Children's rights - the term strikes fear into adults' hearts. Evennormally liberal types balk at the idea. In a world that often vilifieschildren and young people, the idea that youngsters have got rights isusually met with scepticism.
This was borne out on a recent training day. It involved looking atchildren's rights and what they mean. The atmosphere was tense.
But once the facilitator got us started it began to make sense. Shewasn't talking about placard-waving militant young people shouting fortheir rights to stay up late or have an iPod, she was talking aboutcommon sense.
She split rights into three categories: provision; protection; andpersonal freedoms.
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