Simple Simplicity

Being 90’s children can be said as a blessing! Yeah, 90o’s childhood was full of so many traditional games. We didn’t recognize very well such modern and hi-tech games at that time. We liked to walk for kilometers with no fear of being kidnapped. Don’t you guys remember this kinda game? What do you name this one? Jumpritan   In English it is called “hide and seek”. Well, when I was child, my friends and I called this as   “jumpritan”   (In Jepara, one of cities in Central Java). Does it sound weird? Lol. Yeah, we called so at that time. Another name might be   “delikkan” , derived from word   “ n delik”   that means “hide”, and suffix – an   to show that it is a noun. This game can be played by 2 children for minimum, but the larger number of the participants, the more exciting this game will be. The rule is, one of the children is on duty as the “victim”. He should close his eyes and counting from 1 up to 10 in a place that is found as the ...

When in doubt, choose the kids. There will be plenty of time later to choose work. That is a nice words stated by Anna Quindlen, a renowned American author. If we notice carefully, these sentences have a deep meaning that we might not realize before. Nowadays many parents become working parents, both fathers and mothers. This condition cannot be denied as a result of the bigger demand of today needs. Therefore, relying on fathers as the only income source in a family cannot go on anymore. Parents become dilemmatic; in one side they should work for their family needs, while in other sides, if both father and mother working, their children will be lack of their figure. In this case, Anna Quindlen suggests parents who are in panic or dilemmatic mode, to choose children because they will keep growing up, while works will not. If we choose work for an eternal chose, we should remember that children will not stop grow. Then when we realize someday, children will have not been ch...