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A right's based approach to children's quality of life



An EU funded project aiming to empower teachers for the optimisation of children's quality of life



The best way to make children good is to make them happy.
Oscar Wilde



CHILDREN’S LIFE QUALITY: PARTICIPATION, RECREATION AND PLAY



THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD





Article 31



Every child has the right to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts. Governments shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.



QUALITY OF LIFE



Whoqol Group. (1995). The World Health Organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL): position paper from the World Health Organization. Social science & medicine, 41(10), 1403-1409.





An individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. It is a broad ranging concept affected in a complex way by the person's physical health, psychological state, personal beliefs, social relationships and their relationship to salient features of their environment.