By Aishwarya Sharma, (XII), CJM
Aishwarya Sharma
Children are the manifestations of God. They’re divine beings, full of innocence and vigour. They are subjects of reverence in religious scriptures. In fact, in Christianity, regarding the concepts of angels, the angels of the highest order, the Cherubs resemble little kids. We accord kids with so much of respect. But what is the relevance of this respect and reverence amidst the evil influences of child abuse and child labour??
At an age when kids are supposed to enjoy their life, open their eyes to new discoveries and learning, and approach their rightful temple of learning, the school, they work in dingy places, being subjected to the most lethal and inhuman conditions, trying to discover nothing but the bitter reality that they will be exploited to the highest limits, and rendered miserable with no one coming to their aid.
Is this the reason why God created children? Not just this, children are subjected to the most heinous of all crimes against humanity- Sexual Abuse and Molestation. Children are losing their very virtue of being children. We have created terrible conditions for our children today. As a result, they are being mistreated even in the most sophisticated households. Can we really afford to see such a tragedy happening in front of us??
Studies say that children are getting matured way before they’re supposed to. Exposure to explicit information makes kids susceptible to all this. Why blame the TV? Who appoints an underage maid in the house to do the washing and cleaning? Is she not a kid? The main reason why we can’t get the grip of the situation is due to our own hypocrisy. Exposing kids to explicit information, whether its TV or print media is also a form of child abuse. That’s clearly because we’re hastening the child’s growth patterns by actually inciting his rudimentary sexual characteristics to start operating before time by unconsciously exposing him to soft porn at an early age. This one even applies to all those entertainment corporations who rule the charts by doing all this!
The fact is that we’re playing a part in child abuse and exploitation knowingly or unknowingly. Unless we ourselves take the initiative to perish this phenomenon, we will lose out essentially on one component of our being- the innocence of children. Children will be specially programmed robots meant to blindly carry out tasks for us or either be the media for satiating our whims and fancies.
Children are the future of our world. We’ve heard this line a number of times. Do we actually realize the significance of these lines? Are we taking this line seriously? The youth, which also includes children, constitutes the future of our country. And we’re intelligently and ‘stoically’ plundering it. We’re killing our children; we’re obliterating their identity, their virtue of being kids. We’re snatching away happiness and peace from them. We’re treating them worse than slaves! If this will be the future of our country, then no one and nothing can stop India from turning into a second Ethiopia!
At an age when kids are supposed to enjoy their life, open their eyes to new discoveries and learning, and approach their rightful temple of learning, the school, they work in dingy places, being subjected to the most lethal and inhuman conditions, trying to discover nothing but the bitter reality that they will be exploited to the highest limits, and rendered miserable with no one coming to their aid.
Is this the reason why God created children? Not just this, children are subjected to the most heinous of all crimes against humanity- Sexual Abuse and Molestation. Children are losing their very virtue of being children. We have created terrible conditions for our children today. As a result, they are being mistreated even in the most sophisticated households. Can we really afford to see such a tragedy happening in front of us??
Studies say that children are getting matured way before they’re supposed to. Exposure to explicit information makes kids susceptible to all this. Why blame the TV? Who appoints an underage maid in the house to do the washing and cleaning? Is she not a kid? The main reason why we can’t get the grip of the situation is due to our own hypocrisy. Exposing kids to explicit information, whether its TV or print media is also a form of child abuse. That’s clearly because we’re hastening the child’s growth patterns by actually inciting his rudimentary sexual characteristics to start operating before time by unconsciously exposing him to soft porn at an early age. This one even applies to all those entertainment corporations who rule the charts by doing all this!
The fact is that we’re playing a part in child abuse and exploitation knowingly or unknowingly. Unless we ourselves take the initiative to perish this phenomenon, we will lose out essentially on one component of our being- the innocence of children. Children will be specially programmed robots meant to blindly carry out tasks for us or either be the media for satiating our whims and fancies.
Children are the future of our world. We’ve heard this line a number of times. Do we actually realize the significance of these lines? Are we taking this line seriously? The youth, which also includes children, constitutes the future of our country. And we’re intelligently and ‘stoically’ plundering it. We’re killing our children; we’re obliterating their identity, their virtue of being kids. We’re snatching away happiness and peace from them. We’re treating them worse than slaves! If this will be the future of our country, then no one and nothing can stop India from turning into a second Ethiopia!
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