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Spababy: What Does the Future Hold for Our Children?

Spababy - Stylish & Fun, invites all boys and girls for some serious pampering. A revolutionary new concept dedicated to people with little hands and feet (2 months - 15 years old). Uniquely designed areas guarantee hours of relaxation and stimulation for your child.

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Oma really is worried of the new generation of Indonesia. I just checked my Facebook account and something intriguing appeared on the right column: Spababy - Become a fan.

Then I clicked and the whole Facebook page about a spa service for babies in Jakarta, Indonesia appeared in front of my face. It contains information about the Spa centre, and also photos of celebrities' kids: Donna Agnesia's, Tora Sudiro's, Ulfa Dwiyanti's, etc.

*ngelus dada*

They are babies, like below 5 or max. 7; and they are being overly pampered (overly because it is not what they suppose to get in that age)! They are being manicured, pedicured; they get a masker, facial, peeling, beauty massage, etc.

Imho, children that age should play in a mud, throw earth to each other, play hide-and-seek, hiding behind a dirty tree, climbing a tree, building sand castle, playing 'masak-masakan' with flowers, leaves, leftover rice, etc. They would play whatever! But, definitely not going to the beauty salon for kids and being extremely pampered and treated like their socialista-mums or dads.

*ngelus dada, tarik nafas, dan mulai berpikir jernih*

Ah well, if those rich people have the money, why shouldn't they go? As long as they remember that children will get dirty, and should get dirty. They should remember that children should play in the free, outside world, with animals, dirts, other friends - being free! They should remember that another, real-healhier-outdoor playing area exists, thus not only supermalls, travelling abroad to Disneyland or Movie world, and those expansive gadgets can be entertaining for kids.

I hope the new generation of Indonesia would still remember how to play petak umpet, cublak-cublak suweng, gobak sodor, dolip-dolipan, benteng-bentengan, lompat tali, and other traditional, outdoor games.

I hope.

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