Our view of children

Billund is the Capital of Children. Here, children learn through play and become creative global citizens.
This is our vision, and it guides our work.

A child perspective expresses how we see and engage with children, as well as how we, as an organization and as professionals, involve children in shaping both their immediate and local world and a larger, shared world.

Our child perspective is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. We are committed to fostering social sustainability in our projects—respecting both the temporary and the timeless across generations.

We appreciate that children are different and approach creation with playfulness, creativity, and curiosity—producing something of value that we could not have created alone. Therefore, we believe that:

Children are equal human beings with unequal starting points.

Children are experts in their own lives.

Children have the resources to act responsibly and help shape their own lives and the society they live in.

Children develop and learn through social relationships and interactions with the world around them.

Children depend on adults, and adults depend on children.