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I feel it's vital
for young people

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to be involved in decisions
about their lives.

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And I feel that they won't
be able to make decisions

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as adults if they don't have
the experience of being involved

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in decisions, even about
the most basic things.

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Like deciding what to wear,
right up to what school

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they go to.

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And, yeah, those big
decisions that adolescents

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and young adults make.

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I think that--
well, first of all,

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I think the biggest
challenge, you know,

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to have all these strategies
to make them to participate.

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But of course is the biggest,
the most important thing, you

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know, is like, empower
them to make decisions

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about what is good.

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What they want to do, what
they don't want to do.

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But I think that our
responsibilities,

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as adults and people
who work in care,

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is to provide them
those options, you know.

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And I think that the
most important thing

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is to talk about real
child participation.

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Children themselves know
best about what they want,

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what they need.

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And this is very important for
the protection of their rights,

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but as well as their
security and the sense

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of pride and
comfort, self-esteem.

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They need to be
heard, as we know

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from the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, article

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12, depending on the
majority, I mean,

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depending on the
level of maturity.

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Their age.

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They need to be heard.

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Participation for
the young people,

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the children, this
very important.

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It is their voice, it is
their emotion and spirit.

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Of course.

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That is one of their rights.

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They must be participants
in their life journey,

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be able to put their plans
into effect in the best way

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possible.

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And obviously
their participation

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is vital in that process.

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Always.

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Absolutely.

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It is essential to take the
opinion of the boys and girls

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into account.

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In all processes that are
related to their lives,

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especially if it deals
with a measure that

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will involve them
leaving their homes,

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or one of the modes
of alternative care.

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