Child Soldiers
Psychological
-The child was still a child just turned into a murdering soldier
-As a child soldier holding a gun convinces you, that you somehow have power and feel bigger
-When you see these children then they expect the you to treat them as soldiers as grown men
-Forces these children to be cruel to others . even people they consider there friends
-These children lost there childhood and can get it back again
-Some kids even experience getting rejected by there own people
-A child does not think twice before killing because at a young age they are taught that what they do is good
-A child may kill his family member and feel bad for it so as the leader he convinces him its okay so the leader becomes a fatherly figure
Anthropological
-How has society involved that now its okay for a child to hold a gun
-The way those African children taught and raised shapes the way other cultures look at them and assume that is how they are
-By killing one white guy a child can be put through so much without knowing what the consequences may be
-These cultures clearly teaches them to kill or be killed
Sociological
-Seeing a child your own age just from a different place hurt you so bad
-They would tell the children that the life they lived as soldiers was less difficult then being stuck in the war
-Children are easy to recruit so they use them
These people use there children as weapons and is consider normal to others
-These kids are surrounded by none they can call for help
-Society taught them the word soldier itself is a killer rather then a protector
-Children feel attacked in there community so there is no surprise they voluntarily
come as child soldiers
-As children the commander did not care about them so the children stick together as a community