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Every entity would have their acceptable behaviors and not acceptable behaviors and the children's homes are no different.  JJ Act doesn't prescribe what is acceptable/ not acceptable behavior but expects the institution to orient and train the child of their rules (sub-rule (M)(1) of rule (69) of JJ rules 2016) Having said this, JJ rules (2016) do prescribe the possible specific actions, a child care institution can engage in, in case of violation of rule(s) that constitute to be 'unacceptable behavior'.  Sub rules (1) and (2) of rule N of JJ rules 2016 states the following: N. Manner of dealing with unacceptable behavior:-  (1) The action taken shall be commensurate with the nature and degree of violation and the age of the child and may be any of the following:  (i) formal warning;  (ii) assignment of house-keeping tasks;  (iii) imposition writing i.e. writing a number of times that he shall not repeat the behavior; and  (iv) forfeiture of

All of us want to be loved and more so by our own loved ones.  One of the acceptable norms for a child growing up in a child care institution (CCI) to grow up in a balanced way is to allow him/ her to  have access to his family members to visit but how many times should the childcare institution allow such visits?

If you run a child care institution in India, by now, you may have heard of a phrase " Individual Child Care Plan (ICCP) " but do you know what it is?  It is a requirement under the JJ Act to comply with such a care plan.  

There are 16 fundamental principles in the Juvenile & Justice Act (JJ Act).   Principle of Positive measures : All resources are to be mobilized including those of family and community, for promoting the well-being, facilitating development of identity and providing an inclusive and enabling environment, to reduce vulnerabilities of children and the need for intervention under this Act.

Over the last 20 years, child care approach has evolved tremendously in India towards ‘rights based’ approach, thanks to the enactment of Juvenile and Justice Act (JJ Act).   If you’re running a child care institution and not following a rights based approach, you may be violating some of the fundamental rights and/ or fundamental principles of JJ act.

We've developed so many logos for ‘Kinderite’ but somehow we were not happy with any of them.   We  don’t even remember where and how this thought about this new logo came about but it dawned on us like this: