Better care for the healthy growth of children and adolescents (let's talk about it together, think about it, and work together to achieve new goals in the new era). Shanghai | City | Era

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposes to "safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of women and children." Children are the future of our country and the hope of the Chinese nation. The healthy growth of children requires the joint protection of the whole society. In this issue, we have selected three articles to discuss with readers how to strengthen the protection of children's rights and create more favorable conditions for the healthy growth of young children.

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Strengthen physical exercise for children and adolescents

Beijing Chaoyang District Wu Yue

The body is the capital of all struggles and success in life, and physical exercise is the most effective way to enhance the physical fitness of young children.

In family education, parents should guide children to make scientific use of their spare time and engage in appropriate physical exercise based on the laws and characteristics of their physical and mental development. On campus, we should provide excellent physical education classes to help students enjoy fun, enhance their physical fitness, improve their personality, and hone their willpower through physical exercise. In addition, it is necessary to ensure the time for extracurricular sports activities and promote students to develop lifelong exercise habits.

In some regions, the guarantee of venues, equipment, and other conditions required for children to engage in physical exercise needs to be strengthened. In this regard, it is necessary to coordinate the resources of schools and society. When carrying out urban renewal and community construction, it is necessary to comprehensively utilize existing public sports facilities and prioritize the construction of new projects in schools or their surroundings to better meet the needs of young children for sports activities.

The cohesion and collaborative education of families, schools, and society enable children to grow strong and practice well, so that they can better grow into pillars of the construction of the motherland.

Make urban facilities more "friendly"

Wang Meihua, Xinxiang City, Henan Province

In recent years, many places have viewed cities from a height of 1 meter, targeting the "bumps and turns" that children of all ages encounter in public spaces. Starting from various scenes such as clothing, food, housing, transportation, education, medicine, care, and clothing, they have accelerated the construction of child friendly spaces. For example, the children's washbasin is set to be 50 centimeters high, allowing children to wash their hands without stepping on chairs; The children's dedicated garbage bin is 70 centimeters high, convenient for children to use and learn garbage classification; The children's handle on the bus is 140 centimeters high, and they can reach it by raising their hand. These measures provide convenience for children's growth and help enhance their confidence and sense of happiness.

The construction of child friendly cities should not only be reflected in hardware facilities, but also in software configuration. Children and parents often have the best understanding of what kind of public services children need. Cities such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Nanjing have organized activities such as "Children's Councils" and "Small People's Livelihood Observers" to help children's reasonable opinions take root in urban construction. To build a child friendly city, it is necessary to allow children to fully express their imagination and ideas about the future development of the city, and at the same time, widely solicit opinions and suggestions from parents.

Children are the hope of the country and the nation, and caring for them is guarding the future. I hope that more cities can improve public services from the perspective of children, and I hope that every child can thrive in a "friendly" environment.

Ensuring the mental health of children and adolescents

Xuzhi, Changde City, Hunan Province

For children and adolescents, both mental and physical health are equally important. In recent years, mental health issues have gradually extended from adults and occupational groups to the youth population, and strengthening mental health education for children and adolescents has become a social consensus.

To ensure the mental health of young children, the first step is to increase the level of attention and popularize relevant knowledge. Psychological health education should focus on prevention and spread basic knowledge of mental health through various channels. Currently, schools across the country have taken a series of measures to continuously improve the mental health literacy of young children. For example, incorporating psychological screening into health checkups, setting up mental health education courses, equipping psychological counseling rooms, and so on. Improving children's understanding of psychological problems and guiding them to seek professional help in a timely manner can help achieve early detection, intervention, and treatment of psychological problems in children.

It should also be noted that the causes of psychological problems in young children are quite complex, such as family relationships, academic pressure, interpersonal communication, etc., and relying solely on the power of schools is far from enough. At present, the number of specialized institutions in China that can help children prevent early psychological problems is limited, and some parents lack awareness and ability to deal with their children's psychological problems. Effective measures should be taken to quickly weave a psychological health protection network for young children. Strengthening the promotion of mental health knowledge and accelerating the formation of a collaborative response pattern among families, schools, professional institutions, etc., can provide a clear sky for the spiritual world of young children.