A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Other species help children develop empathy.
The mind of a child is no less vagrant than his steps; it pursues the gossamer and flies from object to object, lawless and unconfined, and it is equally necessary to the development of his frame that his thoughts and his body should be free from fetters.
True contentment comes with empathy.
When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.
A child's mind is its living room; it's is going to be residing there for the rest of its earthly existence.
During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions.
Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.
I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world.
Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'
A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.
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