ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the proposition of intergenerational equality of interests as a policy yardstick. It focuses on transparency – a recognition of interdependence and the conflicts that arise. The chapter provides a clear governmental response to the issues, and moots a fuller endorsement of international rights perspectives to achieve this. It also focuses on two of the issues – poverty and the lifecycle, and education. Combating social inequality is a core governmental function undertaken for humanitarian reasons and to preserve the social fabric and cohesion of the state. In broaching the relationship between child and family policies, the question arises as to how these endeavours should spread across the population age span. Throughout the dynamic interplay in education between child welfare and parental engagement one can detect a significant failure on the part of the government to accord sufficient space to children's views. The child's perspective is absent from school choice and receives scant recognition in school governance.
