Adults have an obligation to communicate their views of these large issues in terms that children can understand, and provide children with the same information that is available to all adults. Children have the right to understand how things change within society, and to learn how to influence these changes. Every child has the right to express his or her opinion freely, and adults should address that opinion with the child in every decision that affects him or her. Children have the right to carry out research to help form these opinions. Children have the right to express their views, obtain information, and make ideas or information known.
Children have the right to form their own views in matters of conscience and religion.
Right to media access Children have guaranteed access to all important communications media so that they may communicate nationally and internationally amongst themselves and with adults. Right to participate in decisions affecting children Children have the right to participate in all committees and decisions that make plans and set policies that directly or indirectly affect children. Right to respect and courtesy Children should be treated with respect and courtesy by adults, as well as by other children. Right to an identity Children separated from their birth parents at birth or at an early age have the right to know that this happened. Children have the right to know their name, who their birth parents are, and when and where they were born.