Confucius said, ‘Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand.’ But how do we deal with the children’s perspective in our programmes and what is more effective? Sometimes we adopt a top down approach and sometimes we have the children make the shows by themselves for themselves. How much should be presented by adults and how much should instead be presented by the children? Are all children’s perspectives appropriate? In this session we give you examples from five different countries on how the TV makers include the voices of young children in their programmes.
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