Runa

“Noticing the potential message in children's behaviors and responding appropriately and respectfully is our aim. Reflecting upon Becky's enclosing and tying-up of her toys, it is clear that she needed the freedom to safely express herself without judgment and for an adult to interact and not interfere. Many adults seek to control children's play or stop them if they see a child playing in ways they deem inappropriate.”
― Cath Arnold, Schemas in the Early Years

“The main institutions in an established democracy no longer seem to work for the people. The man in the street is thinking: nothing is ever going to change, and if that's the case, you disinvest in the society around you and look elsewhere for purpose. Once you get that level of distrust, it's pretty clear where people will turn to get some kind of solace...the internet.”
― Olivia Yallop, Break the Internet: The Truth About Influencers

“There is a secret about the scientific method which every scientist knows and takes as a matter of course, but which the layman does not know...The secret is this: Science cannot utter a single word about the individual molecule, thing, or creature in so far as it is an individual, but only in so far as it is like other individuals.”
― Walker Percy

“Since the subject I most wish to learn is the children, I must concentrate on this play, for they will teach me who they are by the fantasies they explore.”
― Vivian Gussin Paley