Green Party on Families & Children Party Platform

Support personal responsibility; teach dispute resolution

• PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY should be encouraged by finding ways to help support parents in their efforts to help support their children as more families confront economic conditions demanding a greater deal of time be spent away from home. Parents should be as involved as possible in their children’s education; values do start with parents.
• STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY is also key to developing intrinsic capabilities. Greens hold strongly to empowerment of individuals; therefore, we support each student recognizing their own personal responsibility: to strive to achieve their fullest potential as an individual.
• We call for the teaching of non-violent conflict resolution at all levels of education.
• Dispute resolution is an important part of resolving classroom or after-school disputes, and a life skill that all children should learn.