Today there are at least 3,000,000 boys and girls under 18 fighting as soldiers. At least 14 countries such as Colombia, Myanmar and Afghanistan are by far the best known. Many are forced to become soldiers and are used to fight terrible wars ("Child Soldiers: A Global Scourge"). This can create trauma for them and ruin their lives completely. Children who become soldiers can be killed, kidnapped and tortured in many ways. Many child soldiers are killed in war. Children who survive war may suffer from psychological trauma. Trauma can affect their social and cognitive development. After the war, child soldiers are released or attempt to escape, and often try to return to their families whenever possible. Child soldiers continue to suffer the negative effects of war when they return to carry out their education, rehabilitation and social integration processes. Children are traumatized by experiences such as frequent bombings, roundups, deaths, injuries, destruction, shootings and landmines. Studies focusing on Mozambique and the Philippines report notable psychological consequences. (Richman, 1988), (CRC, 1986), ("Psychosocial problems of child soldiers")Park 2Children and adults suffer the same effects of wars, but suffer from them in many different ways due to their long life complex term. The most common symptoms include chronic suicidal concerns, self-harm, explosive anger, episodes of rage, feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, isolation, distrust and loss of faith ("Psychosocial problems of child soldiers")...... middle of paper . .... country, another country or for an individual purpose. Works Cited Will, Storr. “Kony's Child Soldiers: 'When You Kill for the First Time, You Change'.” The Telegraph12 February 2014-Sen, Arijit . “There are at least 500 child soldiers fighting in northeast India and the world hasn't noticed.” Time March 24, 2014-Parry, Tom. "The tragedy of child soldiers kidnapped and forced to kill or be killed by the ferocious Lord's Resistance Army led by Joseph Kony." Mirror 16 September 2013-Becker, Jo. "Child soldiers: a global plague". Los Angeles Times March 22, 2012: n. webpage.-Somasundaram, Daya and Ruwan M. Jayatunge. "Psychosocial problems of child soldiers - I."Ministry of Defense and Urban Development. Np, November 5, 2012. Web. April 23, 2014. .-"How Joseph Kony brainwashes child soldiers." INVISIBLE CHILDREN. Np, November 4, 2013.Web. April 23. 2014. .