Children can't vote and children's issues aren't always big votewinners. So it's heartening to see that in the run up the Welsh Assemblyelections, children feature prominently in each of the main parties'manifestos.
Regardless of who wins on 3 May, child poverty will be a priority sinceall four major parties have pledged action on this.
Looked-after children are also high on the agenda. Several parties havepropo-sed an independent national advocacy system for these children, aswell as increasing local authorities' responsibilities to careleavers.
But there are major differences in approach, explains Anne Crowley'senior policy adviser at Save the Children.
These differences are chiefly over whether money for children's servicesshould be targeted at the poorest areas in Wales or spent on universalservices.
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