For more than a hundred thousand years, homo sapiens has been striving to give life meaning. Until he decided to settle.
Since then, mankind has searched for a life and a meaning after death. Something most children have not been able to understand, for they continued to live in the here and now.
In the 21st century, the most urgent question of children and youth seems to be: "Is there a (meaningful) life advancing death?"
For the great inventions, cultural advancements and scientific achievements – and these are many – we often must give thanks to individuals, often even children and youth. Through the support of their families, they had the opportunity to follow their intuition and talent. Without nursery school, day care or school pressure. Approximately 80 percent of public figures (not only within Europe) who made outstanding contributions to culture, science and society were primarily socialized in a familial context.
In the entire industrialized world, we have increasingly ignored and devalued childrens' potentials. As a result, we have created a world, where – for the time-being – as much as 50 percent(!) of children are becoming ill, and many adolescents are literally going crazy.
Worldwide, and especially in the “highly developed” countries, we have almost completely lost sight of the real developmental needs and the essence of childhood. With devastating consequences for culture, business, society and the individual.
