It is imperative that children feel that they belong within a setting and, more important, that they have a voice and know staff have listened to them attentively.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, Articles 12 and 13, state: 'A child's opinion should be taken into account on anything that affects them'. And 'Children should have information disseminated in a way that enables them to make choices and decisions'. This is a reminder to us that children do indeed have the right to be listened to and we should support them to make decisions in the way that they are cared for and how we teach them.
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