Question:“On what to do with a child”
On what to do with a child
A child does not remember the place. A child remembers whether you were there. A place where you walk hand in hand is better than an expensive one.
Three descend. When the child stops, stop too. That is the whole itinerary.
- The zooThings the child can name are alive and moving.
- A picnic in the parkWith one blanket, a child invents a whole day of games.
- The libraryA book the child chose, read on your lap, is the whole of that day.
Achilles learned the lyre, the healing herbs and running from the centaur Chiron.