I love that comic strip in which Quino puts in Mafalda's mouth: if it's about seniority, we both graduate the same day! and so it is, because parents and children began to be, strictly speaking at the same time. Thus, both have rights and obligations, the parents towards their offspring and the children with their parents.
Without getting too legalistic, without going into too many civil codes and sentencesYes, I would like to review in a pleasant way, the rights and obligations that children have with their parents, especially those under 18 years of age who live in the parental home.
Reciprocal rights and obligations of parents and children
This is a half-made, half-implemented list that you can shape any way you want. And you can even negotiate as your children grow. It is not taken from any specific manual, but made from respect and common sense. Hope it can help you.
The child has the right to speak freely and his parents to the obligation to educate him to respect other ideas, opinions or decisions that are taken.
The child has the right to freely choose your friends and his parents the obligation to help him discern and prevent his "partners" from hurting him. Right to make mistakes, but also obligation to protect.
Of course the child has the right not to be abused of any kind, sexual, labor, domestic violence, abandonment, lack of education, food, etc. and his parents, the obligation to do what is necessary to protect him.
Everyone, including children and reciprocally parents, have the right to receive the knowledge that allow you to prosper in life. Children also teach. And knowledge is broader than regulated education.
And here is a point that was conflicting in my case: The child has the right to a freely available schedule and to his privacy, and his parents to respect him and to know how he uses his free time.
If you turn it around, you will see that parents have the same rights. And now let's talk about the obligations of children.
Obligations of sons and daughters
It is possible that on some occasion we have heard a child tell their parents that they have an obligation to give them things. That they, the children, did not ask them to come to this world. So they have the right, and it is true, to be fed, dressed ... but not to give them everything and consent. So let's say that the first obligation of the children is, not to ask.
Most parents want their children to have self-confidence, their own abilities to solve their problems. For this you have to practice obedience and learn to live together. Negotiate. Develop human virtues and values. These include responsibilities, family and social obligations.
The civil regulations include the Obligation of children to take care of their parents and direct relatives. In the same way that they helped them in their youth, to grow up and prosper. But beyond what the legal system may indicate and, saving all possible casuistry, the greatest obligation is the respect. Respect for the sons and daughters to recognize in the parents those who raised them with the utmost love and to the extent of their possibilities.
Obligations and rights of children before society
La 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child It is the first international instrument, legally binding on individuals and states, which incorporated the full range of human rights for children.
Boys and girls have the right, vis-à-vis their parents and the rest of society, to non-discrimination, to dedication to the best interests of the child, right to life, survival and development and respect for points of view, including those related to health care, education, and the provision of legal, civil, and social services. Participation in the family are basic rights.
So parents have the first obligation to enforce and fulfill these rights.