How immediate is the need for personal safety training among youngsters?
Nowadays, the rising incidents of violence meted out to youngsters as well as toddlers is rising at an alarming rate. Such incidents should be dealt with severely in order to put a full stop to them. Hence, the need of the hour is Personal Safety Education which needs to be implemented in schools all over the world. Introducing personal safety education early on in schools has two-fold advantages: youngsters will be aware of good touch and bad touch in their formative years, and will not shy away from talking about it, thereby spreading awareness among their peers. The child should be made to feel that they will be trusted and listened to whenever they report their abuse to elders. Some measures include schools motivating students to put up plays on this topic. Teachers could also show students related videos to acclimatize them to the concept. This needs to be introduced for students of class I onwards, as incidences of child sexual abuse has steadily been on the rise, and it is not something that only teenagers are affected by kids as young as three or four, and sometimes, even younger, fall victim to it.
Personal safety education also stresses the fact that it is never the victim’s fault. It must provide age-appropriate information to children so that they learn to stand up for their own rights without violating the rights of others. It also actively involves the role of parents as well as teachers to whom the child can confide in. They need to create more awareness about the existence of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act) to hinder such crimes in the near future.
Hope the message is clear and if you wish to spare few minutes for all those little ones, you could also post your views and ideas in the comments section below and together let us join our hands to make this world a safe haven for every one of us!
Nowadays, the rising incidents of violence meted out to youngsters as well as toddlers is rising at an alarming rate. Such incidents should be dealt with severely in order to put a full stop to them. Hence, the need of the hour is Personal Safety Education which needs to be implemented in schools all over the world. Introducing personal safety education early on in schools has two-fold advantages: youngsters will be aware of good touch and bad touch in their formative years, and will not shy away from talking about it, thereby spreading awareness among their peers. The child should be made to feel that they will be trusted and listened to whenever they report their abuse to elders. Some measures include schools motivating students to put up plays on this topic. Teachers could also show students related videos to acclimatize them to the concept. This needs to be introduced for students of class I onwards, as incidences of child sexual abuse has steadily been on the rise, and it is not something that only teenagers are affected by kids as young as three or four, and sometimes, even younger, fall victim to it.
Personal safety education also stresses the fact that it is never the victim’s fault. It must provide age-appropriate information to children so that they learn to stand up for their own rights without violating the rights of others. It also actively involves the role of parents as well as teachers to whom the child can confide in. They need to create more awareness about the existence of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act) to hinder such crimes in the near future.
Hope the message is clear and if you wish to spare few minutes for all those little ones, you could also post your views and ideas in the comments section below and together let us join our hands to make this world a safe haven for every one of us!
Nice d by pp
ReplyDeleteThank you !
DeleteWe need to change the mindset of people in our society which is deep rooted in keeping taboo on sexual education.
ReplyDeleteYeah that's a sad truth!
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