In a family environment, children have more rights than us adults have. It is up to us as parents, our duty and our responsibility, to protect each of our children's rights.

In regards to kids duties, it is dependent on each individual family as to what type of duties they assign, but are no less important as they teach boundaries and future life lessons.

The individual rights of children are as follows:

The opportunity to live in a nurturing and caring environment. Our children did not ask to be born, we bought them into this world. It is up to us as parents to make their home environment somewhere that a child can grow and learn in. One that contains much laughter, learning and sharing. One that a child is proud to include their friends in.
A child's duties in this area are to respect their parents, understand that they are there to protect them from harm. A parents decision is made for the welfare and beefit of the child's health.

The opportunity to receive a balanced diet and a hygienic environment. Our children should be taught from a young age how to eat well. We as parents need to supply them with good nutrition, giving them the opportunity to grow strong and healthy. A hygienic environment not only includes the family home, but also the child's bathing activities, the ways they are taught simple things such as toilet etiquette, and how to blow their nose.

A child's duties are to respect their environment in which they live in, whether it be by making their beds to cleaning rooms, or to taking out the garbage.

The opportunity at receiving a good education. A child must be given the opportunity to be the best that they can possibly be. In selecting a school for our children, the parent must consider the personality and future well being of that child. It is up to the adult to continue nurturing their child, schools are not babysitters for our kids.
The duties of the child are to attend school, complete homework and tasks asked, and to get along with their peers.

School is a child's job.

Children should have the right to play. They require stimulation and opportunities that also create good life habits. Learning to interact with other children allows a child to differentiate between different personalities, and observe mannerisms of others.

It teaches sharing, cooperation, and communication. Tools required to survive later in life, and tools needed as future parents.
A child's duty is to have their fun and play games. They must treat their peers and adults alike with respect.

It is up to us as parents to protect our children. Duties and tasks may be assigned to children to teach responsibility, but cannot be treated as slaves. We bought them into this world and that fact must be respected.

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