Whole Duty of Children
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A child should always say what’s true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table:
At least as far as he is able.
—from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885)
Today, 20 November, is World Children’s Day.
https://www.unicef.org/take-action/campaigns/world-childrens-day
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“At this novel’s heart – as with all Kelman’s work – is an unfettered inner voice, a living consciousness in motion… Kelman gifts us the consciousness of childhood as an eternal experience”
—Alan Warner on James Kelman’s 2008 novel KIERON SMITH, BOY
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https://www.productmagazine.co.uk/books/world-book-trip/
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📣 Let children be heard!
On #WorldChildrensDay, we reaffirm our commitment to protecting every child’s rights — including their right to be heard.
That’s why we actively involve them in our decision-making process through the EU Children’s Participation Platform.
This initiative, part of the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, amplifies young voices and puts child-participation mechanisms into practice.
Trouble is not my middle name.
It is not what I am.
I was not born for this…
—Liz Lochhead, “Listen”
A poem written for the Children’s Panel, to encourage new voluntary members, 2012. Published in FUGITIVE COLOURS (Polygon, 2016)
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See ma mammy
See ma dinner ticket
A pititnma
Pokit an she pititny
Washnmachine…
—Margaret Hamilton, “Lament for a Lost Dinner Ticket”
published in NEW POEMS 1972–73: a PEN anthology of contemporary poetry, ed. Douglas Dunn (Hutchinson, 1973)
https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/21
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The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
And high overhead and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars…
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “Escape at Bedtime”
from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885)
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For every child, every right.
On #WorldChildrensDay, we mark 35 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Today, we reaffirm our commitment by:
🎠 Promoting children's participation and inclusion through the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child.
🧸 Combating child poverty through the European Child Guarantee.
💻 Enhancing digital safety with the Digital Services Act.
🧠 Ensuring accessible mental health care.
The future belongs to children–it’s their right to shape it.
