Nur Hidayati bt Mukhtar 
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At the time between 5 until 12 years old, physical changes of puberty might be showing by now, especially for girls. They also start to show more concern about body image, looks. 

Emotionally, these children will face peer pressure to use drugs, disciplines issues and so forth. Other challenges that they are likely to suffer are depression, stress, family problem as our current society are more focusing on individual performance be it in education, career or wealth. 

At this stage of ages, they have the ability of more complex thoughts. Teens prefer to make more of their own choices about friends, sports, studying and school. They become more independent, with their own personality and interest, however they still in need of their parents’ guidance.

Hadith: 
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 495Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said:Command your children to pray when they become seven years old, and enforce (beat) them for it (if they refuse to pray) when they become ten years old.

In response, the Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia’s said: “We recognise the proliferation of many unethical sellers of medical abortion pills, but the proposed action by the Minister may also end up threatening the provision of genuine non-profit suppliers such as Women on Web, Women Help Women and Safe2Choose.

“Mifepristone has not been approved in Malaysia. But off-label use of misoprostol for medical abortion and for softening the cervix before manual vacuum aspiration abortion is common.

“Six months ago, the Ministry pressured Pfizer to stop supplying misoprostol in Malaysia, thus preventing abortion providers from using it. We are uncertain how effective  the Customs department will be, but we expect most of the supplies will still get through. But if a prosecution takes place, it will be a real threat to continuing access.”

The newspaper article, published on 16 January, was entitled: “Health Minister concerned over abortion pills”. The Minister, Datuk Seri S Subramaniam, is reported as saying that in Malaysia, these pills require a doctor’s prescription, and are for “specific purposes”. For internet sales domestically, he believed they could be detected and action taken against offenders. However, he is also quoted as saying that it is difficult to detect when orders are placed online for purchases from abroad. He said the Health Ministry was working with the Customs Department and police to detect packages containing such pills and also to establish whether the pills were being sold locally.

The article also states that misoprostol is easily available online and a common discussion topic in certain chatrooms, especially those related to “how to get a safe abortion”.

The Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia’s says: “The only logical and effective step to cut out the demand for online abortion pills… is to fast-track the approval and supply of both these medications to doctors so that they can be legally prescribed to clients after a proper assessment, as proposed by the Minister.”

There are some changes happening within the period and the most significant one is puberty. Children who do not have basic knowledge on how to handle this will actually get panic, especially girls. It is the beginning of the process of growth.

According to Freud’s theory, this is the latent stage which the children have no sexual motivation and actually prefer to be friends with the same gender. 

A good ws observable as it is, most of them will also build a circle of friends or a gang during this period and thus, that is why the most outstanding issue that we can see in our surrounding nowadays is bully.

“Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is oppressed.” The Prophet was asked: “It is right to help him if he is oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?” He replied: “By preventing him from oppressing others.” (Ṣahīh Bukhāri, Volume 3, Ḥadīth 624)