Katressia Brathwaite English Nov 28th, 2011 Mr. Baty How do children become soldiers Many questions have been asked repeatedly about how do children become "child soldiers". In certain parts of the world, there are many various ways used to transform innocent children in to "child soldiers". Many of them are recruited by force, but others join voluntarily because they see no other alternative than to join or because they see it as a "meal ticket" and being recognized for doing something for their country. In the novel A long way gone, written by Ishmael Beah, Forced recruitment and mainly Brainwashing is used to create these "child soldiers", which the author Ismael Beah experienced himself and suffered the numerous repercussions
Despite the fact that some people believe child soldiers are replicas or replicate child criminals, child soldiers should be given amnesty because they aren't morally responsible for their actions, they are forced into fighting, and the goal should be to rehabilitate the child soldiers and not to punish. First of all, child soldiers should not be held accountable for their actions during wartime. While it is well known that children make imperfect decisions all the time, there is a scientific reasoning to this phenomena. Studies show that “the section of the brain known as the frontal lobes controls decision making and only fully develops well into your 20's. Children simply lack the ability to think of the long-term consequences of their actions” (Invisible Children).
You don’t believe me? Here, let me explain to you my opinion. The first question that popped into your head would probably be the question “What could be good about war?” It’s a pretty good question because, most of the time when we think of war we think of shooting and fighting and killing, but if you really think about it, that is not what war is all about. Its really just the tip of the iceberg. What we don’t think about is the fact that most medical and quite a few technological advancements evolved because of war.
The merciless Formics, or “Buggers”, have taken millions of innocent lives on Earth in the past decades. With their superior brains and technology, it seems as if all hope is lost for our planet. However, there is one way to stop the Buggers — we train young pure minds with military tactics and strategies and use their brilliant creativity to save our planet. This is the role that the International Fleet plays; they train young children to fight for our species at the Battle School. We must be able to continue and support the Battle School program if we are to survive the merciless wrath of the Formics.
JeBari Lewis May 30, 2015 The children featured in Waiting for Superman are the epitome of the issues that plague their communities negatively affecting their education. Personal issues and a flawed education system go hand in hand. Personal issues that each of the featured children faced was crippling poverty. Their situation was made more dire by the fact they were surrounded by uneducated people who had often resulted to crime as a means to elevate their position in life or drugs to escape the reality of their position in life. Their impoverished communities resulted in less taxpayer dollars to fund the school which in educating the students would be able to provide the children with a chance at succeeding and eventually funneling
Child Slave Labor news tells us that, “the children start to become numb to the wrongs that… it becomes so natural, they don’t even recognize the atrocious crimes they are committing.” Most of these children don’t want to be a part of these wars, so the militias they are fighting for have to resort to despicable acts, like torturing the kids into believing their cause. Some of them probably won’t ever be able to forget the acts they commit, and that’s if they even get out of the conflict alive. All over the world children have been involved in wars and conflicts for hundreds of years, but that needs to change. Using drugs, having no choice and being brainwashed are just some of the factors that make child soldiers not morally responsible for their actions. The number of child soldiers is increasing every day; we can help to stop the violence by writing letters to our lawmakers, or by raising money so these children can be extracted from the violence.
So taxpayers are shelling out top dollar for that 80% failure rate, in some facilities it cost $200,000 a year per juvenile inmate. So being that 80% either return or graduate is bad, that means only 30% leave and do something good in life. Those kids that return are obviously killing or hurting other people causing more chaos in the country. So maybe if we provide education to the juveniles they might realize what they are doing and maybe want to change for their life, how they think things out. The juvenile system needs to be stricter with teens, maybe making them stay with adult prisoners will scare them into changing their life.
Policy Issues Submitted By Jaclyn M. Peluso March 23, 2015 Submitted To Darrell Cook CJA/314 Faculty University of Phoenix Intimate partner violence (IPV), better known as domestic violence (DV), affects many children in the United States. The overall effects on children who are witnesses to physical, mental, and sexual abuse are damaging to their well-being. For example, exposure to domestic violence affects a child’s physical health, behaviors including social and emotional outbursts, brain function and, neurobiological and relational development. It is important to understand how domestic violence affects children residing in an unstable environment. This paper will discuss domestic violence and its effects on children
Effects of Bullying on Children Joanna Solis American InterContinental University ENG106 Professor Bennett May 14, 2012 Abstract Bullying causes so many devastating effects in people’s lives, especially children because many times they do not know what exactly is happening around them, much less the consequences words or sometimes even a push or a shove can have. Bullies need to understand that there are consequences for them too, in the long run, they could be faced with the same faith as the ones they themselves bullied. Whether it’s banter or just playing around, there’s a fine line between teasing and bullying. Effects of Bullying on Children Bullying has always been a part of American culture and it is seen in almost every school across the country. There are even some people that view it as a “normal” situation in which, in their opinion, everyone has to deal with at some point in time.
Children cannot raise themselves. Without families, the odds are against them growing into productive citizens and the loss to society is devastating. Many children without parents don’t finish high school, they end up homeless and in our prisions. They are prime candidates for trafficking, prostitution, terrorists and becoming child soldiers. The loss of human potential is incalculable.