Image from CNN.com There is more to these child soldiers than what meets the eye. Child soldiers have done unspeakable things that normal children would never of thought of. 300,000 Children under the age of 18 are recruited every year as child soldiers. “Child soldiers are any children under the age of 18 who are recruited by a state or non-state armed group and used as fighters, cooks, suicide bombers, human shields, messengers, spies, or for sexual purposes” (Volunteer for Social Change). “40% of armed forces (including national armies, militias, gangs, terrorist organizations and resistance forces) in the world use children” (Forbes). Some believe the children are forced into war. Others believe they joined at their own will.
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