Celebrating Children

Re “Children’s Day,” Ventura County Letters, Nov. 21.

I agree that we need a Children’s Day, but I would go letter writer Anthony L. Pecoraro one further. Nix the national holiday; we should make it International Children’s Day.

As for the correct date for us to recognize and celebrate children, Sept. 2 would be my choice. On that day in 1990, the human rights treaty known as the Convention on the Rights of the Child went into force. That treaty--ratified by every country except Somalia and the United States--enhances the dignity of children and promotes the progressive development of human rights.

The United States could proclaim a national day to celebrate children and their rights, but to do so without first becoming a party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child would be really stupid.

THOMAS PRINDIVILLE

HIGGINS

Ventura