Today I had a conversation with an early childhood researcher about a session from the Early Childhood Australia conference today.
There was discussion about the Four Guiding Principles from the Convention on the Rights of the Child (General Comment 5): Best interests, survival and development, non discrimination, participation/ inclusion https://www.unicef.org/armenia/en/stories/four-principles-convention-rights-child
There also was discussion about the usefulness of the Child rights impact assessment https://sites.unicef.org/csr/css/Children_s_Rights_in_Impact_Assessments_Web_161213.pdf
They also shared information about Growing Up in Queensland https://www.qfcc.qld.gov.au/keeping-kids-more-safe/listening-children-young-people/growing-queensland
There was discussion about early childhood educators focus on "children's right to play and exercise choice" and that 2022 will be the Year of Play. It is interesting that within speech pathology, we focus on communication rights, not the right to play. Both professions are not taking full account of human rights principles:
Human rights are universal and inalienable; indivisible; interdependent and interrelated... Indivisible and interdependent because all rights – political, civil, social, cultural and economic – are equal in importance and none can be fully enjoyed without the others. They apply to all equally, and all have the right to participate in decisions that affect their lives. https://www.unfpa.org/resources/human-rights-principles
It is so important to learn from different professions.
