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Block 1 Socio-Developmental Perspectives

Unit 3 Children in Vulnerable Situations

1. Define the term “vulnerability” and explain different factors that need to be known to assess a child’s vulnerability.

Vulnerability, within a Social Risk Management (SRM) framework, is defined as the likelihood of being harmed by unforeseen events or susceptibility to exogenous shocks. 

Assessing a child's vulnerability requires gathering information to evaluate their position in the family, parent-child interactions, and family conditions. Factors to consider include: age (children under six are inherently vulnerable), physical and mental disabilities, provocative behaviours, powerlessness, defenselessness, non-assertiveness, illness, and invisibility (lack of social participation)

2. How do you think the adopted child is vulnerable for developing psychological problems? Explain.

Adopted children face heightened vulnerability to psychological problems due to several factors:

• Grief over loss of birth parents and family connections: This is especially intense in closed adoptions.
• Feelings of abandonment and inadequacy: These feelings stem from the birth mother's decision to give the child up for adoption.
• Identity development issues: Adopted children may struggle more with self-esteem and identity compared to non-adopted peers, particularly during adolescence.
• Guilt: They may feel they are betraying their adoptive family by seeking information about their birth family.
• Teasing and bullying: Adopted children are often subjected to teasing and bullying at school and in their neighbourhoods.

Important Points

1. Separation of parents has an effect on Children of all age groups

2. If a child is adopted it affects his mental health more

3. If a child is adopted early it decreases the risk of mental health disorders

4. When dealing with children who have faced war or terrorism, one should recognize their inner feelings

5. When children confuse between real violence and violence in movies, one should clear their confusion

6. A sexually abused child is likely to have more mental health problems

7. It is most likely that sexually abused children would have false beliefs about self

8. Victims of child sexual abuse would tend to adopt an attitude of self-protection