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If I ruled the world
What would children do if they ruled the word? We asked
15 year-old Jade Allyce Mullen, one of the children involved in
our Rochdale project.
‘If I ruled the world I would like amount of money which they and I’d make all those
everyone to be equal. There deserved from the amount of dying receive everything Prayer
are too many differences in work they do instead of giving they needed to help them
the world, too many views and footballers thousands of survive and I’d give those
Father of love,
Son of Justice,
worries. I would like people to pounds weekly when some who are grieving the support
Spirit of forgiveness,
be able to go anywhere in the people wouldn't be able to they needed to cope with give us the grace to make your
world they wished with no earn that amount in a year! I’d their loss.
presence known to children caught
possibility of being hurt, want prices of goods to be
in the vicious circle of fear and harm
no fear or crime surrounding reasonable and not too pricey Basically, if I ruled the world
so that they and all your children
may be free.
them. We constantly hear like the majority of items that I would like it to be fairer and
Amen.
of people being stabbed are sold in Britain today, I’d safer, but most importantly I’d
or shot. If I ruled the want everybody to have a make everyone understand
world I’d like everyone to house which they can go people’s individuality because
understand one another’s home to at night and I’d like too much of our time in life
belief, style, disability people to be able to support is spent judging and labelling
and respect everybody’s their families and enjoy life to people we don't even know! If
individuality to help save the full giving them precious these prayers were answered
innocent lives being lost. memories! I’d stomp out all our world would be a better
I’d want everyone to earn an forms of cruelty to children world, the perfect world!’
Archive: dumb bells and drills
‘
I think what all children need for a good life
is lots of sport to keep them fit and well
We’ve seen how important of physical fitness. Out ’
.
9-year-old boy (Good Childhood Evidence)
exercise is in helping to make a went the monotony of the
good childhood. Throughout compulsory drill and in came
our history, we’ve always ‘spontaneous exercise’. Team
encouraged the children we’ve games like football, cricket and
worked with to do some form leapfrog now became the best
of fitness. In the 1900s when form of keeping healthy and
this picture was taken, drills making friends. Today, our
were a popular form of exercise projects are still using some of
in our children’s homes. In the these games not only to keep
1930s, the Board of Education fit but also to promote good
released a report that relationships between children
emphasised the importance and their families.
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