Introduction:
The term war is basically defined as disagreement between two or more countries that usually involve high use of weapons in results in many casualties. When a country is in state of war, every men of that country is a solider but this is not the limit. Wars not only enroll men but it also affects women and children. The worse effects are imposed on the little innocent minds. Children are said to be blessing of God but war destroy all. History is a witness that war has given vengeance, homelessness and miserly to the children. Those little eyes filled with fear, river of blood flowing from here and there, the screams for help and shout of pain, nothing was fair and nothing was explained.
Hundreds of thousands of children die each year due to violence in war (Michael G.). These children are killed by direct violence of war. Children are mostly dependent on adults for love and attention but in case of war everything seems disturbing. Children do not get proper attention from their parents or adults and are left behind. Many children lose their parents especially their father, these children then have nowhere to go other than orphanage (Freud and Burlingham). Other children lose the protection and they then become refugees who simply face a lot of hardship for their survival. In a state of war everything just stops all the focus is constraint on war and rest is ignored. Children who do not get proper chance to educate themselves because of war always face troubles and miseries in their life (Barbara 891). They do not get chances after war to continue their education and they remain illiterate for the rest of life. This increases poverty in countries.
Children are treated so violently in war as if they were toys. They are treated as slaves and they are simply harassed and killed without any reasons. Many children become disable in war they lose their hands or limbs. Weapons that are used in war are highly injurious. Each year around thousands of children face landmine injuries (UNICEF USA). Disabilities always remain a hurdle in their life. Little girls are simply raped and no one is accounted for it. These girls either kill themselves or live in shame for the rest of their lives. Those children who somehowsurvive the war and its evil phases consider that they have got a second life. The site of war is always alarming and fearful and people who cannot stay usually flee from their houses and they have to stay in camps and places which are termed as safe houses but are very untidy. Those who are able to run and hide are able to survive rest are just simply killed. The sight of all these people reminded me of a few villages I had passed through while running away from the war. I was scared and worried about what turmoil the next day might bring (Beah).
Children who survive the war are left in the after effects. Losing their loved ones, so much blood and violence drag them into depression and anxiety. They hardly believe that they have made a secure exit from war and they always have thoughts of war. They undergo a post traumatic stress disorder which causes them hallucinations and they eventually become mentally retarded patients (Davidson and Mellor 341-345). Considering the war situation children often get excited at first and they always want to become the part of it. They consider themselves as soldiers and they go to fight in war. It has been found out that there are tens of thousands of children below 18 who are children soldier in 60 different countries and they are also being badly affected with war (UNICEF, USA). Not only boys but now there are girls who are more and more interested to be a part of war and they are joining different armed groups (Human Rights Watch 7). All the rights of children are being crushed and they are forced to go under certain task and processes that are really vulnerable.
The most important thing that gives everyone a message for life is Children are blessing for life and we should not create an environment that hurts children.
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