Social Work Day

Thank you to all our social workers in the Northern Cape for their life-saving hard work and dedication to making this world, the country and our province a better place. You are truly changing the world!

According to the Wold Federation of Social Workers:
"Social work is a game changer. Social workers work in communities with people finding positive ways forward in the challenges they face in their lives. They help people build the kind of environments in which they want to live, through co-determination, co-production and social responsibility. Economic health cannot be achieved without social health."

Rights and responsibilities of a children and parents

Children's Act 38 of 2005 

Section 16: Responsibilities of children

Every child has responsibilities appropriate to the child's age and ability towards his or her family, community and the state. 

Section 18: Parental rights and responsibilities
The Children’s Act 38 of 2005 provides that a parent has the following rights and responsibilities towards his/her child:

* to care for a child;
* to keep contact with a child;
* to act as guardian of a child; and
* to contribute to the maintenance of a child.

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Section 19: Parental responsibilities and rights of mothers
The biological mother of a child, whether married or unmarried, has full parental responsibilities and rights in respect of the child.

Section 20: Parental responsibilities and rights of married fathers

The biological father of a child has full parental responsibilities and rights in respect of the child: 
* If he is married to the child’s mother.
* If he was married to the child’s mother at the time of the child’s conception.
* He marries the mother at the time of the child’s birth.
* A marriage takes place at any time between conception and birth.

Section 21: Parental responsibilities and rights of unmarried fathers

The biological father of a child ... acquires full parental responsibilities and rights in respect of his child if he lives with the child's mother in a permanent life-partnership when the child is born.

He also acquires full parental responsibilities and rights if, regardless of whether or not he has ever lived with the child's mother, he consents or successfully applies to be identified as the child's father or pays damages in terms of customary law, and contributes or attempts in good faith to contribute to the child's upbringing and maintenance for a reasonable period. 

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International Literacy Day

The TOP 10 TIPS to get your children to do chores and take responsibility:

When your children are so busy (school and activities), you may not want to give them chores. 

However, kids who succeed in school and in life started doing chores at three to four years of age.

Chores teach skills for life such as learning how to do things well and meeting responsibilities. They also give children a way to contribute to the world.

1.   Support but don’t take over.

2.   Give more perks as children become more mature.
3.   Let them make as many choices as possible.
4.   Teach them what they are supposed to do and how to do it.
5.   Praise the steps along the way, not just when a chore is done.
6.   Notice when they’re doing what they’re supposed to, not just when they aren’t.
7.   Give chores that match their makeup, maturity, and likes.
8.   Set rules and follow through on consequences.
9.   Support them to find an interest where they can give their all.
10. Be positive about doing your chores.

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