It is called childhood to the period of a person's life that ends at approximately 7 years of age, when they are about to enter the next so-called puberty.
Childhood is considered the key moment in the life of any human being since it is there where the emotional and intellectual supports of the person are formed, these being the ones that the future success or failure of the individual as an adult will depend. Think about when someone says "such a thing marked me as a child" ... Well, this is what I mean and it is something that in very few cases we can see in other stages of life such as adulthood, for example, in which the person tends to be much more seasoned and with more back to cope with some extreme situations.
Early stimulation, didactic games and the child's closeness to pedagogical tools allow them to prepare for their start in school life, starting at the age of three or four. These activities can be in charge of the parents, or specialists in pedagogy who can advise the parents, or delegate to these professionals the educational start of the little ones.
And it is because of this situation of weakness that children present, who due to their innocence do not have enough weapons to defend themselves against, for example, the abuse of an adult that there is always a main interest and emphasis on protecting and fighting for the rights of the child. Such is the work carried out by many non-governmental organizations, such as UNICEF, which has the support of the United Nations in its work and is for this reason, perhaps, the best known in this field.
In addition, even from this supranational body (since it is made up of different nations), the Declaration of the Rights of the Child was issued, which has ten articles, and in each of them different rights are ensured in relation to treatment, education , health, housing, primary care, identity, among others. Like UNICEF, many other NGOs work through their networks of volunteers to focus the work on different problems related to children, in some of the aspects outlined by the Rights. In other words, these NGOs fight and make room for the importance of children's rights.
In many countries, moreover, there are more specific laws than the UN Declaration, which also state what other rights are inherent to children, and therefore, they should enjoy them. From these perspectives, children are subjects of rights, and for this reason not only must society ensure the rights of children, but also give them a voice to express themselves in relation to them, their needs and their participation in society.
But of course, no matter how good their work is, man does not live with UNICEF either, so the work that the child's parents do in this regard, as well as the immediate family environment, uncles, grandparents and teachers already when the boy is of school age.
In recent years, the debate over the correspondence of the education fee by parents has been at the center of controversy. On many occasions, the entire education is delegated to teachers, when they are actually facilitators for children to know and apprehend the real world. However, parents are also facilitators of this same and even in much more profound and essential aspects such as the values, customs and attitudes of the child.
The media deserve a separate paragraph, since unlike what happened with children of yesteryear, today the very close relationship that the child establishes with television is tremendous, for example, sometimes they even spend more time in company of this than with parents who may be working all day. That is why it is also necessary that in addition to the father being able to establish certain limits such as schedules to be exposed to it, the environment becomes aware of this formative role that it also exercises in many of the children of the world.
