Child Abuse..

Child Abuse is an issue which most of us children feel that the government is failing to bring to an end. It is very sad to note that it is those adults whom we trust most who take advantage of our weakness or inability.

The problem of Child Abuse is as old as humanity and occurs in all races, religions, economic groups (rich or poor) and cultures. Children are increasingly becoming victims of child abuse in all forms namely: physically, emotionally, negligence or sexually abused.

In most cases when children lose their parents loss and grief heavily affect them. This is the time when they are in need of love most. Traditionally, orphaned children were absorbed into the extended family. However nowadays it has changed as extended families usually have their own problems, living the poor child feeling unwanted which may lead to the child losing self-confidence that so many cases of attempted suicide have been reported. In a number of cases the children are left to with their old grandparents who are too old to offer adequate physical and psychological support to these children. These children grow at risk emotionally due to the absence of concerned adults to teach and guide them. As a result of negligence they are educationally disadvantaged as they rarely attend school. High rates of school-drop-outs have been reported recently. Because of their perceived poor prospects for the future, they are often careless and irresponsible. However poverty as also contributed much in that most youths at tender ages resort to petty crimes and girls engage in commercial sex as away of making a living. In some the cases it is the caregiver who actually influences them into such crimes.