Governments should ensure that children survive and develop healthily
• Article 8 (Preservation of identity) – Children have the right to an identity – an official record of who they are. Governments should respect children’s right to a name, nationality and afamily life
• Article 12 (Respect for the views of the child) – When adults are making decisions that affect children, children have a right to say what they think should happen and have their opinions taken in to account
These rights mean that every child, no matter what race, gender or age, have the same opportunities and are treated equally with any forms of negative discrimination. They ensure that every child has the essential needs that they require to grow, survive, participate and achieve their full potential. These rights set universal principles and standards regarding the treatment of children worldwide. It sets out what every child needs for a safe, happy and fulfilled childhood. In regards to youth work, these rights mean that all the young people gets the same opportunities as each other, furthermore there cannot be any favouritism and it ensures that the young people are kept in a safe and positive environment where they are allowed to develop …show more content…
Also my age makes it quite easy for me to bond with them because I can relate to a lot of the things they say/feel. I find it quite easy to communicate with young people who are a few years younger than me, however, when I communicate with people who are the same age as me or older it affects my confidence, this is something I need to work on. I find it harder to approach them than usual, but after initial contact has been made I am quite confident in myself and engage them with stimulating conversation. In my first few days at my placement there were not many young people who were actively communicating with me, I found this quite uncomfortable but I understood why, the young people did not know me and therefore saw me as an outsider; I tackled this by playing a game of pool with one of them, this made him a bit more comfortable with me because I was not directly trying to communicate with him and he wasn’t so withdrawn. After developing a relationship with him over a game of pool, he engaged in a lot more conversation after the game, the other young people no longer saw me as an outsider because they saw that I had created a friendship with one of their peers and slowly they became comfortable with me also. I believe that I can improve on these skills by taking part in workshops designed to help with confidence and by pushing