The good news is that Sint Maarten, through its government agencies and stakeholders, has made great strides in setting standards to improve the lives of its children and youth when compared to earlier decades, but acknowledges that there is still much work to be done. The convention sets a standard to guarantee the basic rights that all children can grow up in a safe, healthy and nurturing environment through access to education, proper sanitation, food and housing, as well as by providing access to platforms so children can voice their opinions, or more importantly, participate in decision making on matters that effect their lives.Ĭhildren’s rights can be realized through protective laws designed to eradicate any kind of exploitation of children and provide equal treatment for all. However, the Rights of the Child goes far beyond the talks of abuse and violence it regulates many benefits that are not considered to be luxuries afforded to children. They fail to see and moreover understand the entire children’s rights landscape for what it represents, which is to protect and produce independent, productive and socially balanced children. In particular, when discussing this topic, many people remain fixed only on the debate of discouraging the use of violence and abuse as a means to discipline their child. In our multicultural society, some parents are even outright against the idea of children having rights. Unfortunately, to the dismay of many youth advocates, many people of different cultures, governments or nations either do not honour the rights of children or simply feel that children are not entitled to any rights because they are minors.
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