Safety of the children

The newspaper reports regarding child abuse in different forms are disturbing to everybody specially the parents and teachers. One or the other case or the problems faced by the children,  who suffer in silence, are reported almost every day. This number should be of the cases reported by the parents and  they would have lodged an FIR. A number of cases go unreported even if the parents knew about the incident. In many cases even the parents would not be aware of any abuse because most of the children do not share everything with the parents.Some organisations have attempted to carry out survey regrading child abuse in the country and the results are shocking. The psychiatrist and educationist have been suggesting the methods of preventing this menace but the result is not encouraging.
Child abuse can be of different nature due to which a child is psychologically disturbed. It has been observed that some children who have been very active in the school as well as at home, become quiet all of a sudden.There may be different reasons for that but the teachers and the parents should not ignore it and any significant change in the behavior of the child should be looked into seriously . This may be due to some health problem or some other problem in the school related to studies, the child ignored by the teacher or the friends and the classmates.But also this can be the problem due to some kind of intimidation by somebody. The reports of the molestation of the children in any form are major causes for the abnormal behavior. To write explicitly might disturb many of the readers ,but  molestation refers to almost all the kinds of inhuman behaviour meted out on children.
 Earlier in the joint family system the children used to be in the company of many people all through the time and it was rare that they were left alone because of which chances of any mishaps were minimum. Nowadays most of the families are nuclear and most parents working, the children are alone or in the company of one or two persons and many a times they are the caretakers appointed for the children. The news regarding maid servant of a family where she was supposed to look after the child and feed him with milk and other food, it was found that she used to eat  most of the things and the child was left hungry.This could be known because the parents of the child could notice some change in child`s health and behavior and they decided to check it with the help of CCTV in kitchen. Yet another example of an innocent infant been given to roadside beggars in rags, by the maid servant,to earn an extra Rs 100 per day,also is heart rendering .The child abuse cases which have been reported force us  to think and we must act so that the children are not subjected to any humiliation which might have a life long impact on him.
 Child abuse can be of different forms.The parents and teachers must communicate with their children and make them aware of the things which they should resist and report to them . Though it is unfortunate but true that in most of the cases of the child abuse, near relatives or some one well known to the child are involved. It is not to accuse every known person of that nature but there may be some people with perturbed mentality that makes to indulge in such things.
 Now the question arises,what should the parents do? The most important preventive method would be to ensure that the children are not left alone until they are very sure of the nature of the person they are leaving him to be with the children. The communication with the children is very important and in some cases where the child is so small to understand anything he/she should not be left alone with the servants and caretakers.The tuition culture in which children either go to some tutors house or the tutor comes to child`s home may also cause some problem .It is suggested that the antecedents of the person engaged should be verified and no unknown person should be engaged in this task. The seating place should be such that it should not be absolutely isolated. The children should be made aware that they do not accept anything like chocolate etc from any unknown person specially in the absence of the parents.
The most important thing is frequent and effective communication with the children. They should be guided and counselled regarding the problems and possible abuses in such a manner that they do not get frightened but become confident to face such situations. Communication with school and the teachers is another way of checking such things. The neighbourhood and the society can also play an important role in curbing this menace which is affecting the young and the innocent alike.

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