وتردّ هذه المادة تحديداً على الكثير من الانتقادات الموجهة إلى الاتفاقية.
State obligation to realize the right to survival, life and development also highlights the need to give careful attention to sexuality as well as to the behaviours and lifestyle of children, even if they do not conform to the society's determination of what is acceptable under prevailing cultural norms for a particular age group.