Thursday, December 5, 2024

PROTECTING PILIPINO CHILDREN


The 2024 National Children’s Month Celebration theme, “Break the Prevalence, End the Violence: Protecting Children, Creating a Safe Philippines", urgent need to address the widespread violence against Filipino children. It highlights that we need to take action against children to stop from being abused. This aims that children should have a safe and healthy life in their homes, schools and communities.


Violence against children takes many forms including physical and sexual abuse, neglect and maltreatment.  These experiences can leave a long lasting scars, impacting children’s mental and physical health. We need to address this violence against children in order to strengthen the laws and regulations of government in this issue.


In conclusion, we must take action to protect children from violence. Every child deserves a safety and protected life. Together, we can create a safe Philippines.




Reference:


Avoiding Liability Bulletin – April 2021. Emotional Abuse of Children. Retrieve from https://cphins.com/emotional-abuse-children/ .

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