Child Marriages: Acceptable or Abusive? Christina Asima had no choice in her marriage at the age of 12‚ now she is raising her cherubic‚ 8 month old‚ son on her own. Christina isn’t alone. All throughout the world child marriages are destroying girl’s lives. Many girls muddle through brutal pregnancies‚ and are often to weak or small to handle them. These pregnancies have become one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Child marriages are destructive and abusive‚ but parents continually sell
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Present time‚ child marriage is a curse in the global society. Child marriage is a violation of human rights. In most cases young girls get married off to significantly older men when they are still children. Child marriages must be viewed within a context of force and coercion‚ involving pressure and emotional blackmail‚ and children that lack the choice or capacity to give their full consent. Child marriage must therefore always be considered forced marriage because valid consent is absent - and
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Shaniece Walker Child Guidance I believe it is very important for parents and teachers to practice child guidance because they are the people that children look up to‚ while they are growing up. Especially parents‚ they are the first interaction that a child comes in contact with‚ so they are looking and observing every little thing that is being done and said. They are the ones that are a reflection of how a child will turn out when they get older. If a teacher is not fit to dealing with
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A Child Labour Problem In India. After independence Child labour is a major problem in India. The major determinate child labour is Poverty. Even though children are paid less then adults‚ what ever income they earn is of benefit to poor families. India has the largest number of children employed than any other country in the world. According to the statistics provided by the Govt. of India around 90 million out of 179 million children in the six to 14 age groups do not go to school and are engaged
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controversial topic. Spanking is the act of striking a child’s buttocks with an open hand (Moninger). Only a short 38 years ago in 1974 the United States passed the Child Abuse and Treatment Act prior to this act spanking children was considered a “family matter” and was not something others questioned (CAPTA). A poll of 1‚000 readers on parents.com eighty-one percent said they had spanked their child at least once and twenty-two percent do so once a week or more (Moninger). This figure is consistent
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representations of Mary‚ the mother of Jesus‚ with her child. The event depicted shows baby Jesus sitting on his mother’s lap. As for symbolism and representation‚ “The significantly larger size of the Madonna and child group indicates that they are more important. Her traditionally red gown signifies the passion of Christ and her blue mantle that she is queen of Heaven. Her ornate throne‚ which repeats aspects of Gothic architecture‚ signifies that she is not only the queen of Heaven but represents the Catholic
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What Should be done to Prevent Child Trafficking? Child trafficking is one of the most depraved evil of our time. Very few people are actually aware of how large the problem is. Even if people are aware‚ they generally turn a blind eye towards the entire situation. For this reason‚ the level of awareness needs to be increased drastically. Hence the media should be sensitized to the problem of child trafficking through information and public relations work and called upon to commit themselves to
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Explanation Paper on Child Advocacy SOC 4800 Dr. Schmidt Child advocacy refers to a range of individuals‚ professionals and advocacy organizations who promote the optimal development of children. An individual or organization engaging in advocacy typically seeks to protect children’s rights which may be abridged or abused in a number of areas. This type of occupation advocates for all children whether they are a boy or a girl. Children in all areas of the globe experience some sort of
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THE GIRL CHILD------- A BOON NOT A CURSE..... INDIA A LAND OF TRADITIONS‚ CONCEPTIONS‚ MISCONCEPTIONS AND A LOT MORE. HERE THERE IS A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT A GIRL CHILD IS A LIABILITY TO THE FAMILY‚ AND HENCE EVERY YEAR WE SEE MANY GIRL CHILD DEATHS IN INDIA. IS THIS JUSTIFIED. IS IT TRUE THAT A GIRL CHILD IS A LIABILITY TO THE FAMILY? DO GOVERNMENT POLICIES AGAINST THIS ISSUE WORK OUT PROPERLY? IF NOT THEN WHY NOT? SO MANY QUESTIONS BUT WHEN I ASKED THEM I HEARD NO ANSWERS. IN THIS ADVANCED
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Child labor Children are the future of a nation or it can perfectly be said that they are the soul of a nation they are the foundation of any country because they help in the nation building. But in today’s scenario Child labor has become an international issue. Today most of countries of the world facing child labor as an acute problem. It is a curse to the society.it does not only show the backwardness of a nation but it is against the humanity. children work in factories shops restaurant when
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