Educational Psychotherapy

The child has the right to love. ( Korczak: "Love the child, not just your own.") The child has the right to respect. ( Korczak: "Let us demand respect for shining eyes, smooth foreheads, youthful effort and confidence, Why should dulled eyes, a wrinkled brow, untidy gray hair, or tired resignation command greater respect?") The child has the right to optimal conditions in which to grow and develop. ( Korczak: "We demand: do away with hunger, cold, dampness, stench, overcrowding, overpopulation . ") The child has the right to live in the present. ( Korczak: "Children are not people of tomorrow; they are people today.") The child has the right to be himself or herself. ( Korczak: "A child is not a lottery ticket, marked to win the main prize.") The child has the right to make mistakes. ( Korczak: "There are no more fools among children than among adults.") The child has the right to fail. ( Korczak: "We renoun...