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Children constitute 39% of the population of India which is quite a major bulk and there is a lot of aspiration and hope to make this country a developed one in coming future. They are our future human resources and therefore getting them ready to face the challenges ahead is one of the visions of the country as a whole. The present study focuses on ensuring each child his/her rights to use the maximum potentialities to thrive. As per the mandate of United Nations Convention of Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the identification of the child rights is required. Then only the visibility of violation of child rights in families will be clear. Parents being the first custodian of the child and family play an important role in understanding child rights and promote to practice child friendly rearing style. The objectives of this current research are to internalize and sensitize the child rights congregated with rights based counseling approach in enhancing the child�s strengths. In this light, the case study of a girl child is discussed. Parental involvement in maintaining child rights and the implication of rights based counseling approach brought positive changes and improved self-esteem, confidence, positivity, self acceptance, self respect and resilience in the child. Child rights being part of human rights need to be understood and to be exercised by each child irrespective of class, caste, race, religion, region etc .and genuine care and commitment are solicited from both micro and macro levels to function for the best interest of the children.