Why let children participate? There are many positive effects of the\u00a0involvement of children<\/b>\u00a0in the government of cities. Participating gives the possibility to become\u00a0active<\/b>\u00a0subjects<\/b>, directly expressing needs and desires. Roger Hart, an expert on children’s rights, in his work\u00a0Children’s Participation<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0tells how participation in the city life is a fundamental\u00a0educational<\/b>\u00a0moment<\/b>\u00a0for children.<\/p>\n But children’s participation is also a lesson for\u00a0adults<\/b>. Listening to the opinions of children, they can learn to consider them no longer as “citizens of the future”, but as\u00a0political subjects of the present<\/b>, able to influence and improve the reality that surrounds us.<\/p>\n Children express a different point of view on how the place where we live should be. It is precisely this different view that is the key to “saving” our cities – but some\u00a0concrete<\/b>\u00a0actions<\/b>\u00a0are needed:<\/p>\n So what is the concrete value of this project? Here are 3 good reasons to encourage children to participate in the life of the city.<\/p>\nEducation \u2192 The Council of Children (italian version)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n \u2192 Passignano Document (italian version)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n \u2192 Children’s Participation by Roger Hart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2192 The Children’s Council (Italian version<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2192 Participatory planning manual with boys and girlsI (talian version)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2192<\/strong>\u00a0The participation of children and young people in emergencies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Promoting participation Why let children participate? There are many positive effects of the\u00a0involvement of children\u00a0in the government of cities. Participating gives the possibility to become\u00a0active\u00a0subjects,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4822","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9FMIQ-1fM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacittadeibambini.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacittadeibambini.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacittadeibambini.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacittadeibambini.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacittadeibambini.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4822"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lacittadeibambini.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5690,"href":"https:\/\/lacittadeibambini.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4822\/revisions\/5690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacittadeibambini.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\t\t\tChildren’s point of view\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n<\/b>Participating has a strong educational value because it makes children part of the community. So the city becomes “their” city, thanks to the development of a strong civic sense since the early years of school. The\u00a0social<\/b>\u00a0effects<\/b>\u00a0of this educational process are clear: through the children, the families will take on new attitudes to support their sons and daughters.\u00a0\nDemocracy
\n<\/b>The participation of children is a necessary condition for a more\u00a0democratic<\/b>\u00a0design<\/b>\u00a0of the city. One of the most serious limitations of recent city development is that it takes into account almost exclusively the needs of the adult and productive citizen. There has been little interest in public spaces for leisure and pedestrian mobility within neighbourhoods. Involving children means\u00a0reversing this perspective<\/b>, giving voice to those who have not been heard in the design of cities as they represent the needs of other categories of citizens such as the elderly and people with disabilities.\nCreativity
\n<\/b>Creative ideas are needed to promote urban development, and \u00a0children are often the main\u00a0innovators<\/b>. They are not only able to express their needs, but also to develop\u00a0concrete<\/b>\u00a0proposals<\/b>\u00a0on how to meet them. Their ideas are not always immediately achievable, but they are often creative and innovative. That’s why a city that really wants to undertake a path of change needs the\u00a0concrete contribution of children<\/b>.\n\n\t\t\tIn Practice\t<\/h3>\n\t
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\n\t\t\tArticles about Participation\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArchivio di tutti gli articoli sulla Partecipazione\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"