Central & Eastern Europe-Commonwealth of Independent States

I didn't really have a reason for picking this particular region, I just chose one.  One of the first articles on the website was about children under the age of 3 being placed in an institution.  An estimated 31,000, just under the age of 3, are placed in institutions because of the family being either in poverty or in an emotionally stressful situation that they cannot handle.  Doing this places the children "at risk of severe developmental delays" (Call to action).

I think placing children at such a young age in an institution away from their families will cause some developmental delays in their emotional development.  Just because a family is in poverty doesn't mean we take away the kids, we need to find ways to help the family out of their situation.  I also feel that taking the children away will prevent them from building resiliency.

Another article stated that children with disabilities are also placed in institutions, away from their families.  I am not sure why institutions seem to be the answer for these countries.  I suppose they look at it as being a quick answer rather than really facing the problem head on.  Children with disabilities are people as well, and as the article states, "disabilities are not the impairments themselves, but rather attitudes and environmental barriers that result in disability" (Changing attitudes).

http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/media_21074.html

http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/media_21000.html