An additional vote for parents? Giving children a voice

What if children could vote earlier? And before that, could they make themselves heard by entrusting their parents with their vote? Professor Neena Modi (Imperial College London, UK) says ‘yes’ and ‘yes’. Listen to the thought-provoking conversation with ADC’s Senior Editor Rachel Agbeko. The two paediatricians discuss the evidence behind these proposals and the role of doctors in the process of giving children a voice. Read the related paper on the Archives of Disease in Childhood website (free for a month): https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2019/05/16/archdischild-2018-316523.

There’s also a letter on this topic. “Age of consent?” is co-authored by a young person, Joseph Brown, as well as co-peer-reviewed by young people: https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2019/09/17/archdischild-2019-318106.