When a child speaks
- 2. “You say I should learn…
…but you put me in a box…”
- 3. “You say I should speak…
…but you won’t let me use the language that I know…”
- 4. “You say I should play…
…but you don’t give me time…”
- 5. “You say I should be in a home…
…but you take me away from my own…”
- 6. “You say I have rights…
…but you don’t even know my name…”
- 7. Let us revisit the
Convention on the
Rights of the Child…
…so when he speaks, we are
ready to listen…