Broadening the life course framework: the implications of the Charter for the Rights of Children yet to be Conceived proposed by First 1000 Days Australia

Abstract

AbstractThis article examines the unique propositions within the ‘Charter for the Rights of Children yet to be Conceived’ posited by First 1000 Days Australia. It argues that the Charter's pioneering focus on preconception conditions significantly broadens the life‐course framework for early childhood, challenging traditional rights frameworks that typically commence at birth. The Charter's tenets, their implications, and their relation to international rights frameworks are also discussed. The Charter for the Rights of Children yet to be Conceived expands the landscape within which family therapists can explore not just cultural inclusivity, but an inclusion of imagining what sort of world, future, and family we want for children yet to be conceived; and what we imagine these children would want from us for this to be achieved.