Children Taken Seriously

May 17, 2005.

    *** "Children Taken Seriously" is a book recently published by Jessica
    Kingsley Publishers, in which leading researchers and policy makers
    consider how children can be recognised as social actors rather than
    passive consumers or victims. Using children's own views and
    experiences as a starting point, they explore how children can be
    involved as partners in the decision-making processes that affect them,
    in social work, education, health care and broader social policies.
    
    Chapters on the theoretical background draw parallels between
    developments in children's and women's rights, and discuss
    communication issues and social and sexual constructions of children.
    Other chapters explore issues of policy and practice in a variety of
    areas, from Family Group Conferencing and child protection to child
    labour and notions of active citizenship. Highlighting the important
    role of schools in empowering children, the authors discuss children's
    engagement in their own education and how children's rights theory
    influences debates over discipline.
    
    Read the full story here: http://www.iicrd.org/cap/node/view/461