CHILDREN KILLING BY PARENTS

1. G R O U P

2. PREFACE
 MOST BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP IN THE WORLD IS PARENTS-CHILD
RELATION.
 MOTHER’S LOVE KNOWS NO LAW, NO PITY AND STANDS AGAINST ALL ODDS.
 BY GIVING BIRTH A MOTHER COMPLETES A FAMILY AND THE PARENTS ARE
ENTRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARE, PROTECTION AND WELL
BEING OF THEIR CHILD
 MOTHER IS THE SAFEST PLACE FOR A BABY AND THE BABY IS THE MOST
PRECIOUS GIFT A PARENT CAN HAVE ON EARTH.

3. ASSIGNED TOPIC
“KILLING OF CHILDREN BY THEIR
PARENTS”
OUR CASE
SIBLINGS KILLED BY MOTHER IN
RAMPURA

4. LET’S HAVE A LOOK @ THE CASE

5. A RECENT SCENARIO: KIDS KILLED BY
YEAR ON
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
209 218
350 368 395
33 41
40 38 42
KIDS KILLED
Total By Parents

6. WHAT THEY SAID:“concerns about their (children)
future
drove mother to kill them”
– Mufti Mahmud Khan, Director, Media Wing, RAB
“the interpersonal relations
between parents and children are
deteriorating” – BSAF Chairperson Emranul
Huq Chowdhury
“thanks to wealth shown on television
shows or the economic status of the
next-door neighbors, people often find
their financial reality failing to meet their
unrealistic expectations. This ultimately
leads to depression” – Mohit Kamal, Head of
Psychotherapy, NIMH

7. WHAT THEY SAID:
“unhappy conjugal life often leads to
depression and the children in many cases
fall victim their parents’ mental stress.”
- Prof Mehtab Khanam, Edu & Conselling Psychology, DU
“certain TV programmes should be blamed for the
spread of violence in the society. It seems all we
watch on TV are quarrels and fights within
families. Unfortunately, such programmes are
popular among the audience.”
– Prof Nehal Karim, Dept of Sociology, DU
“physically they are weaker than the adults and
are dependent on them. The main problem is
that we often see the children as our property,
not as human beings.”
– Laila Khandokar, Director of Child Protection, SAVE THE CHILDREN

8. Weak interpersonal relationship between parents and
children
Unrealistic expectations influenced by TV shows and
serials
Extra-marital relationship > Unhappy Conjugal life > Depression >
Mental Stress
TV programmes show quarrels and fights
Children considered as property, not human being

9. THEORETICAL IMPLICATION

10. SOCIAL BOND THEORY: KEY
ESSENCE
PATTERNS OF FAMILY
RELATIONSHIPS
STRUCTURAL
PROBLEMS OF FAMILY
ORGANIZATIONS
MALADJUSTMENT IN
INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS

11. SOCIAL BOND THEORY: TOTALITY OF
SITUATIONS
fails to get
husband’s
love &
affection
fails to
get in-
law’s care
& support
illicit
relation
s with a
person
Women’s
criminali
ty
S 1 + S 2 +
S 3

12. WAYS TO REMEDY