Reciprocity, respect and responsibility: The 3rs underlying parent-child relationships in Ghana and the implications for children’s rights

Type Journal Article - International Journal of Children’s Rights
Title Reciprocity, respect and responsibility: The 3rs underlying parent-child relationships in Ghana and the implications for children’s rights
Author(s)
Volume 17
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2009
Page numbers 415-432
URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/chil/2009/00000017/00000003/art00004
Abstract
As families are central to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and children’s rights generally, it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of the ways in which children and adults interact with each other in these spheres. Th us, this paper explores the dynamics of parent-child relationships in Ghana, the fi rst country to ratify the Convention. In particular, it focuses on the three Rs of intergenerational relationships in Ghana – respect, responsibility and reciprocity, which continue to be central to parent-child/adult-child relations, and assesses their implications for the very concept of children’s rights as inalienable and the implementation of the Convention.

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