Rights and Responsibilities 1

Question 1

What does the term ‘right’ mean?

Answer 1

Something we are all entitled to

these are sometimes referred to as freedom

Question 2

What does the term ‘responsibility’ mean?

Answer 2

Your duty or expected to do

Question 3

Explain how a right differs from a responsibility?

Answer 3

Rights protect us

Responsibilities control what we do

Question 4

Moral right and example

Answer 4

What we expect from others in certain situation

E.g. We expect our parents to look after us if we are ill

Question 5

Moral responsibility and example

Answer 5

What we should do to support other in certain situations

E.g. We should help our parent keep the house tidy

Question 6

Legal right and example

Answer 6

What we can do according to the laws of the land

E.g. Everyone has the right to go to public place such as parks, hotels and restaurants

Question 7

Legal responsibility and example

Answer 7

What we are responsible for according to the laws of the land

E.g. Employers have the responsibility to make sure their workplace is free from discrimination and harassment.

Question 8

Rights at birth

Answer 8

• Have a passport

* Open a bank account with an adult

Question 9

Rights at 14

Answer 9

• Got to bar and order soft drinks
• Legally responsible for any crime that you commit (10+)
• Can get fine for a maximum of £1,000

Question 10

Rights at 16

Answer 10

• Have sex, as long as your parent is also 16+

* Apply for legal aid to help defend or prosecute a case in court

Question 11

Rights at 18

Answer 11

• Vote in local and general election
• Have a tattoo
• Make a will
• Stand for election as a MP, local councillor or Mayor

Question 12

What is ‘parental responsibility’?

Answer 12

The rights and responsibilities that parents have towards their children
• Duty to care for their child and the power to make all the appropriate decisions over his or her upbringing.
• Care for children’s physical, moral and emotional needs

Question 13

An example of a legal right parent has

Answer 13

• Select a name for the child
• Spend time with the child
• Allowing the father to sign and birth register or apply parental responsibility

Question 14

Give an example of what parents are legally responsible for.

Answer 14

• Protection
• Support and care
• Guidance and discipline
• Health care
• Education

Question 15

At what age does a parent cease to be responsible for a child?

Answer 15

18