A child named Akbar‚ only 16 years of age‚ is one of the few escapees from a war-stricken country. How do you think he was able to flee? Do you think sheer luck saved him by evading bullets from hundreds of guns? Or did he brutally slaughter every soldier he saw? Not everyone knows about these child soldiers. In general‚ for some parts of the world‚ there are kids holding guns and killing adults. For people like the family of Sgt. Christopher Speer‚ the idea of child soldiers are of the utmost
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Imagine holding an AK- 47 on the front lines of war. 300‚000 children worldwide experience this daily according to human right watch. Child soldier refers to any person under the age of 18 placed in the face of war. This issue discusses the rights of children and how they shouldn’t be involved in death‚ murder or fighting‚ but instead‚ experience the innocence of being a child. Children are abducted from their homes and schools are forced to work as spies‚ cooks or guards. Girls are subjected to rape and
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act was put into place to ensure everybody working with children are suitable to do so‚ this can be done by ensuring staff and volunteers have completed a Criminal Records Bureau. (CRB) Another legislation is the United Nations On The Rights Of A Child‚ (UNCRC) this act was put into place in 1989 and gives children under the age of 18 their own rights. There are 5 different parts of this law. Another legislation is the Equality Act 2006‚ this act was put into place to ensure everybody was treated
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There are multiple countries with fewer resources than the U.S. that have lower child poverty rates such as Hungary‚ New Zealand‚ Czech Republic‚ and the U.K. The extreme distinction between our economy health and child poverty rate is unacceptable and should be a bigger concern for our lawmakers. Child poverty reaps children of their future and greatly hinders their opportunity to succeed in life. Specifically‚ child poverty results in gaps in cognitive skills in babies. As stated by Children’s
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Unicef isn’t helping child soldiers get rescued from countries as much as they should. Child soldiers need more attention‚ they are too young to fight in war. The news is not covering much about child soldiers and they are completely neglecting that there are also girls that are serving at child soldiers but the news doesn’t show that. Instead of using all the money on helping child soldiers they should add schools to the places so that they won’t need to go in the war because many children join
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researched before you were permitted to do the childcare course. It is very important to show a positive attitude because if you work hard enough your supervisor will give you a good reference and they might keep you on. Parents also need to feel that you care about your work and this is demonstrated in your attitude towards them and their children. Supporting colleagues Another aspect of professional practise which is very
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Professor DeFrance English 1 12 March 2014 A Stop to Child Trafficking Statistics from the Department of Justice show that over 100‚000 children in the U.S. fall victim to sex-trafficking each year‚ and 300‚000 to 400‚000 American children are involved in some form of sex-trafficking annually. The average age of child prostitution is 13. By the time these kids become adults they have already gone through multiple abortions. These are kids who are supposed to be in school reading and writing
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Child Obesity Heart problems‚ high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ diabetes and depression are just a few of the many health problems obesity can lead to. Obesity has been a major issue for many years throughout the whole world but especially in the United States. Children as well as adults suffer from obesity and‚ of course it is a major concern for parents. Three major factors contributing to this epidemic are: the poor quality of school lunches served throughout childhood‚ the quantity
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Child soldiers should not be held accountable for war crimes. They do not choose to fight or kill. There are 200‚000 child soldiers worldwide that are being forced to fight against their will. Although they did not choose to fight‚ some people think they need to be held accountable.” These children knew exactly what they were doing and should not be excused from their actions…” Once their trust is earned‚ child soldiers can be easily manipulated. “Child soldiers are ideal‚” a military commander
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life‚ or your friend’s life; your decision. Many child soldiers all over the world are faced with similar circumstances. They
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