Experiences of children: Unanswered questions about conflicts between children and parents

--The length of the workshop is 60 minutes. This is a session involving interactive learning and the dissemination of training and/or skills. Interactive learning is incorporated throughout the presentation.. "Experiences of... [ view full abstract ]

--The length of the workshop is 60 minutes. This is a session involving interactive learning and the dissemination of training and/or skills. Interactive learning is incorporated throughout the presentation..
"Experiences of children: Unanswered questions about conflicts between children and parents"
The objective of this workshop is to illuminate unanswered questions about children’s rights and participation in major decisions about their lives. Different societies respond to these conflicts through informal and formal means. The method will be to (1) Ask participants to vote on which one or two of the example conflicts will be discussed, and (2) then ask participants from the different cultures present to offer insights into how each specific conflict between children and parents would be resolved in their societies. This discussion will be followed by (3) a single paragraph summary by the presenter on how common law (available for some 1.5 billion world inhabitants), might resolve the conflict in question. If there is time left a final exchange will invite discussion as to when the child’s voice would be supported and perhaps even enforced over the wishes of the parent in various societies. Ideally, the example areas of conflict to be discussed will be:
a. When children with chronic illnesses are refusing to participate in treatment are parents free to endorse their child’s decision? (11 factors have been identified)
b. When parents with different religious, racial, national, gender preferences or other potential disagreements about conflict over the care of children to what extent should the conflict be viewed in terms of the individual rights of the children? (MEPA)
c. At what point in the existence of a human life should protection of that life become a matter of potential societal intervention? (Accountability before conception, during pregnancy and birthrights)