Essay About Baby Dumping

Baby dumping is a social crisis among youngsters that has a chronic increase as many cases are occurring recently in Malaysian society. The baby dumping refers to discarding or leaving a child younger than 1-year-old alone, for an extended period of time in a public or private setting with the intent to dispose of the child (Nazni et al., 2012). This social problem appears every day in mass media such as the stories of a baby wrapped in a bag and dumped in the garbage or in the toilet bowl, left on the doorsteps of orphan 's home or in a mosque (Azizah & Alhaji, 2015). As a result of the act of baby dumping, many babies suffer or even die. A saddening reality to note is that Malaysia as a self-proclaimed Islamic country, baby dumping incidents

Social ills are always caused by deterioration of school discipline, hence it must be tightened so that students not dare to do something that should not be done. In addition, the students have their teachers at school to control them from social problems (Irwansyah, 2012). Teachers require to closely engage all students and understanding their problems to give encouragement and counselling to their students. This method can reduce the stress and solve the problem of students, then avoiding them to involve in social problems. Furthermore, many educators recognize that drug abuse among students are significant barriers to the achievement of educational objectives (Gilbert & Kenneth, 2003). Therefore, schools have to provide health education classes that help to increase the awareness and understanding of students for the effect of drugs on their body (Chie et al., 2015). The main factor that cause baby dumping problem is lack of the sexuality knowledge or education (Nazni et al., 2012). Hence, sex educational program or campaign can be held in schools to provide basic knowledge to the students especially female students about their relationship with