CHILD'S BILL OF RIGHTS
"Children aro not concerned with artificialities; they scorn hypocrisy; they loathe injustice; they are fearless and unafraid; they are not unduly anxious for the morrow; they have a fine candour and simplicity; their most urgent demand is for the truth; and they respond to kindness like a plant to the sun." Such was tho Child's Bill of Rights, stated Miss E. Andrews, president of the New Zealand Women iTeachers' Association, in an address last evening. "When wo have honoured it—we, ■ the teachers; ' you, the parents—when our Eves speak- for us tathor than our tongues," she continued, "wo shall have no need of fears for the future. We ourselves shall have had to learn the most important lesson of life-^self-mastery; and by our example the same self-mastery will become a part of our children's heritage. So when our part is played we shall pass from the stage secure in the knowledge that the destiny of humanity is in safe keeping."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1934, Page 15
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163CHILD'S BILL OF RIGHTS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1934, Page 15
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