Partners for Law in Development - PLD / Bi-Monthly Legal News / National Updates / National News / MWCD’s reader on safe childhood asks parents to monitor children’s texting

MWCD’s reader on safe childhood asks parents to monitor children’s texting

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has developed advisory guidelines for parents, teachers and the community , on “Raising Happy Children and Providing Safe Childhoods”,. It recommends parental monitoring of children’s conversations on phone as a means of tackling sexual abuse and inappropriate behaviour, advising greater privacy once children reach 16-17 years of age. The reader draws upon global best practice standards and ensures that detention or institutionalization is a measure of last resort, in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Source: http://bit.ly/2u3odfD