Vulnerability

Brief Summary: Vulnerability to harm and assault is a common weakness we all have because we are human, whether if we are a child or adult. Every one of us is vulnerable.

All of us are vulnerable to any assaults and onslaughts of any forms and sorts of debilitating and devastating diseases, natural calamities, man-made disasters, and frauds; whether we are adults or children. Every vulnerable adults and vulnerable children are victimized through ignorance, kindness, and false promises.

These are the most used baits to exploit and deceive vulnerable individuals like you because no one is spared unless you are the assaulter. However, the most common victim of exploitation and deception are children. Yes, because children are innocent or without malice and this innocence breeds gullibility or the capacity to be deceived. And since children are always the main target of assault, like sexual harassment, we must protect our children or you must protect your children from imminent vulnerable attacks from an assaulter, always. Teaching children taboos in order to protect them from harm while you are not around with them will not and is not an assurance of child safety when you are not with them; because as we all know children are indeed to be stubborn and undisciplined. This is so, because children are children; thus there are some institution and non-profit organization that fosters child protection. Children cannot always protect themselves because not only they are innocent but also weak physically compare to adults, unless the vulnerable adult is physically infirm, like a lame man or whatever physical infirmities an adult have.

Not only a physically infirm adult is vulnerable to an assault and onslaught but also a mentally infirm adult is a plausible target for exploitation. But despite an adult is not either physically or mentally infirm, such a physically and mentally healthy person or adult could also be a probable victim for fraud and scams and or from unpremeditated onslaughts of natural calamities and man-made disasters or accidents.

Natural calamities and accidents are the two common onslaughts that both children and adult could not abort or by at least combat its forthcoming. Preparedness and education regarding it, are the only ways to avoid to become a vulnerable victim of these form of assault.

Vulnerability to any assaults is a clear message to us that we should always guard and protect ourselves always from any assaults or harm that will come along our way. And if we adults are susceptible to impending and unsuspecting assaults, what more is our children who can’t always protect themselves? Thus, Child safety is an obligation of every parent and those who have custody of children that one should not neglect of. Child protection is one’s also protection because if one child is assaulted, you are the one also that will be affected if that assaulted child is under your care or custody or if you are the parent of that assaulted child. A parent is the most affected one if they saw their beloved child or children experience assaults or harm, is not it? A parent is the one who is virtually assaulted most if their children have been assaulted or harm.