Kidlink Life-skills: Who-am-I? Module 3 and Critical thinking Skills

Who-Am-I?
"What Are My Rights?" And Critical Thinking Skills

Analyzing attitudes, values, social norms and beliefs and factors affecting these.

Art by Mirko from Italy

Children are the future of the world, countries and communities. It is important that they receive the love and care necessary to help them grow into good citizens, good persons. There is a saying in English that expresses the idea that children should be seen but not heard. We do not agree. To be intelligent you should learn to think and express correctly. Children should have the opportunity of expressing their opinions. Being a child should be a pleasant experience. Many times it's not like that. the world should protect the children because they are precious and they are our future. Group of Students from Yonkers,USA

Children have the right to get respect and we are not respected on the streets by adults. The right not to be abused and many boys and girls are being abused in their homes, the streets and by their families. Children have the right to get an education and very few are studying because they have some help from their family, many others cannot study because they don't have the help of their family or the state. I ask the president, all adults and policemen to please respect our rights so we can get out of poverty and crisis and we will make our country a better Bolivia. (street worker boy) Luis from Bolivia

We all have rights to have a stable family. Children should have to study instead of working. Many children workers are exploited by their bosses and by the people that live with them, uncles, or unknown persons don't have any right of abusing them. These persons have to care for them, make them study and not make them work, because they don't know what the children go through to bring food to their home. The State should provide a home for street children and for those kids that don't have a family, they should care more for children, they should make a law that ban children abuse in their homes or work. No one, even parents should hurt children because they cause them physical and mental problems. Helen from Bolivia

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