At a time when the UK is approaching an examination of its children's rights record by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the arrival of a book that seeks to introduce and explain modern children's rights issues was welcome news and I anticipated an informative read from an experienced author.
It is evident that this book is an earnest labour of love, but really it fails to deliver on its promise of helping the reader to understand the application of children's rights in their lives, or in professional work with them. It will frustrate and confuse any reader, whatever their level of previous knowledge. Many passages of the book gave me cause for serious concern.
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