The reader should bear in mind that I grew up in an African household where parents and other adult figures are not only permitted but also urged to use various methods in punishing children for performing actions that were unsuitable. Children experience situations differently all around the world as different parts of the world have various ways of dealing with similar situations. The way a child experiences a situation shapes how the child sees the situation. Although children experience things differently, they relate to situations on a global scale. This essay will discuss how my right to being protected from emotional abuse was violated, how it could have been avoided and how my experience relates to children on a global scale. With this I shall begin my …show more content…
My 13-year-old self got out of bed that hot Friday morning and got ready for another school day in grade 10. The day commenced with a boring biology class which I couldn't wait to get out of first because I didn't like biology but also because I had English which was my favourite subject as my second class of the day. I liked my English class because I had an amazing teacher who also liked me as I was her favourite student in the class. The bell rang indicating that it was time for my English class to begin and my once sleepy eyes from my biology class lit up with so much excitement. All the students stood up to greet Mrs Taiwo who was the English teacher as soon as she walked into my classroom. She then instructed us to bring out our textbooks and open to the passage in the textbook we were to read. It was time for Mrs Taiwo to select a student to read the passage to the class and as the eager student that I was I rose up my hand to signal my interest in reading the passage but she picked someone else. The student started off with the title of the passage “18 and pregnant, the dangers of pre-marital sex” as the rest of the class followed
My middle school years were fabulous. I had great memories of that time. I remembered that during that time my father continued with his education. He went back to school to become a teacher. He pursued his dream to have better opportunities in life and he started working as a teacher, but unfortunately the department of education sent him far away from home to work. I remembered that he left on Mondays and then came back home Fridays. My mother recalled that at that time she continued working in the farm because the money that they paid my father as a teacher was not enough to sustain our family. My mother is a woman who grew up working since she was a child. She always told me that her father dropped her from school when she was around nine years old because he wanted her to help him
...g and filled with detailed solutions for each act of child abuse. The book allows the reader to visual themselves in each situation and knows how to react towards such each incident. It helped me understand why adults abused as children act the way they do when it comes to social interaction. Personally, I have attained new information that I was unaware of. In the beginning, I have always believed that child abuse only involved physical or sexual abuse. I did not know that emotional abuse actually existed. I was unaware of the fact that emotional abuse gravely affects children as they grow up. This book may open up the minds of people who are unaware of or refuse to believe that child abuse is occurring daily in our society because it is so informative and persuasive at the same time. If one needs to educate themselves concerning child abuse, consider this book.
Most people cannot visualize what would make an adult become violent towards a child. Most people cannot imagine what would make an adult ignore such a little precious human being. However, the sad reality is that adults can be violent and can ignore a child. Thousands of children each year are hurt and traumatized by physical, sexual, emotional, and mental abusers. Child Abuse is a problem that is spread throughout the world. Perpetrators and Victims of abuse can come in all genders, races, ages, and ethnicities. It is a worldwide issue that many people sometimes forget about because it can be easily hidden. Television commercials, movies, and books have references to child abuse. One of the books that had such a big impact on society was “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair because it portrays the injustices of child labor and child abuse.
“Children were often used as means of power, and those victims felt powerless out of fear of losing contact” (Drijber, Reijnders & Ceelen, 2013)
AFRUCA, located in the United Kingdom, “exists to see a world in which African children can live free of cruelty and abuse at the hands of others” (AFRUCA, 2015, para 3). AFRUCA was founded out of a need to respond to the problems African children face living in the UK. To combat this social problem in the United Kingdom, AFRUCA aims to raise awareness and advocate for change, to ensure children know their rights, to promote positive parenting amongst African parents, to help develop policies to keep African children safe and to develop leadership skills in young Africans (AFRUCA,
According to Tennyson Center for Children, “A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds in the U.S.” (“Child Abuse in America”). One cannot fathom the idea of why anyone would intentionally hurt the innocent children of today’s society. Child abuse happens with children of all ages, gender, and religions. Likewise, the world can be identified as a harsh place, where child abuse occurs around the world, and is even evident in the United States. There are many factors that contribute to this repulsive behavior. Physical, sexual, and psychological cruelty are effects of child abuse.
Ethiopia is party to both the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child which consider the protection of children from physical and humiliating punishments as one of their basic rights. The constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia clearly states that the child should be free from physical punishment in schools and child care institutions. The school discipline directives of the Ministry of Education also clearly prohibit the use of physical punishment in the schools. In spite of all these, physical and humiliating punishment of children is still prevalent not only in homes and communities but also in schools. Physical and humiliating punishment of children is not only a violation of the rights of children as enshrined in the international conventions and the Ethiopian constitution, but it has also been found to be harmful to the growth and development of the child. Its effects as a means of disciplining children have also been found to be negative. (“Corporal Punishment,” 2011, p.
I walked in and my stomach made a flip-flop like riding “The Scream” at Six Flags. Everyone was staring at me! With their curios eyes and anxious to know who I was. I froze like ice and felt the heat rise through my face. My parents talked to my teacher, Ms.Piansky. Then my mom whispered “It’s ti...
Debatably, child maltreatment can be viewed as a human rights violation that is caused by various factors involving the individua...
This essay will discuss whether it is thought that punishment is effective and whether it is currently thought to work, additionally it will examine the best ways to change a child’s behaviour in terms of positive and negative reinforcements. The issue of child punishment has received considerable critical attention within many cultures. Punishment towards children can be argued to be a very controversial area. It is argued that many people have been brought up with distinctive beliefs about punishments toward a child. A child’s upbringing is argued by many researchers to be key to how they will go on to treat their own children in the future. This can surely be argued to be a negative effect of physical punishment. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the effects of what severe punishment may have on a child. Later convictions of violence and the evidence of damaging effects on well-being, corporal punishment has on children is overwhelming. However, it is not ingrained that corporal punishment is definitely damaging. There is also sufficient evidence to corporal punishment being an effective form of discipline, if used appropriately. It is thought that corporal punishment helps parents retain control over their children’s behaviour. This essay will consider the various forms of punishment, such as physical punishments and whether they are considered to work. This is essay will also consider effective ways of changing a child’s behaviour including the use of classical and operant conditioning and studies that support the theories and how they can be applied to real life. Classical conditioning for example uses learning through association, memory prompts the person to associate an object/ sound to a certain behaviour. ...
The effects of child abuse are multiple. The pain and trauma the abused child goes through is just a small part of how this cauldron of hidden depravity in our society affects all of us. Wrecked lives can be seen in persons of all ages and in all walks of life. Society as a whole is also effected by child abuse both in negative and positive ways. In this essay I will present some of the factor and results of this violent behavior on individuals as well as our culture.
“It hurts and it’s painful inside – it’s like breaking your bones; it’s loud and sore, and it stings; it feels like you’ve been adopted or something and you’re not part of their family; you feel like you don’t like your parents anymore; you feel upset because they are hurting you, and you love them so much, and then all of a sudden they hit you and you feel as though they don’t care about you” (Pritchard 9). These are the feelings of those juveniles who suffer from corporal punishment. Corporal punishment has been one of the main topics of research in Psychology in last few decades. Although people had believed, “Spare the rod and spoil the child” but in the present age of science, research has revealed that the corporal punishment causes more harm to the children instead of having a positive effect on them. According to UNICEF, “Corporal punishment is actually the use of physical measures that causes pain but no wounds, as a means of enforcing discipline” (1). It includes spanking, squeezing, slapping, pushing and hitting by hand or with some other instruments like belts etc. But it is different from physical abuse in which punishment result in wounds and the objective is different from teaching the discipline. Although Corporal punishment is considered to be a mode of teaching discipline and expeditious acquiescence, however, it leads to the disruption of parent-child relationship, poor mental health of juveniles, moral internalization along with their anti-social and aggressive behaviour and it is against the morality of humans.
It was finally the first day of school; I was excited yet nervous. I hoped I would be able to make new friends. The first time I saw the schools name I thought it was the strangest name I’ve ever heard or read, therefore I found it hard to pronounce it in the beginning. The schools’ floors had painted black paw prints, which stood out on the white tiled floor. Once you walk through the doors the office is to the right. The office seemed a bit cramped, since it had so many rooms in such a small area. In the office I meet with a really nice, sweet secretary who helped me register into the school, giving me a small tour of the school, also helping me find
Everything was great and I spend a great eight years. I was a good student in all of my natural science classes, especially in Biology and Math classes. I was in contact with many of my school friends and teachers in every of our school activities. I still remember playing soccer for our school team when I was thirteen-years-old. Actually, I still play soccer and I play awesome, but I don’t want to be a player. In addition, my elementary school life was great and successful eight years for me. I had a great respect and personal admiration how our school teachers, stuff workers, and directors treated us especially, our educational manager, Mr. Belay Amara, because he treated everyone like his own son or daughter. He was a great gentleman and I really admire him for what he has
I got up early that morning due to an improper sleep during the previous night. It was due to the anxiety to start fresh with my new life. I was determined to be the best in whatever it is that I do, so that I would have something to be proud of in the pages of my life. Due to the fear of reaching late during my first day, I reached one hour earlier than necessary and decided to spend some time at KTC (Kelapa gading Trade Center) which is located right beside the University. I was hoping that time would move a lot faster because I wanted to find out about what was going to happen next. But it is a common fact that if we are anxiously waiting for something, time would seem to crawl a lot slower. When it was finally the time to head back to the campus, I hoped for everything to go on smoothly, just as how I expected it. I braced myself and went to meet Sofia, who was responsible for the new students, to inquire about my classroom. After being instructed on which room to go to, I started walking towards the class, the mixture of excitement and nervousness start to fill within me. I started to feel like standard 1 all over again where I was a little kid who didn’,t know where to go. I didn’,t know anyone in the class except for Diksha who is my childhood friend.