HOLY SEE: SOCIAL SCIENCE ACADEMY, TOWARDS "A NEW GENERATION OF CHILDREN RIGHTS" (2)

” “The Italian sociologist drew attention to the "weakness of the family". "If few children are born – he said – it is because the families have no adequate support systems, from welfare to tax policies". This is why, according to Donati, children rights should also cover the "children rights right to have a family and the healthiest environment, which will strengthen all of their potentials". This is about strengthening "the parental role and therefore the parents’ rights and duties towards their children". In Donati’s opinion, the "new" rules should also stress "the right to life, especially the life of newborn babies" and a "definition of the children’s best interest". Then, Donati announced that the Papal Social Science Academy intends to put forward some "proactive plans" in this sense. As well as the plan to draw up a document on "generational solidarity", an "interdepartmental work group" should also be formed, including the Papal Councils for Laymen, for the family and for Catholic education, to which the Academy is going to give "a number of recommendations". The Academy will see that the new children’s rights will not be developed "in individualistic terms" only, but that they will connect the children’s world with the adults’ world. ” “