*blows the dust away*
It have been a while ever since I posted a blog. :) This blog, it is going to be about child solider.. Speaking of child soliders, I decided to find an article on it because of the book, A Long Way Gone.
"Over the last ten years, two million children have been killed in conflict. Over one million have been orphaned, over six million have been seriously injured or permanently disabled and over ten million have been left with serious psychological trauma" (Cates).
War do make big difference in children's lives. Also, war do affects every apperances of a child's body development, "Besides, children are, due to their physical constitution and growth, most vulnerable to being deprived of food, medical assistance and education, which has a severe and lasting impact on their development" (Cates). When the war is over, every child have no where to go because who would want a disabled, psychological trauma, or anything child. It is like the war is one of the major issues for destroying children's childhood. Childhood is when a child who is innocent and still new to the world. Yet, they had to see the reality, blood, killing, etc at an early age. Poor those little ones.
I agree with this, "Children are deliberately targeted as they are manipulated more easily than adults and can be indoctrinated to perform crimes and atrocities without asking questions" (Cates). Like I said, children are supposed to be innocent during their childhood, and they are being "forced" to fight and they do not bother to ask because they are easily manipulated rather than adults. Adults would ask why before make a decision to be involved the war or not. I just could not imagine myself sending my own child to fight in the war. They do not deserve to be forced to fight unless they stand up and say, "I want to go in army" at an appropriate age.
One more thing, AMEN to this, "“War violates every right of a child – the right to life, the right to be with family and nurtured and respected”, (Grace Machel, UN, 1996)" (Cates).
