Children are, in fact, the key to the mystery of man's life on earth.
When man loses his way which starts with childhood or which leads back to it, he loses contact with himself and with his condition as a human being. In extreme situations such as war, symbiosis, terror, ecstasy, failure and success man can only save himself by always keeping children in mind. If childhood is instead denied, man risks becoming alienated and brutalized. Therefore, it is obvious that governments would most decidedly change their policies if children were taken into consideration more. If we listen to children and we respect them without being pretentious or arrogant, we will realize that they contain the essential qualities of mankind.