Children's rights and adults' wrongs

Today’s children are more fortunate in many respects than children of previous generations. Witness the rising numbers who now have access to a bedroom with the characteristics of a mini-‘bed-sit’; television—for many, one of their own—with its wide range of entertainment; computer games for mental recreation; a mobile phone to maintain contact with family and friends at all times and in all places; and a family car or two, providing safe and effortless parent-chauffeured means both of daily travel and for weekend and holiday visits to ever more distant destinations and activities. Many are also able to attend the school their parents consider to be the best available for them rather than the one closest to them.