By using as reference the theoretical field of Conflict Resolution and the debate presented by Michael Foucault in Discipline and Punishment, this dissertation aims at verifying the relationship between the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration program (DDR) developed by the UN and the former child soldiers’ perceptions about their transition to civilian life in postarmed conflict. It is estimated that at the present time there are over 300.000 children participating in armed conflicts around the world. In face of the child soldier problem, the challenge is therefore how to reverse the effects of the child soldiering, and, in doing so restore children’s future. The Child DDR is considered today the most satisfactory tool to attend the needs of former child soldiers and ensure their return to a civilian life. Ensuring the former child soldiers’ safe transition to civilian life is one of the key steps in the process of peace-building, since we are dealing with a group that serves as a vital engine of the new wars. It is argued that Child DDR is an instrument in potential. In theory, the program indeed has the resources that can contribute to a successful transition of former child soldiers to civilian life. However, the UN adoption of one specific notion of childhood as a pattern, which is not necessarily appropriate to different societies, reduces the Child DDR program s chances of success. Thus, through the analysis of 86 testimonies of former child soldiers, this research aims at identifying whether the desires, frustrations and fears raised by these demobilized youths are answered or not by the Child DDR program.