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Why Children Cry
(1) In one household, every evening the children would whine, cry, and then get beaten by their mother. As a result, they cried even more loudly until they finally fell asleep. What could be the reason for their crying? It was the pain of hunger. The mother usually began cooking quite late. The children spent…
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Children Learning to Walk
A young child gradually learns to stand and then begins to walk, taking one small step at a time. The mother delights in this achievement. Everyone in the household admires it. “Look, the baby has started walking!” they exclaim, encouraging the child. The child, too, walks with enthusiasm. It loses balance and falls, gets up…
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Infancy
(Speech delivered on December 23, 1951, at the Kamgar Sabha program, aimed at mill workers and other labourers, broadcast from All India Radio, Mumbai. Translated from the original Marathi ‘Shaishava’.) Friends, Children up to two years of age are called infants. From two to six or seven years, they are considered young children. At first,…
