In A Child-Centered Civilization, Laura Gutman shows how to restore lost social balance.
Civilization long ago lost touch with its true nature. We were created to create a spontaneous bond with the environment, with enough respect and balance to live in harmony. However, today we are completely lost. We create unnecessary wars, violence, abuse, disease, and succumb to anguish. Laura Gutman, author of the bestseller *Motherhood and the Encounter with One's Own Shadow*, shows in *A Child-Centered Civilization * how this can be changed.
Gutman never fails to emphasize that the changes necessary to create a new context of love and support depend on each of us. So, specifically, what can we do? We can and should turn to children, the most reliable guide. It's about reclaiming the "original path," returning to the source, to the root. And the roots of knowledge and of humanity itself are children. Children who already exist, those yet to be born, and those we once were.
Laura Gutman starts from the premise that children are born in balance with themselves and arrive on earth without language, culture, value judgments, prejudices, or fear. They simply want to develop in harmony with others. Therefore, for a society to be truly balanced, harmonious, respectful, supportive, and beneficial to all, it must be child-centered. In other words, organized according to the needs of children, making life easier and happier for them.
In A Child-Centered Civilization , the author presents concrete proposals for creating this society, always focused on the original well-being of human beings. To this end, Gutman emphasizes the importance of early bonds—respectful and loving relationships between adults and children.
A child-centered civilization seeks to strengthen trust in each child's instinctual nature, thus restoring common sense, joy, and prosperity. And, above all, restoring the capacity to love others.
