Street Children's Perception In Egypt

Street children's perception in Egypt

People have different ways of thinking . They have different opinions about the same thing and it depends on their education and their culture . perception is defined as the process by which we acquire information about the world around us , using our five senses . This paper will answer the question what is the importance of perception as a source of knowledge . the purpose of this paper is to show the importance of perception through the case study of street children. This paper will argue that the perception of the society on street children reflects on their perception about themselves. This paper will

They are affected by the culture of the society and the family traditions . for example people's thoughts are affected by the culture they perceive the thing in the way the culture of the society perceive . In Egypt , a group of people are perceiving that the Hijab is a way to show religion and others when they see hijab they perceive that those women are terrorists . (culture, n.d) . also the perception of the people is affected by the family tradition . as the family is deciding the future of the child . it can make him a successful person or change him to a street child( United Nations report, governments reaffirm critical importance of family to society ,as third committee concludes discussion of social development, 2004). the media also can change people's perception about anything as it has a great influence nowadays through Television, radio and the internet. People may change their perception many times because of the many ways they receive news from . ( How strongly can social media influence people's lives , 2014). There are many factors that affect children and their future . They are affected by their families conditions and the society they live in. There are many reasons why they

when the society treat them as guilty and criminals that reflects on their life. Children tend to corruption , as they became addicts and have drugs . also when they live in street they catch many diseases such as , lung and eye diseases . this is one result for the negligence of the society for them (impacts of the phenomenon of street children ,2011) . another thing is when they have less education and care than those children on their age , that generates the feeling of jealousy . as they feel that those children who have families are better than them .The UN report also says the society always exclude them from any participation and they do not put them into consideration in case they are thinking about any plans for the future . actually they do not have any facilities from the government and from the people themselves in the society as they perceiving them as criminals . (working with street children ,n.d ) . that’s the results of the bad perception of society about street