 Hello friends of hive 🥰💕

This very topic brought to us by #hiveleaners is indeed a serious and one we should give lots of thoughts 💭 and attention to because it involves children 👧 that we brought to the world 🌎. And the Bible has made us to understand how important children are . First, that we should bring up a child in the way that they should grow, so they will never depart from that way once they are grown. Secondly, that children are given to parents by God, its a thing of joy, and that as many that have them will never be ashamed when they speak with the enemy at the gate. How then can we not see how precious these little ones giving to us are?

What children needs at every stage of their lives is care, love 💕 and direction which will definitely lead them into that way of growing up into an adult 👨 that will see what is right and what is wrong. And this eventually will make them responsible humans in the society. This is the duty of every parent who has born a child or two children 👧.

Its very sad that most parents don’t understand the need to give love and care to their wards, believing that what children needs are just the food 🥘 we as parents provide, education and health care when they are sick. These are just basic necessities that we must provide for them as parents while caring for them and instilling in them the rightful attitude that will avoid many problems.

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The governments who are in charge of providing child support services did not expect maltreatments from parents on their children, although child support services in developed countries are fully out to penalize parents who goes against laws binding under age children, but not in the case of underdeveloped countries where children are maltreated as if they were not given birth to. How can a child who is under aged be asked to hawk around the road by his or her parents? And others children of other parents who gave out their children to other people because they can not bring up their own children. Why give birth to number of children you know you can’t train in schools or even vocational jobs?

Here in my country Nigeria 🇳🇬, the child support service system is very poor and nonfunctional. Not that the government are not aware of cases of child abuse , but because of how those in charge are not paying attention to how the under age roam the streets, hanging around from running away from home while others are forced to hawk before they can be given food to eat. I see this as when everyone is minding their businesses, believing its not their problems.

And in cases like this, its the duty of the child support service branch of the government to set in motion on how to arrest the parents or guardians of these children by holding any under age child wandering on the street without any genuine excuses. I know if a woman who goes to her village to collect other people’s children to come to the city to hawk oranges 🍊 and other fruits for her. She will never send them to school and every now and then will be flogging them for misplacement of fund. These are the faults of those children parents.

I see separation of a child from his or her parents or guardians being unfair if their parents has given their best to them but except change in economy or circumstances in finances has suddenly brought setbacks that affected the children. And this situation might involve a long time struggle which will continue to affect the child or children. Parents who are good and knows what children meant will definitely also accept this with difficulties. An agreement should also be reached in situations like this that will not involve total separation. This means separation can be temporary depending when the parents gets back on their feet.

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However, the government of every nation has also the responsibility of making sure that child support services are functional to enable the sector or branch involved protect the children rights especially in underdeveloped countries, as this will help other parents or people in the society to have the motivation of speaking out , calling on those in charge when they see the need to help save a child or children who are being maltreated and those who are also being abused in different circumstances.

In conclusion, the government should also through the child support services establishment keep educating parents on the need to cut down birth rate, especially those who do not space birthing well enough in years while watching the economy or their personal capital inflows and income.

This is my response to the #hivelearners featured content for week 165, edition 02, tagged “CHILD SERVICES”.