Being a good Parent starts with presence not presents

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Being a good Parent starts with presence not
presents

• An effort towards changing the mindset.

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If someone raises the topic of gender preference,
we generally react by saying it does not matter
anymore. This reaction is generally because you
see more girls among top-ranking students, in
public and private sector jobs, entrepreneurship.
However, what about those girls who did not
even get the chance to live?

• The figures of 2011 census, there are just 918
  girls in India for 1000 boys.
• India is home to 31 million orphaned children,
  according to the United Nations Childrens Fund
  (UNICEF)
• Between 2007 and 2011, says a report by the
  National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), more than
  3,500 children under 12 years old were abandoned.
  
• In 2014, the Times of India reported that
  nine-in-ten of the 11 million abandoned children
  in India were girls.
• Another 1,000-plus cases were registered where an
  individual had committed an act that led to the
  death of a child, or acted with an intent to kill
  the child or prevent it from being born.

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Effects on survivors

• Possibility of experiencing abuse and neglect in
  institutionalized care.
• Low self-esteem stemming from feelings of guilt
  about being at fault for being abandoned.
• Separation anxiety feelings of anxiety about
  being separated from parents or caregivers.
• Attachment issues difficulty becoming
  emotionally attached to and trusting other
  people, especially caregivers.
• Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  (PTSD), referred to as Post Traumatic Stress
  Disorder of Abandonment.
• For children who are abandoned in dangerous
  places, such as dumpsters, doorsteps, and other
  public areas, exposure to the elements and
  physical injury are distinct possibilities.

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• In such a scenario, the role of the government
  becomes all the more important in order to ensure
  that girls are allowed to be born and flourish in
  life.

• Child abandonment is punishable under section 317
  of Indias Penal Code

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Solution?Here we have a few ideas that can be
effectively implemented to check such cases

• There should mobile app and website on which
  every pregnant mothers details has to be
  registered
• The details could be filled by anyone whether the
  mother, her family members, neighbors, doctors,
  or hospitals.
• Every birth details should be immediately
  recorded along with parental information.
• In case, the baby is still born, the
  hospital/doctor has to make a death certificate
  by stating the exact causes of death.
• The birth/death certificate should consist the
  photo and details of the new born.

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A step towards taking responsibility can change
someones lifeThank you!