At home children in Indonesia often help with household tasks such as washing dishes or helping sweep up the house. In more rural places, children will also start helping with farm work around age 10.
Jobs vary across Indonesia, but often the mother owns a small warung or restaurant at the house and the father works as a rice farmer.
School starts at 7 am and goes until 12 pm. Then students often have an hour for lunch where they can go home to eat. Then school begins again at 1 pm and goes until 4 pm.
Usually, students walk with their older siblings or neighborhood friends to school. If the child is old enough (over 10) they can also walk alone.
Usually, kids eat lunch at home or if they live far away they can bring food to school. A common favorite food among kids is Klepon, a traditional desert ball filled with palm sugar and covered with coconut.
At school, both Javanese and Bahasa Indonesian are spoken. At home families usually speak Javanese or the local language. Hello is Javanese is "Nggoleki". In Bahasa Indonesia hello is different based on the time of day: in the morning it is "Selamat pagi", in the afternoon it is "Selamat siang", and at night it is "Selamat malam".
