Children's Rights and the Philosophy of Childhood: A Generational Dialogue

The philosophy of childhood is still a young science area. Human being is childhood and adulthood and requires communication, a dialogue. The dialogue philosophy offers an integrative basis in the interdisciplinary context of psychology, biology, pedagogy, sociology, law and religion: •What is childhood? •Which natural law does a child have? •Who carries the responsibility for a child? •Which stages of childhood development can be differentiated in dialogue philosophy? •What means the generation concept for childhood and adulthood? •What is the basic thesis of education? •Which myth (fairy tale) was paved the way for our state constitution? •Which parenting conflict remains unsolvable? •What fundamental rights are missing in the United Nations Convention on the rights of child? •Which rights and duties can be deduced from the self-understanding of nature? Towards adulthood being a child means a weaker position and the risk of abuse. In the childhood-philosophical sense, an answer to the risks of being a child and the best possible protection of the child is required. The legal foundation is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. But we do not reach the children with laws. It takes more than just dialogue and parental care. There are controversial arguments in politics and science. The author finds clear answers.

Werner Boesen, geb. 1955, Dipl.-Kfm., verh., 5 Kinder, erlebte früh den Verlust der Eltern, die Jugend verbrachte er in Pflegefamilien. Sein Studium ergänzte er mit Erkenntnissen aus Soziologie, Psychologie und Philosophie. Nach 40 Berufsjahren, überwiegend bei der SAP SE, hilft er nun Menschen bei gravierendem Verlust wie Tod und zu frühe Trennung der Eltern. Sein weiterer Schwerpunkt sind Kinderrechte und Kindheitsphilosophie auf der Basis des Generationendialogs Eltern-Kind im Sinne eines statischen und dynamischen Kindheitsverständnisses.