{"id":527,"date":"2011-11-21T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T16:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/third-edition\/?page_id=527"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:43:50","slug":"the-ecology-of-childhood-1-2-child-rights-perspective","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/third-edition\/the-ecology-of-childhood-1-2-child-rights-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"EC 1.2 Children’s rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"ThreeWhat are children\u2019s rights?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Children grow up in very different contexts, in families and societies with different values and resources. Ideas of childhood vary considerably. While all societies recognize the difference between infancy, childhood and adulthood, views vary about what childhood represents and what children are able to do and not do and how they should be treated.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sisters alone<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nAmina is a single mother of two daughters, eight-year-old Safya and five-year-old Mila, and a health aide at the local hospital…Read more<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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What do you think about Amina\u2019s arrangements for her daughters\u2019 care?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safya and Mila are growing up in a community where it is unusual for children to take responsibility for their younger siblings. Are Safya\u2019s rights being violated? Why or why not?<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Policies regarding programs and services at the regional, provincial or territorial and national levels of government can affect the availability and type of early childhood services for children and families. If there is a public commitment to invest in early childhood programs, children are more likely to have access. Public commitment does help to ensure children\u2019s rights to access quality health care services and education is upheld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mildred Warner, a professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University, discusses children’s rights in terms of children’s citizenship in the United States. She argues the economic advantages of a “children as citizens with rights” perspective over a “children as private responsibility of parents” perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n

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