Childhood Studies

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The previous chapter of “Childhood and society: Growing up in an age of uncertainty”,
Lee (2001) has focused on newly developed media technologies that has served critical role in
hazing distinctions between human being and human becoming. The chapter is high edifying as
it focuses on the way computer based ICT has been reducing importance of teachers’ role in
children’s access to information. Such a dominant role of information has been serving as a
central characteristic of development of humans. Lee (2001) has been highly explicit in shedding
light on the issues of voice and silence of children. The chapter has explicitly shed light on
ability of speaking for their own rights due to the overriding framework of information based
learning. However, at this juncture, the chapter can be regarded as a highly informative one as
Lee (2001) has recognized lack of children’s ability for becoming their own voices as a critical
area of issue in contradiction to insights gathered from (Inglehart, 2015). Moreover, chapter has
offered relevant insights of importance of providing voices to children. Children’s need for
voices will help them to defend themselves in opposition to adult's influence may also be
apparent. However, Lee (2001) has shed light on the rational legacy of the prevailing framework
which persists to put forward that 'voices' primarily belong to human beings, whilst the
controlling institutional heritage of the developmental state tends to continues to demonstrate
children as human becoming.
Considering these factors, the interconnected articles of the UN Convention sheds light
on children’s importance of globally accepted set of rights that they can embrace in self-
determination of the welfare and activities of the adults which tend to directly surround them.
These interlocked articles primarily provide a 'place', even though a virtual one has entailed
dedication and promises, outside of the physical and cultural space they occupy. It is a 'place’ in
which children as 'international citizens' may seek resources of providing utmost protection to

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children. The chapter has explicitly shed light on issues related to childhood uncertainty
internationally and during decision making processes in the UK courts of law. Lee has explicitly
thrown light on media technologies as such technologies have the tendency to alter the
characteristics of 'place' (Lee, 2001). At this juncture, children are perceived to have been
positioned in 'proper' places which are apparently physical and concrete.
Bruce (2014) explicitly mentions about Article 12 of the United Nations convention on
the rights of children in this article. This paper is considered evidences gathered as part of a
wider service evaluation in a specific Scottish locality. The article can be regarded as a well
informed one as it highlights evidences which reveal that regardless of legislative and policy
frameworks to support child rights persistent information from enquiry reports have shed light on
certain gaps. the people has provided informative insights regarding the Scottish context where
the principles of the United convention have been entrenched all through national policy and
legislative framework. As per the view of Bruce (2014) the practice primary includes the
children’s charter which establishes factors anticipated by children and youth from individuals
who playa vital role in their lives and also throws light on the dedication that children will be
paid attention to and considered as an important part of the society.
Bruce (2014) has explicitly revealed that regardless of the essentiality to include children
Oriya curing theme has been creating impediments in pertaining stability between the rights of
children to have a influence for themselves and a duty to look after children as well as youths
from any danger or threats. The article has been highly informative for offering insights
regarding the system of children’s hearings which is accountable for deciding whether a child is
requiring compulsory measures of supervision. Bruce (2014) has considered the way in which
children’s perceptions are represented in documentation and further highlight the ways in which