People say they want to go back to being a child because they had no worries. Not everyone can say that. Some childrens life growing up was nothing they would ever go back to. I have a co-worker A. that had a rough childhood growing up. She was molested by three guy family members. She was removed into other family members houses but it would happen at that home too. Being molested is something that is very hard to deal with. She said the main thing that help her move on in life was going to church. There were two ladies that attended her church. She always went to them to talk to them. She started trusting adults again because of them. She lost trust in adults because her family would not do anything. Child protective services would be called in but would not do anything since she was being moved from house to house. They told A. that if she keeps saying the things that was happening that she would be put in a group home. She did not want to live in a group home. Another thing that help her cope with it was when she had her first son. She knew from the day he was born they she was not going to let anyone hurt him.
She has no embarrassment talking about what had happen to her when she was a child. She has used it to help others out. Before starting work as a teacher she worked in a drug rehab clinic. She told me a lot of the teenagers in the program started using drugs because they were abused as a young child. She was able to understand them because she had went through being abused. A. told the teenagers her story and they learned to trust her. She said she has helped a lot of the teenagers turn themselves around by sharing her story, That is why she offered to help me out with this assignment. She wants to help anyone that she can by getting her horrible experience out there. She hopes that people will hear what she went through as a child and step up and help. She wants the people who were abused when they were a child to know that they are not alone.
Child abuse happens all over the world. I choose to look at child abuse and other childhood stressors in China. China has already help lowers the number of children with no food, no clean water and health care. They are not working on lowering the numbers of violence, abuse, exploitation and trafficking. These are only some of the dangers for children in China. Violence happens in every country. Every country has different views on it. In China they is not a lot people can do to stop it. It is a considered a private issue. In China parents and teachers can use violence as a form of punishment. That is why it is considered a private issue. Such violence can lead to child abuse. Trafficking of children is also happening in China. They look at the trafficking as a form of child abuse and exploration. Law are being created but that is not the only thing that will help lower the rate. They officials also need to provide help to the children before it is to late.
What is being done to help lower the rate? UNICEF is trying to identify at-risk children. When they identify the at-risk children they provide better care and give them more community services. How can you help? Visit http://www.unicef.cn/cn/ today and see how.
