Street Children
By: Mikki • Essay • 355 Words • March 23, 2010 • 1,707 Views
Street Children
Who are the Street Children?
Street Children are young people who spend a considerable time living and/or
working on the streets of the world's cities. Different countries describe street
children in different ways. However,two general categories have been frequently used
to describe them:
• Children living and working in the street.
• Children working on the streets who maintain regular contact with their families.
Reality Situation of Street Children
• The working street child works from 6 to 16 hours, often in a combination of “occupations”.
• Street children usually come from large families, with six to ten children per family.
• Street children are generally malnourished and anemic, many of them physically stunted.
• Street children suffer psychologically from undue family pressures, abuses and neglect at home. Very often, they develop low self-esteem.
• Street children are prone to street fights and bullying from bigger youth, harassment from policemen, suspicion and arrest for petty crimes, abuse and torture from misguided authorities.
• Street children usually come from broken families.
• There are more boys than girls. Female children are disadvantaged because of their sex; they do more housework and are prone to sexual abuses.
• Parents of street children are preoccupied