people do not know but child soldiers are a major problem in our world today. There is roughly about 300‚000 child soldiers in this world. People today are trying their best to run charities‚ and put an end to child soldiers so that they can live a normal life. If you had a child that was taken away from you and was put in the most dangerous situation then you will try your best to get your son or daughter back home. Child soldiers is a horrible topic in today’s world. Child soldiers are recruited in many
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Child soldiers should be given amnesty unless they did it voluntarily. Children are kidnapped every year and are forced into the military. Some children join for personal gain revenge‚ better life‚ etc.. They have almost no choice in whether to fight or not‚ It’s usually join or die. This article explores the evidence to answer the question‚ should involuntary child soldiers be granted amnesty. Every year‚ Every month‚ week and day‚ children are kidnapped and forced into there militia. Their families
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to Graduate Humanities 8 June 2013 Psychological effects on Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone and the Reintegration Process Broad History: The Sierra Leone Civil War began in 1991 and lasted eleven years‚ leaving over 50‚000 people dead. It started when the RUF (Revolutionary United Front) began taking over territories all over the country that were rich in diamonds. It is estimated that 11‚000 child soldiers were recruited and‚ most often‚ forced into joining the RUF. They were
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Many look back and remember all the good times they had growing up. However‚ this isn’t always the case. For some kids growing up in times of war‚ they completely lose out on their precious childhood. Not everyone is familiar about the issue of child soldier and whether or not they should be prosecuted. In countries in the Middle East and Africa‚ such as Sierra Leone‚ governments and rebel groups are recruiting and using children in battles. Due to this‚ these children are exposed to shooting guns
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are taken every year‚ it would be all over the news. But that’s not the case in Uganda. For over the past 20 years 30‚000 boys and girls have been abducted and used as child soldiers by a rebel group called the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda ("Military use of children - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia"‚ n.d.). Child soldiers are used as porters‚ slaves‚ fighters and worse for sexual purposes. Why is it that if children in Uganda are abducted it can go on for over 20 years but if it ’s in Canada
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First and foremost‚ most child soldiers are taken against their will to fight in a conflict. In his BBC article‚ Child Soldiers Still Being Recruited in South Sudan‚ Tom Burridge (A BBC correspondent) wrote about the recruitment process for child soldiers in South Sudan’s ongoing civil war. During his visit to South Sudan‚ Tom met with a few boys who have been child soldiers‚ and one of them was a boy named Stephen. Rebels closed in on Stephen’s unsuspecting school while class was in session. “Stephen
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PTSD: What It is and How to Cope Callie O. Sizemore Perry Central High School Introduction My research paper today is on how to cope with PTSD. PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder is a mental health problem anybody could get‚ depending on what happened to create the event‚ such as fighting in a war‚ or a natural disaster‚ like Hurricane Katrina. These events can induce extreme levels of stress when mentioned. Thousands of people in the United States alone have PTSD‚ and many do not know
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Child soldiers are victims‚ not perpetrators‚ so they should be granted amnesty. Though to some it may look like these kids are choosing this life‚ in reality‚ most aren’t. They either have to join those forces or die‚ which is terrifying for any child to imagine. Not only that‚ but they were drugged to kill‚ making them forget how bad it was that they were doing. And to some of them‚ that army was the only family that they have‚ providing better living conditions than those out on the streets. Which
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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
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At this time there was nothing like PTSD‚ but they noticed varied signs like depression and or anxiety. Many did not even believe PTSD was a real condition (Dolan 48). As time went on more signs were revealed in veterans that showed symptoms of PTSD. In order for PTSD to be diagnosed these symptoms had to last for at least one month and cause the individual significant distress or interfere with work
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