Why Is There Amnesty To Fighting As Child Soldiers

If you were back to being a kid again and you were told that the only way you could live was to kill other people, would you do it? This is a situation that some kids around the world surprisingly have to face in life, and they choose to do it. It is not a surprising answer, but some people don't know the entire context of some children's life, so this is why children should be given amnesty to fighting as child soldiers. One of the first big reasons children should not be prosecuted for fighting as child soldiers is their age. The average time for someone's brain to fully develop is at the age of 25. This is way higher than the average age of child soldiers, which is 15-17 years old. This kind of age allows these poor, vulnerable kids to be manipulated in ways they don't even understand. These kids are simply doing what they are told and they can’t comprehend what is really even wrong with what they are doing. These soldiers are less following on their own actions, and more on their
For the people who still think that children are guilty of what they do in war, bring them to a rehabilitation center. As “PRI” states, once Ishmael Beah was taken out of the a rehabilitation center, he went on to graduate college and become a author. This shows that rather than punishing a child to show them what they did wrong, you can work with them to help them understand what they did incorrectly. Just punishing someone might still make them not understand what they did wrong, but teaching them does. Plus, some people like Ishmael don’t grow up so lucky. Unlike me, he didn’t grow up with a headstart in life with parents that provide money to help him learn. Instead, he was thrown into a situation where everyday, he had to fight to survive. That is what all these child soldiers are experiencing, and it is our job to show them the right