DIVORCE AND TEENAGERS

The number of divorce cases in Indonesia has increase every year. The Religious Affairs Ministry said the rate of divorce in Indonesia had jumped from an average of 20,000 cases per year to more than 200,000 cases per year. The data showed that Indonesia become the highest rate of divorce cases in the Asia Pacific region.

Divorce has increase since Indonesian democratic reforms 10 years ago.  Some couple decided to divorce because the husband and wife have different takes on political issues. The another reasons are their couple has economically independent so they don’t need material support from their couple, the free flow of information is spreading a greater awareness of their rights, the changes in lifestyle of their couple also cause divorce it happen.

The negative effects of parents separation or divorce on teenagers are very complicated. It will impact their happiness and also their health. The teenagers also have psychological and behavioral problems. It can reflect to their attitude, usually children of divorce often have the attitude that tends to quiet, because he keep all the problems in his family by himself, and may affect relationships with his friends, he also tends to temper because he was angry with his family situation is different from a broken family and her other friends. so some of them became rebellious child.

Sources:

http://www.children-and-divorce.com/effects-of-divorce-on-children.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7869813.stm

indonesian tourism place

Raja Ampat

 

Raja Ampat is the world's most biodiverse marine region with more recorded fish, coral and mollucas species than anywhere else on Earth. It located in Irian Jaya, the Indonesian’s east huge island and north of Australia.  It is the great place for the lover of diving, because raja ampat has original nature, colorful coral reefs, some rare fish, beauty scenery and many more.

Not only the world under water is just amazing. The top of the relief is very diverse island with steep coastal mountains and deserted white sandy beaches. An area outside the tourist track and rarely visited by foreigners. The beauty of this island will make you wonder. The forest has a lot of orchids and birds of paradise. Waigeo and Batanta have the Red Bird of Paradise Bird and Wilson both of which are endemic bird area. In addition, forests are also inhabited by the sharing of bird species such as king prawns / tight, eagle and hornbill.

Biodiversity Features in Raja Ampat  and the greater Bird’s Head Seascape :

1,606 species of reef fish in the Bird’s Head Seascape
1,397 species of reef fish in Raja Ampat
35 species of endemic reef fish found only in the Birds Head Seascape
603 species of hard coral recorded in the Bird’s Head Seascape
75% of all known coral species in the world
10 times the number of hard coral species found in the entire Caribbean
57 species of Mantis Shrimp in the Birds Head Seascape
13 species of Marine Mammals in the Bird’s Head Seascape
5 species of endangered sea turtles in the Bird’s Head Seascape  

Temperature in there is around 27°C all year round, In the Sorong and Raja Ampat region the most rain falls from May to September, during November to April, heavy rains fall on the north coast, from May to October dumps rain on the mountains and leaves the coast relatively dry.

To get there, the province Jayapura has Sorong Airport which has a regular flight service to / from Manado, Bali and Jakarta.