United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20th each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
“Children need models rather than critics.” ― Joseph Joubert
“Even if people are still very young, they shouldn’t be prevented from saying what they think.” ― Anne Frank
“To every child – I dream of a world where you can laugh, dance, sing, learn, live in peace and be happy.” ― Malala Yousafzai
“Children are living beings – more living than grown-up people who have built shells of habit around themselves. Therefore it is absolutely necessary for their mental health and development that they should not have mere schools for their lessons, but a world whose guiding spirit is personal love.”― Rabindranath Tagore
“Children make you want to start life over.” ― Muhammad Ali
“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.” ― Oscar Wilde
“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.” ― Robert A. Heinlein
“The soul is healed by being with children.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky
