Editorial
The courage of the spirit
No one disputes today that we are living in an era of social difficulties, both from a personal as well as a global perspective. [more]
Editorial
Making a friend of time
We mostly experience time as a constraint, an opponent whom we run up against each day: getting up, breakfast, to work, school or kindergarten, shopping, lunch, doctor’s appointment, treatment, hobby, evening meal, house work ... [more]
Editorial
Force majeur?
Force has many faces. It can deprive us of our freedom, but also create something new and bring about change. It always – both in good and evil – crosses boundaries, be it fasting in order quite mundanely to lose a few pounds or with superior intent for divine reward. But it can quickly lose its human face when it is used as a justification and means to bring about an ideal – in extreme form for example in self-chastising bulimia or in a bomb attack. [more]
Editorial
Learning to be social
People first have to learn their social skills. The young child through imitation, the school child through role models, the growing young person through ideals. [more]
Editorial
Who’s actually learning here?
For us, parents and teachers, the wellbeing of our children is the most important thing: that they should be able to develop in accordance with the talents they bring with them, their own individual possibilities – and not in accordance with ours. [more]
Editorial
Refugee streams
Five decades ago, millions of “guest workers” were recruited and contributed significantly to the German economic miracle. I don’t recall them ever representing a threat to the public order. [more]
Editorial
Keeping up
The boom continues unabated: ever more children are looked after for the whole day. Many Waldorf schools and kindergartens are expanding their provision: from after-school care centres, all-day schools, classes which look after the children when school is finished until their parents arrive, core hours care, “little researchers” groups, forest and nature days and solar workshops to sailing trips. [more]
Editorial
Simon’s look
Simon sits on his mother’s lap and is eagerly following what is happening on the stage at the monthly gathering; he watches a eurythmy piece performed by upper school pupils. This is followed by an English poem. At this point he asks quietly: “Mummy, when will the angels come back?” – “What angels?” – “The ones from before, the kings with the lovely clothes.” [more]
Editorial
Speaking role model
Frederick II (1194–1250) wanted to discover the original language of humanity. The following experiment is attributed to him: he gave newborn children to nurses who fed and cared for them but did not speak to them. All the children died. [more]
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