Opinion: Editor's view

Nursery World, 17 April 2008

Consultation with children is often no more than lip service. You need to work hard to get true participation.

Local authorities and service providers now have a legal duty to consult with children. All well and good - the benefits of children and young people being involved in their provision are surely unquestionable. Yet consultation is not a simple process, especially with very young children. Despite some very good work done in this area, you sense that too much of what happens is tokenistic, little more sophisticated than 'we asked them what they wanted' or with photos that are no...

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