ATTITUDES ATTITUDES TOWARDS TOWARDS CHILDRENCHILDREN

What do you imagine when What do you imagine when talking about children?talking about children?

Happiness Innocence Love Joy

A world without …A world without …

- Troubles- Troubles- Worries- Worries- Complications- Complications

In which adults…In which adults…

Usually act as a guideUsually act as a guide Give loveGive love TeachTeach EducateEducate ……

But we usually FORGET that…But we usually FORGET that…

Childhood is not always Childhood is not always easy.easy.

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COULD THIS BE THE TOPIC COULD THIS BE THE TOPIC FOR ANOTHER FOR ANOTHER SPEAKING??SPEAKING??

And so, coming back to OUR real And so, coming back to OUR real situation…situation…

Satisfy all their needs…Satisfy all their needs… Needs or whims?Needs or whims? Satisfy/Oversatisfy?Satisfy/Oversatisfy?

What worries us?What worries us?

Their physical and moral integrityTheir physical and moral integrity Their healthTheir health Their education

0 – 3 Schools0 – 3 Schools

Early interventionEarly intervention

From the very first day…From the very first day…

Special educationSpecial education

Musical EducationMusical Education

New technologiesNew technologies

LanguagesLanguages

And finally, it is supposed that we And finally, it is supposed that we are much worse than the others…are much worse than the others…

Which is the real problem???Which is the real problem???

We don´t have a global and cosmopolitan We don´t have a global and cosmopolitan vision…vision…

but a much more restrictive one…but a much more restrictive one…

““I hope that all of you will be independentI hope that all of you will be independentand creative thinkers, thoughtful and and creative thinkers, thoughtful and

critical… And that you will do exactly critical… And that you will do exactly what I say”what I say”

Non – traditional familiesNon – traditional families

When I approach a child, he When I approach a child, he inspires me two feelings; inspires me two feelings;

tenderness for what he is, tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may and respect for what he may

become.become.

I DO I DO agree…agree…