Risks of child abuse, violence, and injury
At the plenary session, the child delegates played the roles of National Assembly deputies and key leaders of the National Assembly and the Government to propose solutions not only as "elected" delegates but also as leaders of ministries and branches.
In which, Dang Cat Tien plays the role of Chairman of the "Children's National Assembly"; Le Quang Vinh plays the role of Permanent Vice Chairman of the "Children's National Assembly"; Vice Chairmen of the "Children's National Assembly" include: Dam Ha My, Kieu Quang Huy, Nguyen The Manh.
The mock National Assembly delegates expressed their wishes and solutions to protect children in cyberspace and prevent injuries and school violence.
Currently, the situation of accidents, injuries, violence and child abuse is on the rise, becoming a pressing and worrying issue for the whole society.
Child delegate Hoang Tra My, from the Nghe An Province Children's Delegation, speaks. Photo: Minh Duc/VNA
Speaking at the discussion, Child Delegate Hoang Tra My, Delegation of Children of Nghe An province, shared the results of a survey conducted on 41,000 child voters before the meeting, showing that up to 11.96% of children said that child sexual abuse occasionally occurred. Abusive acts such as slapping, punching, kicking, and insulting honor were assessed to occur at a particularly high rate, over 30%; 44.5% of children sought to resolve conflicts with violence; 44.6% of children who suffered injuries were due to being dragged into unsafe activities by friends...
Children's delegate Tra My stated that the main causes of the above situation are that children do not understand violence and child abuse; do not understand the risks leading to accidents and injuries and lack awareness to prevent them. The system of signs and warnings of unsafe risks is not complete and regular. Children do not have access to communication programs to prevent and combat accidents and injuries. There have been many communication activities on preventing and combating accidents and injuries, violence and child abuse, but they are not suitable for students' interests and hobbies, the form is not innovative, not attractive, and the communication in the school yard is noisy, causing children to only talk and not pay attention to listening. Many communication programs on children's television are unknown to children or are broadcast when children are attending extra classes, so children lack knowledge.
In addition, sex education in schools for children has not received much attention. Many teachers are afraid and avoid it, causing students to not have enough knowledge to understand themselves and prevent the risks of sexual abuse. Many students do not dare to report the incident for fear of retaliation. Many students do not know about the national hotline for child protection 111.
From these causes, Children's Delegate Hoang Tra My proposed that local authorities pay attention to equipping signs about risks of unsafety for children at swimming pools, intersections and crossroads in villages and hamlets. Authorities and schools need to promote communication, raise awareness and skills on preventing and avoiding accidents, injuries, violence and abuse more often in appropriate and attractive forms for children such as interactive plays, skits, games, and propaganda painting competitions. At the same time, schools need to pay attention to bringing sex education programs into schools, integrating them regularly into subjects; teachers should be more open in communicating with children. Provide guidance for children to know how to report and denounce incidents to agencies and authorities...
Agreeing with this issue, Children's Delegate Pham Nguyen Gia Han, Children's Delegation of Da Nang City said: "There are many children who are afraid to share with teachers and friends about the problems they encounter, so it will be very difficult for these children to participate in talk shows to talk about their problems. Therefore, it is necessary to develop school psychology counseling centers in all schools, with professional psychologists to help students solve their difficult problems."
How to create a safe corridor when children participate in the online environment
Speaking at the meeting, Children's Delegate Khuc Tra Giang, Hai Phong City Children's Delegation, pointed out the fact that children are now exposed to a lot of social networks, the content that attracts them is mainly drama stories, games, trends, and trends such as taking photos and converting them to anime, etc. Besides the practical benefits, there are also negative impacts from bad and toxic information spreading online. The potential risks or traps are difficult to recognize because children do not have enough skills to protect themselves when participating in activities on the internet.
Children's delegate Khuc Tra Giang said that when violence occurs, children do not dare to report it to adults. In fact, in many cases, even though the subject has been punished for bullying, he still comes back to take revenge.
Based on this reality, Children's Representative Khuc Tra Giang suggested that schools include cyber safety content in school subjects such as civic education and information technology. Schools also need to focus more on equipping children with digital knowledge and skills according to their age so that they can protect themselves and know how to interact safely in the online environment; have training programs for parents on cyber safety and skills to manage their children's internet usage.
In addition, the dissemination of legal policies needs to be innovated, using short posts or short stories, vivid pictures along with concise, easy-to-understand dialogues so that children can understand more about the laws. Schools have training programs for parents on network safety and skills to manage their children's internet use.
For children, it is necessary to set up a suitable schedule, control their own phone usage time; participate in school activities, limit watching the phone too much. Raise awareness and protect yourself from bad situations on the internet; do not create personal accounts on social networks but only use the internet for reference, study, and learn life skills.
Child delegate Ngo Thi Kim Cuong, Children's Delegation of Tay Ninh province, said that more than anyone else, families, especially parents, are the "shields" for children, so it is necessary to proactively learn and apply digital technology solutions to control children's personal information, instruct children on basic knowledge such as: not clicking on strange links, knowing how to provide information properly, and providing guidance to help their children interact healthily and safely in the online environment.
Children's delegate Ngo Thi Kim Cuong also said that parents should learn about relationships to know their children's friends. At the same time, learn and install applications to prevent the entry of harmful websites to help children avoid the risks of accidents and abuse from the internet environment.
Children's delegate Ngo Thi Kim Cuong also proposed that the Ministry of Education and Training should increase the teaching and learning time of computer science, in addition to knowledge of basic applications such as Word and Excel, students should be equipped with skills to safely access the Internet. The subject of Civic Education should include content on preventing and combating abuse in the online environment.
National Assembly Chairman Dang Cat Tien, a 9/3 grader at Thai Nguyen Secondary School in Khanh Hoa, also said that the Ministry of Education and Training needs to strengthen education and raise awareness of online safety for children. Specifically, it is necessary to integrate online safety curriculum into school curricula to create a generation of young people who are wise, confident and know how to use the internet safely.
Permanent Vice Chairman of the "Children's National Assembly" Le Quang Vinh said that the Ministry of Education and Training needs to coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to integrate into the curriculum, especially information technology, skills so that children have enough knowledge to protect themselves in the online environment and know how to control personal information.
The first mock session of the Children's National Assembly in 2023 took place with 8 discussion opinions and 2 debate opinions. The Minister of Children, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of Information and Communications and Deputy Prime Minister of Children received and clarified issues of concern to children delegates.
At the end of the Session, the children's delegates adopted the Resolution of the 1st Mock Session of the Children's National Assembly, 2023. This Resolution is considered a special voter's petition report to the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on issues related to children.
Chairman of the National Assembly for Children Dang Cat Tien affirmed that the session was a great success, with many innovations and creativity, better meeting practical requirements. There were 266 National Assembly children speaking at 8 group discussions and plenary sessions. The opinions of the children were received and thoroughly explained by representatives of the National Assembly and Government agencies.
According to VNA/Tin Tuc Newspaper
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