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Episode 15 What we Learned Together
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This episode is full of imagination, ambition, and a strong sense of who this young voice wants to become.
We hear a child mapping out the future in real time. A guard who helps people and listens when it matters most. A singer ready for the stage. A painter. A dancer. Each idea builds on the last, showing a mind that is open, creative, and full of possibility.
What stands out is not only the range of ambitions, but the values behind them. Being kind, brave, smart, and strong matters as much as any job. Listening is seen as a skill. Helping others is the goal. Even complex ideas like responding to people in distress are understood through empathy and attention.
There are also glimpses of uncertainty. Moments in school where things do not always make sense. But these sit alongside confidence, humour, and a clear belief in growth.
This episode captures how children think about the future. Not in fixed plans, but in layers of identity, values, and imagination.
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This project is supported through the Daphne-CHILD programme, a European initiative led by Eurochild and Terre des Hommes and funded by the European Union through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme. The programme supports grassroots organisations across nine European countries that work to prevent violence against children, while ensuring that children themselves participate in shaping solutions.
The campaign will culminate in an advocacy seminar on 15 May 2026 in Dublin, bringing together educators, policymakers, youth organisations and child protection professionals to discuss the key messages emerging from the project and explore how children’s perspectives can better inform policy and practice.
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About the Daphne-CHILD programme
The Daphne-CHILD programme (2024–2027) is a European initiative led by Eurochild and Terre des Hommes and funded by the European Union through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme. It supports grassroots organisations across Europe working to prevent violence against children and strengthen child protection systems through meaningful child participation. More: https://daphne.childhub.org.
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(0:00) Okay, so let me know, what would you like to be when you're 25? You have a lot of ambitions. (0:06) I want to be a guard. (0:09) You want to be a guard? (0:10) Yeah, I want to be a guard.(0:11) Have you always wanted to be a guard? (0:13) Yeah, not always. I used to always want to be a singer, but I just want to be a guard now. (0:19) But you can also be a singer on the side, couldn't you? You could be a singer on Friday.(0:23) I want to be a good singer. So like, if someone needs me for a show, I can just sing. (0:28) Oh, wow.(0:29) And I want to be, I want to paint good as well. (0:33) You have so many ambitions. You want to be a painter? (0:37) Yeah, I want to be a dancer too.(0:40) Wow, you're going to be so active. You're going to be so busy, aren't you? (0:43) And I want to be kind, smart, brave, friendly, and strong and kind. (0:52) That is amazing. And I think you're a lot of these things already, aren't you? (0:56) I think about myself as a good listener. (0:58) Such an important thing, especially when you're a guard. (1:01) Yeah, because people, when they're like sad and someone gets kidnapped, (1:05) I can just listen to them good.(1:06) You have to make sure you listen so you find the clues, right? (1:11) In school, I'm always like, what am I doing here? I don't know what I'm doing. (1:15) Do you remember we did the play and somebody made the wrong cake and then somebody (1:19) had an allergic reaction? Do you remember that? (1:22) With you and Michelle. (1:23) Yeah, exactly. You'll be a very twinkly star, won't you? (1:27) When you're 25. (1:29) And then you can stick it in your bedroom to remember what you want to be. (1:32) I'll stick it in my parents' room.(1:33) Yeah, they'll be so... What do you think your parents will think about this? (1:37) They'll be happy. (1:39) I know what 42 plus 25 is. (1:42) What? (1:42) Six, seven.