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Baby Dumping Issues In Malaysia

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Nowadays, it is common to see the headlines of article which stated, “Baby-dumping cases escalate” (Wen, 2012) “Teenage crime on the rise” (Cheng, 2014). These headlines alarming us about the increasing of social problems among youngsters in Malaysia. According to Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim which is the minister of Women, Family and Community Development, “More than half of 104 dumped babies found dead in 2015 include 104 babies dumped last year, 61 were found dead and only 43 alive.” (Fong, 2016). Social problem among youngsters get a lot of attentions not only on social media like newspaper but also among society. One of the most concern issues in Malaysia is baby dumping which is an issue on rise in country. There are several actions …show more content…

Besides that, baby dumping issue is threatening moral values among publics especially among teenagers. Teenagers’ pregnancy is the main factor which causes the increased in baby dumping issues. The mother of the baby which often commit baby dumping crime are those who socially isolated and do not have a proper sex education (Nazni Noordin, 2012). Some parents are embarrassed to talk about sex education in front of their children. As a result, teenagers do not have the knowledge on what will happen if they perform unprotected sex. Some of them do not have the ability to keep and take care of the baby will choose to dump the baby. Thus, this increase baby dumping cases among youth in Malaysia. The lack of sex education especially among youth decrease the awareness of teenagers toward sexual behaviour. During the ages of teenagers and adolescence stage, their curiosity toward sex is normal (Hashim, 2010). Adolescence can also be refer as a stage of development transition from childhood to adulthood in which it is the period of reproductive maturation, social and emotional maturation (Cheryl L. Sisk, 2005). Thus, this promote teen pregnancy especially when there is a special relationship or partner of opposite sex which in turn causes baby dumping among youth. This is because when pregnancy occur, they do not know the best way to solve the …show more content…

Important morale values should be taught in schools and home in order for teenagers to differentiate the good and bad in their daily life. Apart from that, this issues should be concerned and addressed before the situations get worst. In this case, all parties such as parents, teachers and government should work together to help reduce baby dumping problem in

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