Canada's national "Child Day" is held November 20th each year as enacted in Bill C-371, otherwise known as the Child Day Act, by the Parliament of Canada in 1993.
It commemorates the United Nations adoption of two landmark documents concerned with the human rights of all children and youths.
On "Child Day", Canadians honour our children and The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of The Child on November 20th, 1959, and the The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20th, 1989.
The Convention spells out the basic human rights to which children (under the age of 18) everywhere are entitled.
The purpose of Child Day is to promote awareness about the Convention to Canadians .
It is also a day to support Canadian children's rights by voicing your concerns about Canadian children's rights violations to the politicians of Canada and to educate our children about their rights and responsibilities.
All children have rights. More then just basic rights of food, water and shelter. Children have the right to being cared for in a loving and understanding home, whether that be with the parents or another designated home. They have the right to social security, to grow and develop in health. I love that there are so many rights put out for our children to keep them safe and equal human beings in this world.
I feel that there are a few things more for me personally that children have rights to!
I believe all children have the right to the best food for their health, even in infancy. Yes I mean human milk, if you can't produce it there are other ways. I believe that a child owns their body, all of it even from the time they are born, they have a right to not have their bodies modified, unless truly medically necessary I believe children have a right to be equal with all other human beings, they are not less because they are little. I believe that children have the right to be children. That means they can play, laugh, climb trees and snuggle. They have the right to learn their emotions, it is a big job and they need your loving kindness.
Children are wonderful little gifts. They are innocent precious souls. How you treat them will form how the new generation will be. While you must fill their rights laid out by the UN, remember to fill their rights are a person, as you expect your right to be filled.
This is nice. I didn't know they had this. I'm all for the human milk too!
ReplyDeleteI've never herd of this -Sounds wonderful--USA should take a tip from our neighbor =)
ReplyDeleteI agree, it does sound wonderful and USA should take a tip from our neighbor. I find that our children are ofter overlooked and their best interests aren't always in mind when decisions are made.
ReplyDeleteI love your list of rights! I believe in them all myself.
Wow this really touched me deeply. It galls me to no end that children are often treated as mindless chattle or worse and that they are relegated to cute little moppets with no real sense of their role in this world or the fact that, indeed, they have the same rights as any other human should have! Bravo, great post!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! Children are people too, I think sometimes people forget.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. USA should learn from its neighbors on how important children are.
ReplyDeleteBreast milk is great but twice, I was unable to breastfeed with both of my kids. Sad but true! I always wanted to but the choice was taken from me. :(