Research into Causes and Prevention of Street Children in China

Research into Causes and Prevention of Street Children in China

  There are street children all over the world, not only in developing countries but also in developed countries. According to 〈Street Children in Asia〉, there are about 25,000,000-30,000,000 street children in Asia, which is really a big problem. For China, there are about 150,000 street children. As is known to everyone, children are the future of a nation and a people, and what’s more, China is establishing a harmonious society nowadays, so it is considerably significant to resolve this problem well. Many a factor, say, the rupture of the families, improper ways of education and economic poverty and so on, have given rise to the phenomenon of street children. These street children run away from their guardians and keep wandering in the streets. They become the special social vulnerable group, for their basic rights like the living rights and developmental rights cannot be well protected. Street children can be easily physically-victimized and psychologically-victimized. This paper researches into the exhibition, characteristics and causes of street children, and proposes the prevention policies in the end.