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Families led by a child-led family or child are a family in which a minor (child or adolescent) has become the head of the house; they are most common in developing countries and areas of war where children's parents struggle or disease Have been killed. [1] In some cases, relatives of the children die after parents adopt them. Things where a child, usually the eldest, have to be provided for the family when there is more to take to adult relative children or relatives Can not support children. [2] Whether and how much the government helps the orphan family depends on the country. Most aid comes from donations and aid organizations such as UNICEF.

The child-led family in Africa is the most common HIV / AIDS epidemic has given birth to many situations where both parents are dead and left behind orphans family. [3] When parents are sick or very weak to work, children can begin taking responsibility of their parents before the last parent's death. In order to earn income for the family, most of the children often stop going to school and in return get jobs. [2] A 2005 study by Cornell University has shown that in Namibia, the average age of children working as parents in their families was 17; Some were 9 years old. [4] The number of children coming to sub-Saharan Africa is increasing. [5] A survey in South Africa in 2006 revealed that 122,000 (0.67%) of the country were living in children-led families of children. [6]

In Rwanda, it has been estimated that in 1994, the massacre was abandoned in at least 60,000 households run by children. Many girls raped during the struggle are left to raise their siblings and their own children.

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