1. Non-discrimination.

No matter if a child is rich or poor, male or

female, disabled or of any race or sexuality, children shouldn't be
treated unfairly.
2. Best interests of the child. The best interest of the child should be the
reason for all decisions made -- especially policies, law makers, and
budget controllers, adults should do what is best for children.
3. Protection of rights. Children's rights should be respected, protected,
and fulfilled, whether we're talking government policies and laws, or
even social and health services and, of course, within the home.
4. Parental guidance. Government should allow parents to direct and
guide their children in a manner that helps them understand their own
rights, but without pushing them into actions or have consequences
they're too young to understand. Without taking away choice from
parents, governments should provide assistance to families to help them
fulfill their role as a nurturer.
5. Survival and development. Kids have the right to survive and develop
healthily.
6. Registration, name, and nationality. Children have a right to have an
official record of who they are, an official name, belong to a country,
and to know (as much as possible) and be cared for by their parents.
7. Separation from parents. Children have the right to live with and
remain in contact with both parents, unless it hurts the child, and move
between houses of separated parents.
8. Respect for the views of the child. Even if your child is a preschooler,
your child should have a right to have a say in their life, especially in
court, though of course with more age comes more weight behind their
opinion.

9. Freedom of
expression. Children have the right to share, learn, and express
themselves in any way they choose, with respect for the freedom, rights,
and reputation of others.
10. Right to privacy. Their homes, way of live, families, and their good
names should be protected from attack.
11. Access to information and mass media. Children should have access
to children's books, radio, newspapers, television, or Internet to learn
about things important to their own health and well-being.
12. State assistance. The government does not have the right to take
responsibility for children away from parents (unless they're in danger),
but has an obligation, especially when both parents are working, to aid
and support them to be able to properly care for their kids.
13. Protection from all forms of violence. Governments should protect
children from mental, physical, and emotional abuse and neglect. This
includes forms of discipline that involve violence -- discipline is to be
age-appropriate, with respect for the child's best interests and
development.
14. Children deprived of family. For kids who cannot be looked after their
own family, they have a right to be cared for by someone who respects
their ethnicity, religion, culture, and language.
15. Adoption. Children have the right to protection in foster care or adopted
homes, where the first concern must be their welfare.
16. Children with disabilities. Kids with any kind of disability must be
provided special care and support to help them live full and independent
lives.
17. Health and health services. Children have the right to good quality
health care, safe drinking water, nutritious food, and a clean and safe
environment -- and rich countries should help poor countries achieve
this.
18. Social security. Children have the right to get help from the
government if poor or in need.

19. Adequate standard of

living. Homes and quality of life should be beneficial to their mental
and physical needs.
20. Education. All kids should have the right to primary education, and
poor countries should receive help from rich countries to achieve this.
Discipline within schools should respect a child's dignity, which must
not include mental, physical violence, abuse, or neglect. Schools should
be run in an orderly fashion, and children should be encouraged to
become as educated as possible.
21. Goals of education. Education should develop each individual child's
personality, abilities, and talents to the fullest. They should be
encouraged to respect other people's rights and cultures, learn to live
peacefully with others, and protect the environment and other people.
Education should aim to value and respect beliefs and culture of all
parents, though it's up to individual countries to decide on things like
dress codes, national anthems, or prayer.
22. Leisure, play, and culture. Kids have the right to a variety of
recreational activities, but also to have time to just relax and play.
23. Sexual exploitation, abduction, sale, and trafficking. Children should
be protected from all forms of exploitation, sexual abuse, sales,
prostitution, and pornography.
24. Detention and punishment. Children who break laws should not be
treated cruelly, nor put in jail with adults or banned from contact with
their families. Punishment can never be cruel or harmful.
25. Rehabilitation of child victims. Children who have been abused,
neglected, harmed, or exploited should receive special help to
reintegrate into society, and restore their health, self-respect, and
dignity.