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Children are not children. They are just younger people.

I really look at children as being little people and not necessarily things or people to control.

Whether they hail from different cultures, countries or faiths, children are children.

The human community and individual people are more likely to hurt or undernourish children they think of as 'bodies' to be used. Cultures and people are more likely to raise children to be mere economic interns rather than fully developed humans if they see children as 'bodies' to be forced into certain economic and social molds.

Like children all over the world, by the age of 10 I'd come to believe that most of the really humane creatures were not really human at all.

Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

I think that good parenting should allow children to be children. That naivety and slightly open way of looking at the world is very valuable.

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.