Whilst reading around a current assignment , I found this wonderful quote by Janusz Korczak 22 July 1878 - August 7, 1942.
"If we are constantly astonished at the child’s perceptiveness, it means that we do not take them seriously."
Exploring some of Korczak's life and work, was very interesting and tragically sad. If anyone watches or has watched he BBC 'Who do you think you are' programme and cast their mind back to the Jane Seymour episode, this forms a dramatic and terrifying backdrop to the period where Korczak was working as the director of an orphanage in Warsaw.
Like Jacqueline Wilson,a modern day contemporary, Korczak wrote many childrens stories where he introduced adult concepts and ideas to prepare young readers for the dilemmas and difficulties of real adult life.
I knew nothing of Korczak until today, I found this quote and several of his others insightful, perhaps with a deal of relevance today, as when they were written - I thought I'd share
