@drpveerman.bsky.social - Philip Veerman

17 Sep 2026 13:49 +0000

The spotlight in this BBC-article is on the territory won by the Houthi's, but another issue is shown. It can be seen clearly in the photo: Houthi's are using children as soldiers in hostilities. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v4zgzr1kxo

31 Aug 2026 14:04 +0000

With schools reopening in Ukraine on September 1, children face a shortage of books. According to the BBC, Russia has bombed 35 printing presses and publishing houses. Ukrainian schoolbooks are vital to the country’s national identity. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5v8qmy64o#google_vignette

27 Aug 2026 07:30 +0000

Last week Meta was in court after four US states claimed $1.4 trillion in damages. They accuse Meta of making children addicted to social media and harming their mental health, putting profit before healthy child development. If this hypothesis is true, we should be grateful to the four states.

26 Aug 2026 13:30 +0000

It is 150 years ago that Eglantyne Jebb was born. She inspired the 1923 Geneva Declaration, the first international statement that children have rights, adopted by the League of Nations in 1924. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/obituaries/eglantyne-jebb-overlooked.html

17 Aug 2026 12:46 +0000

On March 25 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution by Ghana (A/RES/80/250) declaring chattel enslavement to be the worst crime possible. Special attention should be given to the history of child-slaves. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

13 Aug 2026 08:56 +0000

I live in The Hague and I hope to see the Taliban leader here in the International Criminal Court (arrest warrants for large scale discrimination have been issued). Education is such a basic right. Forbidding girls to go to school is also not clever, because it prevents Afghanistan to develop. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

11 Aug 2026 10:04 +0000

We don't need conspiracy theories in the work of psychologists and psychiatrists. It is already difficult enough. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

11 Aug 2026 07:12 +0000

A landmark case for children's rights. That Meta's platforms cause psychological harm to children is now not something only we psychologists say, but what has been proven in court. Making children addicted to these platforms helps to create gigantic profits and is a form of child exploitation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

29 Jul 2026 13:33 +0000

In an interview (on July 6) on CNN with Dana Bash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that violence in the West Bank has only been committed by a group of 150 juvenile delinquents. If this is true, where are the interventions by the police and prevention-activities by social workers? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

29 Jul 2026 09:52 +0000

These young people are locked up for most of the day, due to staff shortages. If we measure up the Dutch facilities against international standards such as the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (adopted in 1990) the Netherlands gets bad marks. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

29 Jul 2026 09:52 +0000

Jeugdgevangenissen noemen wij eufemistisch ‘justitiële jeugdinrichtingen’. Maar 'jeugdgevangenis' is helaas meer toepasselijk, zo blijkt opnieuw uit de recente interventie van de kinderombudsman. Door personeelsgebrek zitten jongeren bijna de gehele dag opgesloten op cel. https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2624679-te-weinig-onderwijs-22-uur-op-cel-jeugdgevangenissen-schenden-kinderrechten

24 Jul 2026 07:44 +0000

France banning <15s to use social media is an attempt to protect childen from radicalisation, pornography, etc., but it is overreach, too paternalistic and takes away several rights (right to play, to information and expressing views). I do not read an attempt to consult young people. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/07/21/france-set-to-pass-eu-first-ban-on-social-media-for-under-15s_6755681_7.html