What is the most important thing that we need to teach children? by Delia

 Seattle Municipal Archives

Important experiences in your childhood shape you as a person, so I think we should teach children the importance of sharing, the community involvment and the value of truth.

Sharing is the first thing they have to learn. When I was 13, one night when I was in my bed the phone rang. It was a friend of mine. She told me that she was in the street because she had forgotten her keys and she couldn't get into her house. I told her to come on and we shared my bed. Since then she has been my best friend.

In addition, we should teach them that they should help other people. Since I was a child I've always collected the clothes that I have outgrown and I put it in a container for used clothes. My mum has always told me that we must help poor people because in the future we may also need help.

Finally, children have to know that they must tell the truth always. When I was 8, I missed class one day because I had a terrible headache. The following day I told my teacher that I hadn't gone to school because I had been ill. Three of my classmates told her the same. It was not true, they had not been ill, and she didn't believe me. I felt very sad because I was telling the truth.

In conclussion, I think we should teach children to became good people.