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Any form of violence against children is not justified. Verbal or physical, no child deserves to witness or become victim of violence. They do not have a fully developed brain like an adult; they are kids and cannot always comprehend what we expect out of them.
And they learn what they observe.
I once spotted a two-year-old walking with a stick in our flat. Other kids were playing around her, but she did not harm anyone with the stick. She was just playing by herself. When I spoke to her dad, he mentioned that she does not know to hit, so it was safe to let her play with the stick.
Since children learn from us, if we resort to violence, they will learn to be violent too.
A lot of problems could be solved when we use love and kindness to control undesired behaviour. We must remember that children are naive and at an age where they learn from people around them. If we teach them with love and kindness, they will return the same.
It is a common belief that at least one person in a family should be strict. We even tend to complain to that one person to keep our child disciplined. But have we ever given a thought to how this could impact the child?
Children start thinking that no one in the family truly loves them. They don’t feel safe enough with us to express their feelings.
Why can’t everyone in a family collectively use their love and kindness to correct the child? This way, the child feels safe with all of us, and will never resort to lying and hiding things from their family.
We must start looking at our children as individual entities, and not treat them like our properties. As parents, giving birth to a child and being able to bring them to earth is a blessing and not a ticket to treating them with violence.
Children are unfortunate victims of everyone’s misdirected anger. Parents vent their workplace and personal annoyances towards their children. Violence against children cannot be justified, even by their parents.
Teachers direct their pent-up frustrations from home and overwork by shouting at their students. Just because children are too young and won’t be able to give it back, people are misusing their powers as parents, teachers, and family members older than them.
I feel strict laws with strict action should be made for child’s safety in schools as well as at home.
Parents as well as teachers should be asked to sign agreements for the well-being of the child. The violation of these in any form should have strict actions against the parents, as they should be held accountable for such things.
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People say that women are the greatest enemies of women. I vehemently disagree. It is the patriarchal mindset that makes women believe in the wrong ideology.
The entire world celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, 2024. It should be a joyful day, but unfortunately, not all women are entitled to this privilege, as violence against women is at its peak. The experience of oppression pushes many women to choose freedom. As far as patriotism is concerned, feminism is not a cup of tea in this society.
What happens when a woman decides to stand up for herself? Does this world easily accept the decisions of women in this society? What inspires them to be free of the clutches of the oppression that women have faced for ages? Most of the time, women do not get the chance to decide for themselves. Their lives are always at the mercy of someone, which can be their parents, siblings, husband, or children.
In some cases, women do not feel the need to make any decisions. They are taught to obey the patriarchal system, which makes them believe that they are right. In my family, I was never taught to make decisions on my own. It was always my parents who bought dresses and all that I needed.
It is shameful that in today's world too, women are abused and even killed for giving birth to a girl, and the infant's life is also of no value.
Trigger Warning: This deals with domestic violence, suicide, and violence against women, and may be triggering to survivors.
I am so glad that the esteemed courts are now giving the much-required verdicts regarding certain ideologies that were not at all entertained earlier. I mean we all have studied this much biology at our school level and it is our duty (our generation) to educate our elders about it.
Why someone have to lose a life to bring such awareness to the society. Delhi High Court gave this judgement concerning a case that filed by the deceased daughter’s parents against her in-laws. She committed suicide as she was harassed and tortured for dowry and giving birth to two daughters.
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