If we correct a child we must do so very gently. We must be his interpreter; this must be our first act of charity to the human being.

When we see the miracle of a child walking, we take no notice because it is a daily occurrence. And yet we correct all his small peccadilloes.

We say that we correct them for their own good, and a great deal of the time we honestly believe it. But it is strange how often what we feel to...

It is tremendously important that we should understand the spontaneous way in which the child develops himself. We are so anxious to help, to us it...