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