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Child Sexual Abuse: See it! Hear it! Identify it!

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The need to identify the signs of sexual abuse in a child is therefore utmost. Don’t close your eyes if you see a child getting abused. Don’t close your ears when a child comes to you with his problems. This article would discuss the signs of child sexual abuse so that it can be timely identified, reported, and stopped. As a parent or as a guardian or even as a school teacher, one needs to be highly alert for recognizing the signs of sexual abuse in the child one is dealing with. It cannot always be easy to spot and stop the sexual abuse of a child. Recognizing warning signs in a child can save him or her from much-unwanted trauma. The physical signs of child sexual abuse include: ·         Signs in Genital Area: There can be bruises, bleeding and swelling in the genital area which can be painful for the child. ·         Signs of Abuse on Clothes: The underclothes of the child who has suffered ...

Child Sexual Abuse: Know it!

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There is nothing as pure as the innocence of a child. There is nothing as worse as this innocence getting killed. Child sexual abuse kills the innocence of a child-like nothing else. Child sexual abuse, also known as child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. The World Health Organisation or WHO defines child sexual abuse as ‘ The involvement of a child in sexual activity that he or she does not fully comprehend, is unable to give informed consent to, or for which the child is not developmentally prepared and cannot give consent, or that violate the laws or social taboos of society. Child sexual abuse is evidenced by this activity between a child and adult or another child who by age or development is in a relationship of responsibility, the trust of power, the activity being intended to gratify or satisfy the needs of the other person. This may include but is not limited to: · ...

Some Ways of Being Hygienic!

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Hygiene, as defined by the World Health Organization, are the series of conditions and practices followed to maintain and preserve health. Staying in good health and staying away from illness require good and timely nutritious food and staying in good hygiene. Certain practices cannot be avoided if we genuinely want well-being for us and our families. These habits that pave way for good hygiene and prevent you from getting sick and if sickness is present, good hygiene will hasten your recovery to good health. Beginning with changing certain ways and habits that are present in our lives, we can be more hygienic and the result would be better health for us and our families. The First One: Shoe and Feet Hygiene! The shoes that you wear for your visit outside home shall be properly cleaned at the doormat and shall be kept in shoe rack preferably kept in the exterior most portion of your house e.g. the exterior most balcony. If your shoe rack is much inside, properly cl...

Maintain Hygiene: Why!

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The word ‘hygiene’ is back in talks. The credit goes to the pandemic of coronavirus. It is the case of the highest despair that a pandemic was needed to teach us something that shall be very basic requirements of each person. Before this pandemic, we were living in a time were refusing to share the same spoon or share food on a plate was considered traditionalist and was seen under a bad light. We had failed to assess the importance of leaving shoes outside our homes in shoe racks as not letting in a person with shoes was considered conservative. The World Health Organisation has defined hygiene as ‘conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases.’ Hygiene is much more than simple cleanliness. It is a broad term. Speaking about personal hygiene specifically, it refers to maintain the cleanliness of one’s body. Besides personal hygiene, it also includes medical hygiene, home, and everyday hygiene, culinary or food hygiene, personal servi...