October every year is observed as National Children's Month (NCM) in our country pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 267 issued on September 30, 1993. The celebration seeks to emphasize the importance of the role of the child within the Filipino family and in nation building. It also supports Section 13, Article II , of the Philippine Constitution, which recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation building and mandates the promotion and protection of their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being by instilling in them the values of patriotism and nationalism, among others, as well as encouraging in public and civic affairs.
Children's rights are the human rights of children with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier." Children's rights includes their right to association with both parents, human identity as well as the basic needs for physical protection, food, universal state-paid education, health care, and criminal laws appropriate for the age and development of the child, equal protection of the child's civil rights, and freedom from discrimination. The field of children's rights spans the fields of law, politics, religion, and morality.
Stop the abuses. All of us are God's children. We don't have the rights to hurt them. They should be loved and cared the way they deserve it. They hold our future.
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