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“A village for children – a village for everyone,” it says on the website of the town of Balow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Germany has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
How might the perspective of communities like Balow, which position themselves as inclusive of children, be shaped by the enshrinement of children’s rights in Germany’s Basic Law? [[1](https://pronats.org/en/information/childhood-and-work/childrens-rights-in-germany)
Balow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, proudly proclaims itself ‘a village for children – a village for everyone’. Germany has formally recognized the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. With this in mind, do you think enshrining children’s rights in Germany’s Basic Law, while protecting the rights of parents, strikes the right balance? Does this impact how communities like Balow view the role of children in society?
