How Does Conflict In A War Zone Affect Children

To what extent does conflict in a war zone affect the development of children?
War does a lot of things: it destroys economies, destroys land, ruins relations, but there is also a problem which the global news seem to skip, the welfare of the children in our society1 who need to develop but cannot reach their full potential2 due to the constant fear of getting killed. Children who do grow up in a war zone can struggle enormously during these times. This is because they can be caught in crossfire, they might have their homes shattered in pieces due to bombs and other horrific reasons. In crossfire all around the world, normally about half of the civilians in that area are children. According to a UNICEF, eighteen million children have grown up in war zones, with two million which have died, six million have been disabled for their whole lives and one million have become orphans. All of these children grow up to be adults with stress problems because of living in a war zone.3
Even in Kenya, the development of children in areas with conflict is present. The increased number of terrorist attacks4 from the terrorist group Al Shabaab which has attacked malls and schools, giving children less safe environment and threatening their school experience.
At school I have had two friends which have come from war zones in their
The children in wars are an extra problem to deal with: another person you need to take care of. In the olden days, wars were not as brutal as they are now. With the technology they have today compared to what they had years ago, like bows and arrows, people have a way bigger after effect of the war, including children. So children in war has always been problematic and has been going on for a very long time and people need to take care of it to create a better future for