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Childhood, the best time of everyone’s life. That is the only time where you have no worries, no tension and you make friends and trust them so quickly. But wait, should we trust everyone? Like I remember in my childhood, my mother used to tell me to not take sweets from any stranger. But she never said don’t let any stranger touch your body. She never said that these are your intimate parts which cannot be seen or touched by anyone.
The problem, that why she never said that is actually the gap between parents and children. In our families, it is not considered normal to talk about these type of issues. Also, they don’t feel the need of talking about these issues because according to them it can’t happen to their children and when it just happens to them they say it is okay, no need to tell anyone especially if the culprit is a close relative.
Child abuse is a very common problem in Pakistan and the main reason of it is that we don’t talk about it. It’s a taboo in our society. Why don’t the parents give their children the knowledge between a good touch and a bad touch? Why don’t they talk about it? And when they get to know the culprit why don’t they say anything? These are the questions of every victim of child abuse.
Just imagine the consequences of being a victim of child abuse. The person will be depressed for all of his or her life. The person will hesitate to trust anyone also the person will lose the trust on his/her parents.
Parents think they are giving food, shelter, clothes to their children and that’s enough for them but they just forget to give protection to their child. This is the time when a child also needs protection from close relatives. This is the time when we should start talking about these type of issues. Schools should also take initiative and do workshops on the concept of good touch and bad touch.
Parents should not leave their child with anyone. There are many parents who leave their children with servants, cousins, but are you sure they are in safe hands? Start thinking about it before it’s too late.
