CONTEST ALERT 👉FORMS OF CHILD ABUSE PREVALENT IN YOUR LOCALITY AND HOW THEY CAN BE AVOIDED|| by @graciella.

Greetings steemkids community and the entire steemit family. I hope we are doing fine. I'm really glad to be participating in a topic like this for the contest...

Forms of child abuse prevalent in my locality.

Here in my area the most common child abuse is "hawking". You see kids who are very small selling things like groundnut, oranges, pear on the streets in trays or buckets. I know some may just be because the family is having a hard time so the kid needs to sell to assist or something as most will say but the nighter population consist of kids selling because they dont actually have a choice.

Also there is rape. I remember just early this month I was talking to @majerius about some guy who killed himself on the road one Sunday while he was being chased by the police. The guy is noted to have raped a lot kids and even impregnated one but thank God he paid for all his crime on that faithful day.

Just around where my aunt lives too a child died after being beaten by his uncle for steem 1000frs. I mean who knows what even pushed the child to steal the money in the first place. It could be hunger, poor treatment from the uncle or even maybe the child wanted to buy drugs. These days it's hard to even let your child stay with a relative because of how people treat kids who are not theirs.
-You do most of the house chores.
-You eat left over food.
-You eat on the floor when others are on the table.
-You get less feeding money for school compared to aunty or uncles child.
-You don't get new cloths.
-You are more like a slave or unwanted stranger.

I have seen this first hand where I first lived with our neighbor. I never knew the girl was even a relative until after some time because from her cloths, to the work she does, to room made me think she was a maid. Ehile the kids of our neighbor never did any work, she swept, mopped, did laundry and iron, prepare them to school and even the food she ate wasnt always same and would sometimes miss her days to go to the work she was learning because of chores although she wasn't a kid Its still abuse and that's just how some people treat kids staying with them that aren't thier biological kids.

Who is at risk the most, the male or female child?What effect can they have on the kids?

For child abuse, I think the girl child is affected more especially when something like rape is concerned. Even at the level of depriving them from the right of education and others but at the same time both gender face child abuse.
Child abuse can cause trauma, depression or a feeling of rejection to the child. Children are easily affected when they get the idea they are not loved and that idea or emotional easily sticks to their memory and will be really hard to get it out. Also something like rape will cause trauma that can hardly be fixed especially if it ends in pregnancy.

How can the kids avoid them?

Kids should be taught to know their right and report to even a neighbor or an elderly person if they are not treated right. Not every kid is bold or open to explain things like that but there must be one person they can talk to. A teacher in school, a neighbor or even another kid who is bold enough to tell his or her mom or dad about thier friends complaint. Also kids should be thought sex education for thier level like if a stranger touches you here or there report to someone or if someone says some things to you tell someone else about it and all that. Also parents should monitor thier kids and check on them often especially when they stay with someone else.

Again i am glad to take part in this contest and pray child abuse will end for good or reduce greatly. Thanks for inviting me @shance-light. I invite @jonesfx, @rockana and @bongk.

Cc; @steemkidss