Freeedom of speech is an American constitutional right. We, as citizens of the United States of America, are able to exercise this priveldge...but what about the children? The Cambridge Ma., Juvenile Court and Probate and Family Court Systems, do not allow children to be heard and or physically identified by a clerk magistrate or judge! The majority of these cases are open care & protection cases w/ childrens services or child custody cases. This violation of civil rights regarding our children, is archaic and unconstitutional. This petition is proposing a clause be put in effect, that any child involved in a care & protection case w/ childrens services, or, any child or children involved in a parental or state custody case be 1) Physically identified by a clerk magistrate and or judge. 2) Parent and or parent, if not present @ the time,are to be notifed immediately. 2) The parent will then present proper picture identification of themselves. 3) The parent will then present documentation of their parentage of the child: birth certificate, social security number, hospital, city, and state of birth. 4) The child and or children will be allowed, per the consent of the birth parent and or birth parents, their constitutional and civil right to speak and or testify, to a clerk magistrate and or judge of juristiction.