Children in war

Within the article Children of the Dirty War by Francisco Goldman, many themes are presented relating to the Argentinian Dirty Wars. One theme presented within the article was the idea of how to address the atrocities that occurred during the Dirty Wars. Within the article, there is mention of how President Raúl Alfosín created the Truth Commission, Nunca Más, in 1985 in an unprecedented move to address the past crimes by the military government (Citation 13). Though the Truth Commission was…

world’s countries. There have been 18 million children raised in the middle of war, and in the past 10 years, 6 million children have been disabled, over 2 million killed, 20 million homeless, and over 1 million have become separated from their parents, guardians, or providers. That being said, children are being negatively affected mentally and physically due to being raised in war-torn countries. With that in mind, It must be unbearable for a war raised children to hold all the traumatic…

Many people do not realize that war involves everyone, not just the soldiers and countries that are involved in the war. Innocent people often get caught in war, and a lot of the time, there is nothing that they can do to avoid that. The war in Syria is a recent and ongoing problem. A picture that fully encompasses the effects of the war on innocent people is a picture of a young boy named Omran. The picture is of Omran sitting in an ambulance after an airstrike. He is completely covered in dirt…

and no other way of life besides war. They return home and like a rock thrown in a pond, they spread what they have experienced; starting with those closest to them on to the rest of the people. The problem is one rock (child soldier) is not thrown into the pond (go home) at a time, multiple rocks are thrown in at the same time, constantly. This causes the ripple effect to spread faster because more and more children are or have been child soldiers. If the children who are the future are…

In Born to Buy’s section “The Marketing Juggernaut” by Juliet B. Schor, Schor condemns child consumerism tactics and morals. She deems it warfare expressed in her sentences “…it’s a war out there. Those at whom ads are directed are ‘targets.’ When money is committed to an ad campaign it is referred to as ‘going against the get’” (Schor 20). She continues to list throughout the section other terms that companies use in order to express how convoluted and threatening these organizations can be…

Even though government funds are low, homelessness for children should not exist in our society today because of runaways, and homeless parents. Runaways, children, and adults in a homeless situation are finally receiving the help they need, thanks to new state laws and associations (Fermino 3). Undeveloped areas are increasing homelessness rates due to the increase of unsafe homes in war zones (Stearman 41). Additionally, natural disasters are destroying homes and leaving individuals and…

Matthew Tull, in his article “Stress in Children of Iraq War Soldiers”(2016), informs the reader of the harms and negative impacts PTSD war veterans can have on their family, that can cause an increase in stress and anxiety levels. Brian supports his assertion by providing the reader with factual evidence from credible sources, such as “At both points in time, they found that adolescents with family members serving in Iraq had higher heart-rate levels” (Tull). The authors purpose of this article…

right. ‘During the 2011--2012 school year, school districts reported 1,166,436 homeless youth (Delisle n.p.).’ There is a number of them that live with family and friends but about a quarter of that number are in shelters or on the streets. Moreover, children who go to school and attend regularly will not know where their next meal will come from, if they will have clean clothes, a shower, or even a bed. However, they are showing motivation and being audacious bringing hope to the future. Their…

Homelessness has and continues to affect many people in the United States, such as single parents, children and veterans. No one wakes up and decides to become homeless. Homelessness, in most cases, is an economic problem. However, in other cases, it can be caused by medical and political problems as well. People become homeless for a variety of reasons such as lack of affordable housing, long-term mental illness, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency and lack of public assistance.…

In the Nightmare Beast, War and the Children in William Goldings Lord of the Flies from Academic Search Complete, Joyanta Dangar describes how wartime trauma induces nightmares into the minds of the young boys. To begin with, Dangar explains the nature of the beast in the novel itself. She underscores that the beast in an externalization of the inner darkness that exists within all human beings. The beast is believed to have originated since the boys lack a comforting mother figure to make the…