What we need to learn from our children

A long time ago, children were sent to school only at the age of five. Today, we enroll children in nursery schools when they are even just two and a half years old. Until children turn five, we must show them only love. We shouldn’t obstruct their freedom in any way. They must be able to play as they wish. All we have to do is pay attention to their safety—protect them from fire or wandering into ponds. No matter how mischievous they may get, we must only show them love. Even when we point out their wrongdoing, we must do it with extreme love. Just as they lived protected in their mother’s womb for nine months, for the first five years after their birth, they must remain protected in another womb—a womb of love. But, today, this is not the situation. In the name of education, we pu