Let's make 2012 the year of the child

Let us officially declare 2012 the year of the child. That means for the next 365 days we as a nation or, better, we as citizens of the world and governments will focus on the health and well-being of children around the globe.

The means for all of 2012 there will be no child abused.

No child will be enslaved.

No child will starve or be malnourished.

No child will be recruited to be a soldier and made to carry a gun and kill people.

No child will be neglected.

No child will go without immunization against preventable diseases.

No child will be born to a drug-poisoned mother.

No child will be exposed to tobacco smoke at home or in a vehicle.

No child will be forced to marry.

No child will be mutilated.

No child will be afraid without a person to help or a means to overcome it.

No child will be a victim in drug battles, social unrest, wars or crimes.

No child will be denied health care because of cost or preexisting conditions.

No child will die from diarrhea or malaria.

No child will be hurt by a medical error.

No child will contract a sexually transmitted disease.

No child will become pregnant or impregnate someone else.

No child will be exploited in any fashion.

No child will live with mental illness without it being identified and treated.

No child will be malnourished to a point of obesity.

No child will be bullied.

No child will run away.

No child will be homeless.

No child will be abducted.

No child will be injured because of carelessness or drown.

No child will be born too early.

No child will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender or sexual orientation.