Indonesia promotes conventional video games to cut back display time

Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands (ANTARA) – Indonesian Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Arifatul Choiri Fauzi has emphasised the significance of reviving and selling conventional video games to cut back youngsters’s dependence on devices and shield them from extreme social media publicity.

“We should focus on finding solutions rather than immediately prohibiting children from using gadgets. One way is to promote traditional games that reflect our local wisdom,” she mentioned whereas attending the primary occasion commemorating the forty second National Children’s Day (HAN) in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, on Thursday.

Speaking at Tugu Sirih Square, Fauzi mentioned the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) has made the promotion of conventional video games a central theme of National Children’s Day celebrations since 2025 as a part of efforts to mitigate the affect of extreme social media use on youngsters.

She expressed confidence that conventional video games can assist scale back youngsters’s dependence on social media by encouraging them to have interaction in real-world bodily and social interactions.

According to Fauzi, conventional video games provide advantages past leisure by instructing youngsters the values of cooperation, taking turns, mutual respect, creativity, and togetherness.

“We call on all elements of society to promote traditional games among children to help balance their use of gadgets,” she mentioned.

The minister additionally famous that the 2026 National Children’s Day celebration was organized by her ministry in collaboration with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and Seruni, a girls’s solidarity group affiliated with the Red and White Cabinet and chaired by Second Lady Selvi Ananda.

She expressed hope that the commemoration would transcend a ceremonial occasion and assist increase public consciousness of the significance of guiding youngsters in navigating the challenges of the digital period.

“Today’s children are Indonesia’s future leaders. Therefore, we must ensure their rights are protected and fulfilled,” Fauzi mentioned.

During the occasion, the Forum of Indonesian Children compiled aspirations from youngsters throughout all 38 provinces into 12 key suggestions, with the minister pledging to observe up on them.

“We will invite children to discuss directly the various issues they are facing,” she added.

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