Child Soldiers and Child Peacemakers

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Human Development Video Activity
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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
family function
The pattern of how a family interacts, communicates, and functions as a unit.
family functions
The pattern of how a family interacts, communicates, and functions as a unit.
child maltreatment
The general term to describe all types of abuse to a child under the age of 18, including neglect and physical, sexual, emotional abuse.
child neglect
The failure to provide a child's necessary, age-appropriate care, including health care, nutrition, housing, education, supervision, and emotional nurturing.
child abuse
Intentional neglect or physical, emotional, or sexual injury to a child.
resilient
The ability to recover from adversity, difficulty, or challenge to return to a healthy emotional state and healthy level of functioning.
hypothetical-deductive thought
A thought process characteristic of teenagers in which they can imagine variables and hypothetical aspects that may influence an outcome and can understand how the altering of any these variables or aspects may change the outcome.

Author

Pauline Davey Zeece, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Synopsis

This activity focuses on children as soldiers and peacemakers. After briefly examining the state of child soldiers in the world and in Colombia, you will learn of the history of the Children’s Mandate for Peace and Rights. With the help of video, you will discover how developmental components of adolescent cognition are related to the decisions made by five courageous teenage peace activists.

References

Child Soldiers Global Report 2004. Retrieved May 12, 2007, from http://www.child-soldiers.org/library/global-reports

Human Rights Watch. Children’s Rights. Retrieved May 12, 2007, from http://hrw.org/compaigns/crp/index.htm

Raymond, A., & Raymond, S. (2000). Children in war. New York: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group.