Let Children be Active Citizens

An article by Pat Dolan in the Irish Times Opinion Page of 4th March 2009 argues that it is time to start valuing children for what they can contribute to civic society now and not think or speak of them as having value "into the future". It asserts that childen have a proven capacity to be active in the community by being supportive to others and in doing so they benefit themselves in terms of improved self esteem and coping capacity. Click here to view article.