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Children in Need, not Misdeed

In the Philippines, there are more than juveniles and adults than others.
36 million people under 19 years old who Although it is said that the most
are living in utterly inhuman conditions. important relationship for all beings is
About a million and a half children are that with their parents or with their
estimated to live on the streets. They families, child maltreatment often starts
survive by begging for food and through at home. Unfortunately, an alarming
petty theft. In spite of laws against number of parents do not understand the
child labor, more than three and a half importance of the parent-child
million children from 5 to 17 years old relationship. They are often too young
work under grueling conditions. The data or unprepared for such responsibility.
regarding child abuse and neglect in the Their inability to commit to good
Philippines are considered to be below parenting techniques causes serious
the actual figures since the current detriment to the lives and well being of
statistics only reflect reported cases of their children.
abuse. Children who have been maltreated are
Recently, a survey by the Department of usually unwilling or unable to reveal
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) their situation to someone because of
reflected a sudden increase in the number parental threats, or a feeling of loyalty
of children that resulted from increased to the family. For children who are in
awareness and reporting in the community. school, while carefully asking a child
Most of these children in this survey may help to unearth details of
were victims of child abuse and neglect, maltreatment, teachers need to be aware
also known as "child maltreatment." Child of non-verbal ways in which the message
maltreatment is a behavior toward a child of abuse may be communicated. The
that is outside the norms of conduct and presence of one indicator alone does not
entails substantial risk of causing necessarily mean that maltreatment has
physical or emotional harm. Child occurred. If there are a number of
maltreatment can be a single incident, indicators, then immediate counseling is
but it is usually a pattern of behavior needed for the child. It is the process
that takes place over time. There are by which a professional helps a person
four types of recognized maltreatment. cope with mental or emotional distress,
These are physical abuse, sexual abuse, and understand and solve personal
emotional abuse (psychological abuse), problems is called counseling.
and neglect. Individual and group counseling sessions
The causes of child maltreatment are usually take two years or even longer.
varied and not well understood. Abuse and The goal of undoing life-long damage can
neglect are often associated with be very difficult because the damage
physical injuries, delayed growth and pervades every aspect of a child. There
development, and mental problems. They may also be physiological changes that
are more common in poor and extremely cannot just be "counseled" away.
poor families than in families with Medication can be useful for the symptoms
higher incomes. Child maltreatment is of depression, anxiety and other
also associated with psychological and symptoms, but should never be dispensed
emotional problems such as aggression, in the absence of counseling for the root
depression, and post-traumatic stress of the problem. For children, play
disorder. In extreme cases, child abuse therapy and family therapy can be
and neglect can lead to death. helpful.
Child abuse is also linked to an increase It is important to help a child deal with
risk of substance abuse, eating the abuse as well as the psychological
disorders, obesity, depression, suicide, problems they report. Research indicates
and sexual promiscuity later on in their that without some form of intervention
lives. Women who were victims of physical against child maltreatment, the long-term
assault during their childhood are twice consequences for children can be
as likely to be victims of physical nightmares, feeling of insecurity,
assault as adults. There are also feeling unsafe, poor school performance
evidences which suggest that victims of and low self-esteem. They are also more
child maltreatment are more likely to likely to be abusive or become victims of
engage themselves in criminal behavior as abuse themselves.




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