Persuasive Speech On Children's Rights

Children’s rights. Now that the phrase is in your head, what do you see? Do you see a 4 year old who has been abused by her parents and is now in foster care? Do you see a 6 year old who is locked in the house alone while his parents are out at a dinner party? Do you see a 12 year old who has been sexual abused by her uncle and no one believes her? Do you see a 15 year old who is not allowed to play on the baseball team for school because he is black? Do you see a 17 year old who was raped and is now being forced by her parents to have an abortion, because it is to humiliating for them? These are all violations and the negative side of the children’s rights, but maybe you see the positive side of the phrase. Do you see a 6 year old sitting in school receiving a proper education? Do you see a mother, shopping with her 17 year old …show more content…
Most people automatically get an image of young, elementary school kids or children even younger than that, such as toddlers or infants. However, the correct way to define “child” is anyone under the legal age of adulthood, which is eighteen. The dictionary definition does not help people understand this concept. One often thinks of a little, helpless, innocent kid when they hear the word child, but a child is not limited to this. A child can be a strong, independent teen who has the power to think on their own. However, this is not the characterization for all children. One may encounter many extremely strong willed 3 year olds. Others may cross paths with many teenagers that have zero self-confidence and cannot think for themselves, because they have been told too many times that they are stupid. No matter what their age or character is, or what strengths and weaknesses they have, a child has a mind and a soul. They are human