The Telegraph reports that British nursery schools are adopting a UNICEF (naturally) program that teaches toddlers about “human rights” as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention includes 54 articles that aim to increase government power, redistribute wealth, and promote kumbaya and warm-fuzzies.
I’ll let a proponent of the program speak for herself.
“It is helping children be aware that they have a lot of things in common with children everywhere, such as the right to clean water and being cared for. It’s about awareness that we have different experiences but being tolerant.
“There are very simple things they can understand, like the right to be looked after and have food.
“It also looks at how much the children are given a voice. In practice it would be looking at can the children choose what toys are out to play with, and where it’s possible do they have a choice of whether they are outside or inside.”
