Aspiration #10 Aspiration 10: African children’s views matter. By 2020, States – • should have adopted national legislation to institutionalise and formalise a process to involve children in parliamentary processes and in the operation of child-specific institutions; • should have considered the views of children and young people in the monitoring and accountability of all laws, policies and programmes affecting children. • Should have adopted a nation-wide parenting education program to educate parents how to involve a child in a family decision-making process on all matters concerning the child, to grant a child the opportunity to ask questions and how to give due weight to such views based on the child’s maturity and evolving capacity By 2040, States – • At the family level, a culture of inclusive participation is established, a child is involved in all family decision-making processes on matters concerning him or her, parents are aware that any decision arrived at must be in the best interest of the child. By 2020, the African Children’s Committee – • should have considered the views of children and young people in the monitoring and accountability of implementation of the Charter; • should have developed and implemented platforms for children to participate in the monitoring of this Agenda. 57