8 Freedom

Freedom with responsibility is the mantra.

When they are not being pushed to learn, they kind of push themselves to learn.
Trust them with their work - intrinsically they want to do it!

They say you can’t put a man guard outside and keep the gun with you. When we give responsibility, we give the child the power to fulfill the responsibility – we give the gun in the guard’s hand. This transaction of power is liberating to the child. It releases resources in the child and child responds with these resources, often, hitherto hidden from us.

When I have the power, I understand it. I learn how to use it and I grow with it.
For example, if you give me the power to decide what to eat, I understand the importance of eating the right food, I learn when to eat, what and how much, and I grow my sense of balancing my eating habits.

"There are no hands so small, that they cannot make a difference in the world"