The most common misconceptions:
1. Children have the right to be loved. 2. Children have the right to be happy. 3. Children have the right to have friends. 4. Children have the right to have toys. 5. Children have the right to make mistakes. 6. With rights come responsibilities. 7. Some rights are more important than others. 8. The Convention is a useful tool to control children’s behaviour at school. 9. The Convention tells children how to behave towards other children. 10. The Convention is a Unicef document. 11. When you turn 18, you have new human rights that are just for adults. 12. The Convention is out of date. 14. The Convention is not part of UK law so it has no power.
Read mora at: https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/resources/myths-and-misconceptions-booklet-unicef-uk/myths-and-misconceptions/
