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A right to a vacation: Why children need a vacation

With or without the family: fun and variety are good for everyone.

(Bild: stock.adobe.com - Robert Kneschke)

Summer, sun, vacation: No, the days off don't just structure the year. They have a deeper meaning: they support our children in their development. And: children and young people even have a right to vacations.

"The Convention on the Rights of the Child already states that children and young people have a right to free time and active recreation," says Viennese child and youth advocate Dunja Gharwal. "These aspects are important for children's well-being and personal development." And very much so.