Adoption and foster care: a developmental approach

Family is the first essential cell of human society, says Pope John XXII. It is your constant pillar of love and support. Moreover, it is also the first privilege you get after entering this world. But does everyone have this privilege? According to a study conducted by UNICEF, there are approximately 153 million orphans in
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Psychological Effects of Divorce and Re-marriage on Children

If we go by age-old surveys and reports, it has been thoroughly proven that kids with two of their biological parents present around them in a grow-up set up tend to do much better. In this perfect family situation, a child can adapt better. However, the turbulence hits in when the parents opt for a
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Problems of orphans at institutional homes

Family is the most important part of one’s life. But all of us do not have one.  According to a 2020 report, there are around 140 million orphans in the world. The number is increasing day by day. They can be put under better care to live a decent life after.  Several non-governmental organizations and
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Domestic Violence and Children

Domestic violence particularly involves the abuse (physical, mental, emotional) of one partner/spouse in a relationship at the hands of the other partner. Domestic violence is as big of a crime as any other crime including murder, rape, or kidnapping. Now, people have said time and again, because domestic violence includes every spectrum of severity. Starting
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Coerced child pornography and its impact

Going with the literal definition, coerced child pornography can be defined as “any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a child which includes a photograph, video, digital or computer-generated image indistinguishable from an actual child and an image created, adapted or modified but appear to depict a child”, but can something as cruel as
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The Suffering of Children during War

A situation as horrendous as war can invoke a remorseful scenario for anybody, be it, adults or children. However, children undoubtedly the worst hit in the lot. Women are a close second. With people dying all around, blood spilling all over, and corpses floating from one place to another, it will be abnormal to not
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Communal wars and Social Media- What are we doing wrong?

“When a culture simply shrugs about what happens to the people in a war of any kind, it breaks the fragile sequence, the bond between all the people.” The concept of war or social media is not unknown to any. But every war is not about the battlefield and weapons and soldiers. Some wars are
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Impact of Social Media on Israel and Gaza Situation

In today’s world, social media has become one’s morning bread and evening butter. Not a single time of the day can people spend without being dependent on social media for knowing every day’s daily affairs. While social media has turned out to be a blessing in everybody’s lives in the current times, it also holds
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Israel VS Palestine: History, Causes and Impact

“War never determines the right. It only displays the remnants. War is not a display of strength but stupidity. It is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. War is futile for it ruins lives and lands and hopes and homes.”   We are all going through tough times. The world is suffering from a
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How Terrorism Affects the Life of an Average Person

If one goes by the structural definition of terrorism, it says, “The calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.” However, can something as disastrous as terrorism be fixated into
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