Episode 12 Listen to the teacher

This episode brings you into the voice of a child making sense of school, friendships, and everyday ups and downs.

Romy introduces herself with confidence. She talks about life in Dublin, what matters in school, and why listening to teachers feels important. You hear how rules are understood from a child’s point of view. Not as abstract ideas, but as real consequences that shape their day.

The story shifts into friendships and small conflicts. A disagreement over nails turns into frustration, then repair, and finally connection. There is honesty in how she describes getting annoyed, walking away, and coming back. You can hear how quickly things break and rebuild at this age.

Moments of joy sit alongside this. A party that felt brilliant. Strong opinions on cake. A mix of humour and curiosity as she tries to figure people out.

This episode captures how children move through emotions, relationships, and learning in real time. There is no filter. You hear the logic, the contradictions, and the growth all at once.

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This project is supported through the Daphne-CHILD programme, a European initiative led by Eurochild and Terre des Hommes and funded by the European Union through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme. The programme supports grassroots organisations across nine European countries that work to prevent violence against children, while ensuring that children themselves participate in shaping solutions.

The campaign will culminate in an advocacy seminar on 15 May 2026 in Dublin, bringing together educators, policymakers, youth organisations and child protection professionals to discuss the key messages emerging from the project and explore how children’s perspectives can better inform policy and practice.

For more information, visit https://listentous.ie.

About the Daphne-CHILD programme
The Daphne-CHILD programme (2024–2027) is a European initiative led by Eurochild and Terre des Hommes and funded by the European Union through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme. It supports grassroots organisations across Europe working to prevent violence against children and strengthen child protection systems through meaningful child participation. More: https://daphne.childhub.org.

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Transcript

Taylor, my name is Romy. I live in the city in Ireland, Dublin. Always be kind and have to (0:06) listen to the teacher. Always listen in case anything ever like goes wrong and if you don't (0:13) listen to the teacher then the teacher might bring it to the office and then it'll be cooked, (0:19) it'll have to be cooked. Put your hands up if you want to say I did someone's nails and she (0:25) didn't like it. No, I got annoyed right so then I left and then I went to a different nail tech (0:30) slash Taylor and she got it wrong but then she got it right and then we just became friends.(0:36) I felt good because like the other nail tech got it wrong. Oh and the party was brilliant. (0:41) Brilliant. I was, I was delighted. I love chocolate or vanilla. I like, yeah I like chocolate. I don't (0:49) like strawberry cake. I get annoyed like but then I realise like it's just probably the first time (0:56) they own it so like, oh she works since 2018 so how old are you like 85, 67?