Children bring us a sense of intimacy which cannot be replicated in adult relationships. . . . Being attentive to physical comfort..., hurt feelings, the ability to play with total concentration and joy . . . the nakedness of childhood preoccupations helps us to keep in touch with ourselves, with the child imprisoned within each adult.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That children link us with the future is hardly news. . . . When we participate in the growth of children, a sense of wonder must ...take hold of us, providing for us a sense of future. Without the intimation of concrete individual futures, it is hardly worth bothering with social change and improvement.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »