IPB University School of Family Quality emphasizes the important concept of family resilience in Cibanteng Village
The importance of family resilience became the theme carried out at the sixth meeting of the IPB University School of Family Quality (SKB) series of activities. The activity was held on Tuesday, (7/30) in Cibanteng Village, Ciampea District, Bogor Regency.
This event is one of the integration programs held by the Directorate of Agromaritime Community Development (DPMA) IPB University and the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (IKK) together with IPB University’s Innovation Real-Thematic Work Lecture (KKNT) students.
Professor of IPB University, Prof Euis Sunarti was present as the main speaker. She presented material related to the importance of family resilience. According to her, family strengthening is one of the important elements and should not be ignored in an effort to achieve family welfare.
“The thing that becomes the background of family resilience is important is the existence of high economic conditions and a happy family does not guarantee having a family that is resilient and prosperous in the next episode of life,” said Prof Euis.
This means, continued Prof Euis, in family life a problem will always arise. “Expectations that are too high can lead to disappointment if not managed properly. This can cause conflict, dissatisfaction, fatigue, and even divorce in the family,” she added.
She said the emergence of these problems can trigger a decline in several important functions in the family, such as education, supervision, and protection of children. Family conditions that are always in transition must be well managed, one of which is understanding the concept of family resilience.
“Family resilience is defined as the ability to manage family resources such as knowledge, cooking skills, time, thoughts, attention, finance/economy, as well as the ability to overcome problems, such as differences in desires with reality and challenges in parenting,” she explained.
Prof Euis also explained that there are two important components in family resilience that must be understood. First, the system approach that includes input, process, and output components. Second, the latent approach that includes physical, psychological, and social aspects in the family.
The presentation of the material was also carried out in a participatory manner using the props ‘House’ which is an analogy of the scope of family resilience. Each part of the house symbolizes an important element of family resilience.
After the material was presented, several representatives of the mothers were also enthusiastic to evaluate the material and convey back the material that had been presented. Through this activity, it is hoped that more families will realize the importance of family resilience and try to apply the concepts that have been learned in their daily lives. (*/Rz) (IAAS HRD)
