The importance of teaching to the heart of children

Michael Pritchard, Humanist & Child Advocate, explains the power of teaching to the hearts of children, and not just to their brains
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The importance of teaching to the heart of children

One of the great gifts I've had over the years is knowing quotes and using those brain-like torpedoes to send to the hearts of children. Not to the brain, the hearts of children. Hurt people hurt people. Shared pain is shared divided. I is illness. We is wellness. You don't have to blow someone else's candle out to make yours shine brighter. Those kind of quotes that kids get are so important and urgent to train their brain. Why does that work? I always ask myself. I know everywhere you go in the world, a kid goes, what comes around goes around. I teach them the good you do will come back to you, the bad you do will be sad for you, but the good you do will come back to you. How do I know it works? I'm in San Francisco. There's a big fire truck coming by. I haven't seen these kids since the first grade when I was teaching them that, and the fire engine's going by, and it's like you can hear it echoing off the canyons of downtown San Francisco. And this is two big yoked up firemen that I had when they were little boys. And they're standing head and shoulders over everybody in Chinatown. And they go, hey, Mr. Pritchard. The good you do will come back to you. That's how you know. It embeds in their spirit, not just their heart. You want it in their character. You want it embedded in their character, so they remember it and call it up. Because then you've taught them to be leaders as well. And it works everywhere. And you can hear the echoes in the spirit.



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