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Children’s rights

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How do children fit in to our society? This free course will help you to understand the issues surrounding children's rights as well as examining the implications of seeing children as citizens. You will also explore the meaning of childhood and analyse children's needs.

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After studying this course, you should be able to:

define the broad issue of children as citizens.

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First Published: 09/08/2012

Updated: 20/03/2018

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ruby Brew 14 September 2026 11:30AM

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I wish there was something that you do not need audio to actually do the course so I didn't learn anything yet I still got the achievement which made me feel really annoyed. Can we try and not have an audio version or even do visual show because then I can use subtitles. Very disappointing.

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Vikki Mortimer 14 July 2026 6:26PM

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I think this was a very good corses it so good how they tackled the rights of the children . Think it should be done at schools for teacher as a quick reminder of children rights

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