Every Kid's Guide to Understanding Human Rights

The Living Skills books are a series of 27 books by award-winning author Joy Berry. Like all of the Joy Berry books, this series stresses individual responsibility. The purpose is to help kids develop into self-sufficient, intelligent, independent thinking young adults. The books in the Joy Berry "classics" have sold over 85 million copies and helped hundreds of thousands of parents and kids over the past twenty years.All human beings have certain rights. Being familiar with what those rights are and understanding how to handle them is an important part of becoming a young adult. In this book Joy Berry discusses the rights that are common to all people and gives advice for handling those rights. Topics include:? the right to be yourself,? the right to be honest,? the right to have your basic needs met,? the right to ask questions and receive honest answers,? the right to think your own thoughts and believe your own beliefs,? the right to make mistakes,? the right to contribute to any decision that affects you,? the right to have your own belongings,? the right to have privacy,? the right to live free from fear,? the right to grow and develop at your own pace, and? the right to defend your rights.