23 A National Program for Child-Rearing Dr Shinichi Suzuki stantly guide so that every child in his area will grow properly and beauƟfully, and protect all children as part of the responsibility of the state unƟl age five or six. I would love this to be implemented as soon as possible throughout the world. The human formaƟon between age zero and five is crucial for fostering a beauƟful heart and developing outstanding sensibility and ability. Babies are a wonder: they can grow with a wolflike heart if raised by wolves. Depending upon how they are raised, there is no limit as to what beauƟful heart they can grow with. Now that it is clear to us that neither the heart, the senses, nor ability are inborn, the naƟonal childraising program from birth is certainly the most important state policy which should be implemented for creaƟng the new era of the human race. I hearƟly urge you members of the United NaƟons to make efforts so that the day will come when naƟonal child-raising programs from birth will be pracƟced in various countries of the world. Herein lies the development of a new world of the human race. With this belief, I am pursuing the "The dawn of the world comes with children" - this, I think, is the biggest project assigned to today's mankind. I learned over thirty years ago that ability is a maƩer of physiology or physiology of the brain. Every child in the world is a beauƟful existence: all develop while acquiring the great ability- to speak their mother tongue fluently by the Ɵme they are four or five. Every child in the Stone Age, raised by parents of that age, grew with the inferior ability of that age. This is what "Man is the child of the environment" means. Kamala, the Indian girl raised by wolves, grew as a wolf girl, while acquiring wolfish mind, senses, and habits. Every baby has the beauƟful funcƟoning of life which enables it to develop in any direcƟon, with goodness, evil, beauty, or ugliness. Ability is not inborn. For this reason, I have been advocaƟng my age-old dream: realizaƟon of "NaƟonal programs for child-raising from birth" throughout the world. The program should involve training childraising advisors, who will be placed in every city, town, and village of the country. Each advisor will have a locality. When a birth is reported, the advisor will offer congratulaƟons in place of the state, start counselling on the daily care of the baby from that day on, and give the family necessary materials. He will go around observing the growth of babies and advise parents. He will constantly guide so that every child in his area will grow properly and beauƟfully, and protect all children as part of the responsibility of the state unƟl age five or six. I would love this to be implemented as soon as possible throughout the world. The human formaƟon between age zero and five is crucial for fostering a beauƟful heart and developing outstanding sensibility and ability. Babies are a wonder: they can grow with a wolflike heart if raised by wolves. Depending upon how they are raised, there is no limit as to what beauƟful heart they can grow with. Now that it is clear to us that neither the heart, the senses, nor ability are inborn, the naƟonal childraising program from birth is certainly the most important state policy which should be implemented for creaƟng the new era of the human race. I hearƟly urge you members of the United NaƟons to make efforts so that the day will come when naƟonal child-raising programs from birth will be pracƟced in various countries of the world. Herein lies the development of a new world of the human race. With this belief, I am pursuing the "The dawn of the world comes with children" - this, I think, is the biggest project assigned to today's mankind. When I spoke the above, everyone stood in ovaƟon. However, it is not easily put into pracƟce. I am making efforts to spread this appeal to the world so that the dream will be realized as soon as possible. First published in Talent EducaƟon Journal no. 75
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