The case of a three-year-old child, who succumbed to assault injuries (allegedly inflicted by his parents) in a private hospital in Aluva the other day, is the latest example of increasing incidents of crime against children.
The parents, who are migrant labourer from some other state, took child to the hospital, saying that he had accidently fallen down from his mother’s arms. But it was the doctors who informed the police after they grew suspicious about the fracture in the child’s skull and beat marks all over the child’s body.

In the interrogation, the mother confessed to the crime. She said that she had smashed the child’s head using a chapatti roller. This happened even before the shocking memories of Thodupuzha child murder case faded away.
Though a majority are people who cuddle and love children, a minority are not like that. Of late, that minority’s strength has been increasing. This fact cannot be neglected.

The fact that houses are becoming jails for kids is something scary. Besides this, come the attacks from outside.

Sexual abuse against the children has also been on the rise. It was recently that a 25-member gang was arrested for selling child porn clips to foreign websites.
It may be recalled what Rishiraj Singh told recently – ‘parents should find time to cuddle and love their children. In their attempt to capture everything in life, where will they get time for it?

When parents keep away from their children, the latter may fall into the trap laid by drug peddlars and liquor sellers. We need not search anywhere else for the reason
When family relationships disintegrates, it is the kids who become isolated. Even when the mother and father go in search of new green pastures, the losers will only be the children.

From within the family itself, children should get protection and precautionary care. Any assault against children should be strongly prevented. For that if amendment in the current law is necessary, the government should not shy away from it.
‘The idiom ‘Child is the father of the man’ from a great poem is a subtle vision of man’s evolution.
Children are the symbols of holiness and innocence.
Hence children should be seen as flowers.
Any minute assault on child is a heinous crime against innocence, god’s glory and culture. It will be a sin that deserves no pardon.