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Children in Need, not Misdeed

In the Philippines, there are more thanbehavior as juveniles and adults than
36 million people under 19 years old whoothers.
are living in utterly inhumanAlthough it is said that the most
conditions. About a million and a halfimportant relationship for all beings is
children are estimated to live on thethat with their parents or with their
streets. They survive by begging forfamilies, child maltreatment often
food and through petty theft. In spitestarts at home. Unfortunately, an
of laws against child labor, more thanalarming number of parents do not
three and a half million children from 5understand the importance of the
to 17 years old work under gruelingparent-child relationship. They are
conditions. The data regarding childoften too young or unprepared for such
abuse and neglect in the Philippines areresponsibility. Their inability to
considered to be below the actualcommit to good parenting techniques
figures since the current statisticscauses serious detriment to the lives
only reflect reported cases of abuse.and well being of their children.
Recently, a survey by the Department ofChildren who have been maltreated are
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)usually unwilling or unable to reveal
reflected a sudden increase in thetheir situation to someone because of
number of children that resulted fromparental threats, or a feeling of
increased awareness and reporting in theloyalty to the family. For children who
community. Most of these children inare in school, while carefully asking a
this survey were victims of child abusechild may help to unearth details of
and neglect, also known as "childmaltreatment, teachers need to be aware
maltreatment." Child maltreatment is aof non-verbal ways in which the message
behavior toward a child that is outsideof abuse may be communicated. The
the norms of conduct and entailspresence of one indicator alone does not
substantial risk of causing physical ornecessarily mean that maltreatment has
emotional harm. Child maltreatment canoccurred. If there are a number of
be a single incident, but it is usuallyindicators, then immediate counseling is
a pattern of behavior that takes placeneeded for the child. It is the process
over time. There are four types ofby which a professional helps a person
recognized maltreatment. These arecope with mental or emotional distress,
physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotionaland understand and solve personal
abuse (psychological abuse), andproblems is called counseling.
neglect.Individual and group counseling sessions
The causes of child maltreatment areusually take two years or even longer.
varied and not well understood. AbuseThe goal of undoing life-long damage can
and neglect are often associated withbe very difficult because the damage
physical injuries, delayed growth andpervades every aspect of a child. There
development, and mental problems. Theymay also be physiological changes that
are more common in poor and extremelycannot just be "counseled" away.
poor families than in families withMedication can be useful for the
higher incomes. Child maltreatment issymptoms of depression, anxiety and
also associated with psychological andother symptoms, but should never be
emotional problems such as aggression,dispensed in the absence of counseling
depression, and post-traumatic stressfor the root of the problem. For
disorder. In extreme cases, child abusechildren, play therapy and family
and neglect can lead to death.therapy can be helpful.
Child abuse is also linked to anIt is important to help a child deal
increase risk of substance abuse, eatingwith the abuse as well as the
disorders, obesity, depression, suicide,psychological problems they report.
and sexual promiscuity later on in theirResearch indicates that without some
lives. Women who were victims ofform of intervention against child
physical assault during their childhoodmaltreatment, the long-term consequences
are twice as likely to be victims offor children can be nightmares, feeling
physical assault as adults. There areof insecurity, feeling unsafe, poor
also evidences which suggest thatschool performance and low self-esteem.
victims of child maltreatment are moreThey are also more likely to be abusive
likely to engage themselves in criminalor become victims of abuse themselves.



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