Importance of Being a Child

Children’s Day is celebrated in India every year on November 14^th to mark the birth anniversary of Padit Jawharlal Nehru. He was the first prime minister of India. He was really fond of children and wanted them to grow, prosper and become strong foundation for India. He was nicknamed as Chacha Nehru by the children. The day is commemorated with immense joy, enthusiasm and happiness in all the educational institutions of India.
Even before Nehru, Jesus Christ loved children. In fact every human being is a child of God. Jesus said, “ Let the little Children come to me.” This day must be celebrated to bring the child within each one of us. Here are some inspiring thoughts that will makes us dear to children and at the same time brings out the child from inside us.

No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. - Emma Goldman

 The best way to make children good is to make them happy. - Oscar WildeWe cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world. – IsadoraDuncan

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained. - Lyman Abbott
A child miseducated is a child lost. - John F. Kennedy

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” - Denis Waitley