Being small is Rightful too

Now, Just Imagine YOURSELF As This!!!!

You could be…

*A GIRL or a BOY* A small BABY or a TEEN* RICH or POOR * A Hindu or a Muslim, Sikh or Christian* Born to a BUSINESSMAN or a FARMER* Dark skinned, or white or brown all over* Needing special things - like a

wheelchair, or hearing aids * Needing special things - like a

wheelchair, or hearing aids * In any situation that’s

completely different from everyone else

IT DOESN’T MATTER!

If you are below 18,you are a CHILD,

as important as any other child!!!

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RIGHTS?

Can you tell which of these are

RIGHTs and which are not?in each pair choose one

Food OR Ice Cream

To be protected from ever falling sickOR

To be protected from ever getting kidnapped

To share my opinions OR To do whatever I want

To be protected from ever getting kidnapped

Personal computer OR Education

How did you know?Because as a child, you instinctively know that RIGHTS are…

UNIVERSALINTRINSICESSENTIALINTRINSICESSENTIALINTERRELATED

LINKED TORESPONSIBILITIES

UNIVERSALEvery CHILD deserves the same which is

FOOD, CLOTHING and SHELTER.

INTRINSICRights belong to you. They are inside of you, no matter

what circumstances you are in. They are INBORN.

ESSENTIALNo one can/should have to do without rights.

Our rights help us live full lives.

INTERRELATED TO EACHOTHER Right to Protection is related to Health. Right to Health is related to

Education. Right to Education is related to Employment. Right to be

Employed is related to Expression, and so on.

LINKED TO RESPONSIBILITIESAdults are responsible for giving children their rights,

parents, neighbors, relatives, society, government, etc.

But what are they?

Right to SURVIVAL

To LIVE,

To get good HEALTH CARE,

To get nutritious FOOD regularly,regularly,

To have a NAME, your own identity, and,

To have a NATIONALITY -belong to a country that will

care for you.

Right to PROTECTION

To have a family that will protect you,

To be safe from every harm- physical or mental, and,

To have your own privacy.

Right to DEVELOPMENT

To be Educated,To have REST and LEISURE, and,

To be a part of RECREATION.

Right to PARTICIPATION

To EXPRESS yourself freely, To choose your own set of BELIEFS,

To KNOW about things related to your life,To be a MEMBER of associations, and,

To enjoy your own CULTURE.

WOULD YOU WANT TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR

CHILDREN, TODAY?

Take this pledge in upholding

Children’s Rights.

I, _________your name_____, hereby pledge to

• Appreciate childhood as a unique and valuable stage of the human life

cycle;

• Appreciate and support the close ties between the child and family;

• Recognize that children are best understood and supported in the

context of family, culture, community, and society;

• Respect the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of each individual (child,

family member, and colleague);

• Help children and adults achieve their full potential in the context of • Help children and adults achieve their full potential in the context of

relationships that are based on trust, respect, and positive regard;

• Make sure that all children have the Right to Survival, Protection,

Development and Participation, as enlisted by United Nations in 1989;

• Recognize that all children and young people, have the right to freedom

from abuse;

• Respond swiftly and appropriately to all suspicions or allegations of

abuse, by providing parents and children with the opportunity to voice

any concerns they may have; and

• Believe that all Children are made in the Image of God.

“Watch your children, they become your thoughts.

Watch your thoughts, they become words.

Watch your words, they become your actions.

Watch your actions, they become habits.

Watch your habits, they become character.

Watch your character, it becomes your destiny." FRANK OUTLAW