get more love and attention so that
they will develop more naturally. Plus, the “Pengasuh” is usually an housewife
that is middle in age, so, the children will get more love and they is like the
mother to the child.
In
conclusion, the childcare in Malaysia really needs improvements. For
governments, they should become stricter in the assessment of the childcare to
get the license. The inspection should be doing time to time to make sure the
childcare does not break the rule that should be produced. For parents,
although you do not have too much time with your child, make sure that the
small time that you have with them is a quality time.
Mut, FAMILY MANAGEMENT AND PARENTING, sem 2/ year 11/12,
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