I remember that overwhelming feeling of leaving the hospital with my first daughter. My husband and I looked at each other like ‘now what?’ They’re just going to let us take her? What if we don’t know what to do?! … Continue reading
“1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to education, and with a view to achieving this right progressively and on the basis of equal opportunity, they shall, in particular: (a) Make primary education compulsory and available free to … Continue reading
She picks up the wet sand in her chubby hands and slowly lets it drop. Watching intently. Feeling the wet gritty texture. Seeing how far she can throw it. She is totally absorbed in play. I watch her, out of … Continue reading
“We have a cultural notion that if children were not engineered, if we did not manipulate them, they would grow up as beasts in the field. This is the wildest fallacy in the world.” – Joseph Chilton Pearce If you … Continue reading