As-salaam
After
writing my first blog, I had hoped I would never have to feel this amount of
anger and disappointment at society. How is it that we can live in a society that
allows this to happen to our children.
In 2018 Our
Police Commissioner reported that South Africa had 124 526 total rape
cases reported in the last 3 financial years, 41% of those rapes are … AGAINST
CHILDREN. https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/rape-statistics-41-children/.
Yes, 41% of the rapes committed in South
Africa are against children, in the same 3 years 2600 children are murdered
(let that sink in for a while.)
THESE
ARE ONLY KIDS. THEY ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS.
I am unable
to write how angry I am about these numbers, what saddens me even more is this
article I read on IOL.
I have the
following to say about this article:
- All they want is LOVE and yet you hurt them.
- All they need is CARE and yet you beat them.
- All they crave for is your attention and yet you abandon, rape and kill them.
Has society
changed so much that our children are not able to:
- Play outside until 10pm.
- Or could go to the neighbour to play
- Walk to the shop
The reality
is yes, the world I grew up in and the one that my parents grew
up in does not exist. It is completely gone without a trace. Today we as
parents live in fear that our children will be kidnapped, raped or murdered on
the way to school or these things will happen at school.
Does this
feeling ever go away? Do we always have to live in fear for the safety our
children?
Unfortunately
yes, until SOCIETY changes it’s ways.
- Men and Women need to stand together for a better future for our Children.
- Men and Women need to stand together for a better future for our Men and Women
- Men and Women need to stand together for a better world.
But how do
we change it?
From within.
We as parents need to
teach our sons and daughters about respect and love for themselves and for
human life. Teach our children to be the best part of themselves. We need to be
the role models for our children.
Our
children learn everything from us, it’s TIME to teach them …
As-salaam
Ayesha
p.s. let me know your thoughts on how to make a difference.
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