Category Archives: CHILD UPBRINGING

27-year old woman arrested and charged to court for inflicting injury on a 10-year old girl with cane

A 27-year old woman,  Precious Ojo, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly inflicting injury on a 10-year old girl with a cane.  CRACO reports that the incident happened at Ceremedu Awoyaya area of Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, where they reside. The suspect, Precious, used the cane to inflict injury on the victim’s back and face …

HOW PEDOPHILES PREY ON FEMALE CHILDREN ONLINE

 Kate Halim When Mrs. Ezinne Nwaigwe’s 13-year-old daughter kept constantly communicating with one boy from their neighbourhood, she became instantly worried. Her daughter who is in junior secondary school was always chatting with this ‘boy’ so much that she often forgets to do her school assignments. Sometimes, they would talk about school, …

CHILD ABUSE- TYPES AND CAUSES

Child abuse:- child Abuse is any form of maltreatment by an adult, which is violent or threatening for the child. This includes neglect. Type of child abuse There are four type of child abuse 1) physical abuse :- Physical abuse happens when a child has been hurt or injured, and it is not an accident. Physical abuse does not always leave visible marks …

Mother poured hot water on her son for spending her money on biscuits without permission

A Nigerian mother boiled hot water and poured on her son just because he collected some money from his daily sales to buy biscuit without permission. No treatment and she still send him to hawk sachet water. Activist Harrison Gwamnishu and his team went to Nkpor Anambra State to lend our voice and take him to a specialist hospital for treatment. #EndViolenceAgainstChildren

BRUTALISING OF STUDENTS AT AIRFORCE SECONDARY SCHOOL, IKEJA IN THE NAME OF DISCIPLINE – OUR POSITION

(Photo for illustration purpose) A Report came to us on Wednesday the 22nd of January 2020, concerning the brutalization of Students of Airforce Secondary School, Ikeja, at the order of the school Commandant. It was reported that at the Assembly announcement was made concerning the bad behaviour of an SS3 student who tore his result of the previous …

How to protect your child from sexual abuse and molestation

Every day we hear of stories of young children especially girls from very tender ages being sexually abused by perverts who are adults, some children have died, for those who survived especially girls the scars gotten from such experiences never leaves them, for others it leads to psychological problems as they grow old, some become sex addicts and all. It is indeed a very serious problem.

The question is how do we as parents prevent such a thing from happening to our children or any child under our care. Lets look at a few preventive habits that can help us protect our children from these menace;

1: Let Children be Children: This is where we fail as parents and it is sad. In a bid to read more

Give Your Child the Tools to Recognize Sexual Abuse

Give Your Child the Tools to Recognize Sexual Abuse Talk to kids about their bodies and empower them to speak out. By Shani Zoldan-Verschleiser It seems that every day we open our newspapers, go on social media or watch the news, there’s a horrific new story of child exploitation and abuse. In my role as a counselor and educator who focuses on prevention …