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Originally posted by J.C.
'Seen and not heard' almost feels Victorian, but of course it's not, and these attitudes still exist. I feel children's rights are in fact more important than adult's rights!
I wish it could be said that children always received the correct advice,because then they could apply their human rights like adults do.!As a child I wish I had been given the right to honesty with religion,as taught at school,and the right to challenge adults who talk c**p. I`m not necessarily speaking for myself but its blatantly obvious to me now that many children are way ahead of some adults in their way of thinking.
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I can see what you are saying! However my point was that in the ever increasing pressure put uopn us to respect the rights of children that our rights as adults are forgotten.
I dont agree that childrens rights are more important at all, how can you measure the importance of rights! All of us have equal rights, which denotes that no-one is more important than the other.
The only right that children have which is different to the rights of adults is the right to be protected from harm! As adults we have a duty to protect children, not just our own but every child we come into contact with. If more people were prepared to uphold that right of a child then society would be a lot better.
Children now have access to a huge netowrk of agencies that uphold their rights, childrens legal centre, Connexions services, NYAS etc... al work on behalf of young people and to ensure that their rights are maintained so I really dont think that the rights of children are being ignored, in fact most children are more than aware of their rights.