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Thinking about childhood differently. On purpose.
Thinking about childhood differently.
On purpose.
Because how we think about childhood shapes everything. These are the ideas we return to.
Because how we think about childhood shapes everything.
These are the ideas we return to.
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“Our endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. We shouldn’t ask: what does a person need to know or be able to do in order to fit into the existing social order? Instead, we should ask: what lives in each human being, and what can be developed in him or her? Only then will it be possible to direct the new qualities of each emerging generation into society. Then society will become what young people as whole human beings make out of the existing social conditions.”
“Our endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. We shouldn’t ask: what does a person need to know or be able to do in order to fit into the existing social order? Instead, we should ask: what lives in each human being, and what can be developed in him or her? Only then will it be possible to direct the new qualities of each emerging generation into society. Then society will become what young people as whole human beings make out of the existing social conditions.”
Rudolf Steiner
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“Our endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. We shouldn’t ask: what does a person need to know or be able to do in order to fit into the existing social order? Instead, we should ask: what lives in each human being, and what can be developed in him or her? Only then will it be possible to direct the new qualities of each emerging generation into society. Then society will become what young people as whole human beings make out of the existing social conditions.”
Rudolf Steiner
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Thinking about childhood differently. On purpose.
Because how we think about childhood shapes everything. These are the ideas we return to.