The cynicism surrounding the convention seems to flow from the idea that it creates a premise for unfettered state intervention in private family affairs. While this is not the case, there are certain family circumstances in which the state is obliged to intervene, in order to protect the rights, or the lives of vulnerable children.
The convention places an enormous emphasis on the family as crucial to the wellbeing and positive development of children and maintains that only in exceptional circumstances should a child not stay with his or her family.
Barbara Hearn, deputy chief executive, NCB
NO PLACE FOR BULLYING
The more schools can do to present bullying as a pathetic and harmful pastime, the better we can rest assured our children are not taking part, but rather reporting when they see or experience it - whether at school, in the street or online.
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