BABY DUMPING

        Child is a priceless gift from Allah SWT. However, nowadays the cases about baby dumping in Malaysia become more serious from day to day. This is a social crisis occurring in Malaysia. Babies dumping mean the acts of throw away the baby at any place without taking care of them. The question is, why this happen? There are many causes baby dumping happen in our country.

        

        In this case, we cannot deny that actually the lack of religious upbringing is the main cause to this crisis. As we know, religious is the main thing in our daily life that it is actually our guidance to face the world. Lack of religious cause us to lose direction. Those people who throw away the baby without feeling guilt and do not think about sin actually they are lack of religious. This irresponsible people should be given punishment so it will be a lesson to others. “Religious prayer pole” said our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. When someone lacks of their religious prayers, their whole life is damaged. Without religious, humans are blind as they cannot have proper guidance to life.

        

        Next, occurrence factor of baby dumping is lack of parental love. This is focus to the teenagers. Teenagers nowadays, they like to try a new thing. Once they feel neglected by their parents, they will try to find someone that can give them some love and taking care of them. Actually they needs their parents to love them. But when the parents always busy and someone come to their life and give them what they need, they will give back everything as long they will feel happy. This is the starting for the baby dumping. Some teenagers especially girl, they like to forget their problems by hanging out with their friends of different gender. Sometimes, some of their boyfriends will take advantage to them. When this happened, unwanted babies are born without their consent. So babies dumping will occur.

        

        Lastly, this issue occurs due to the influence of peer. Every human being on this earth was born with a good manner. Our families or our friends both influence us. So, we as human have to find friends who will lead us in the right way. At a young age, teens are very easily influenced by their peers. This problem becomes worse when they associate with negative peers. So, they will start to do things outside the confines of religion. From there, gradually they will follow the gang’s behavior. At first, they just want to enjoy but at the end they will be stuck with disgraced act. For sure there have been promiscuity and unpredictable thing like adultery will happen. Then, when the girl knows that she was pregnant and the man do not wants to be responsible, the girl will become depressed and dare to do anything. Things will get worse when the baby was born. So, without thinking well, the girl will throw the baby in a hidden place such as toilet, rubbish bin or ravine. As a mother to the baby, it is very cruel act.

         

        In a nutshell, many factors lead to cases of baby dumping occurred. Either causes from self or our surroundings. Each of us must realize that baby dumping is the horrendous act. We as a human must know the effect of baby dumping and how to overcome this problem so that we will not do it. Often attend to a religion class to gain our knowledge about the religious then we can behave ourselves from vain act. Hopefully this case in our country, Malaysia will be reduced from time to time.