Baby Dumping
BABY DUMPING
Each year around the world, almost 40 000 children are born by girls age 15 to 19. These girls may become pregnant as a result of varying situations. Many become pregnant because of early marriage, some during dating relationship while others become pregnant as a reslt of rape. While some of these pregnancies are celebrated with joy and happiness, others especially those of unwed mother are steeped in shame and prejudice. This situation gives more depression that led to baby dumping. Baby dumping is the act of abandoning unwanted baby anywhere without taking care of the baby. Recently, there are lots of reports of babies found buried, dumped in the dumpsters or wrapped in the plastic bags and thrown in the river. Although this action is very immoral, but newborn babies are still being left. So, how to prevent this action from continously happening?
Most of the time, Malaysian parents are shun about speaking to their children about sex and sexuality because they think that the topics are out of bond to the young people. But teenagers they are very curious about the relationship and emotions to the other gender. So, they tend to find the information from peers, internet, movies and magazines that are over romanticized and scetchy at best. This mostly led them to commit adultery and ended with unwanted pregnancy. So, as the nearest person to the teenagers, parent should give them full attention to their children by providing them education and guidance while encouraging them to share their mind and thought so that they will have more knowledge in helping them making appopriate decision later on. This also will prevent htem from having access to such material online. This without realise give them false idea about sex.
Besides that, in order to prevent the mother from dumping the babies, they need to have a place to go to seek for help and and advice or someone care for them so that they do not feel that they are judged and persecuted just because
Each year around the world, almost 40 000 children are born by girls age 15 to 19. These girls may become pregnant as a result of varying situations. Many become pregnant because of early marriage, some during dating relationship while others become pregnant as a reslt of rape. While some of these pregnancies are celebrated with joy and happiness, others especially those of unwed mother are steeped in shame and prejudice. This situation gives more depression that led to baby dumping. Baby dumping is the act of abandoning unwanted baby anywhere without taking care of the baby. Recently, there are lots of reports of babies found buried, dumped in the dumpsters or wrapped in the plastic bags and thrown in the river. Although this action is very immoral, but newborn babies are still being left. So, how to prevent this action from continously happening?
Most of the time, Malaysian parents are shun about speaking to their children about sex and sexuality because they think that the topics are out of bond to the young people. But teenagers they are very curious about the relationship and emotions to the other gender. So, they tend to find the information from peers, internet, movies and magazines that are over romanticized and scetchy at best. This mostly led them to commit adultery and ended with unwanted pregnancy. So, as the nearest person to the teenagers, parent should give them full attention to their children by providing them education and guidance while encouraging them to share their mind and thought so that they will have more knowledge in helping them making appopriate decision later on. This also will prevent htem from having access to such material online. This without realise give them false idea about sex.
Besides that, in order to prevent the mother from dumping the babies, they need to have a place to go to seek for help and and advice or someone care for them so that they do not feel that they are judged and persecuted just because