Life before 2008 01 Nov 2005 08:19 am
John Holt quote:
We can sum up very quickly what people need to teach their own
children. First of all, they have to like them, enjoy their company,
their physical presence, their energy, foolishness, and passion. They
have to enjoy all their talk and questions, and enjoy equally trying
to answer those questions. They have to think of their children as
friends, indeed very close friends, have to feel happier when they are
near and miss them when they are away. They have to trust them as
people, respect their fragile dignity, treat them with courtesy, take
them seriously. They have to feel in their own hearts some of their
children’s wonder, curiosity, and excitement about the world. But that
is about all that parents need.
