Philosophy About Children

I have been thinking about the topic that I should talk and give exhortation about for this project. I contemplated and even planned to read some books and articles for me to give my critique to but due to some focal and professional issues and constraints on my part, I made this last-minute decision on just coming up with my own philosophy in life and in education, a field of which I am currently involved and intend to be for as long as I live.

I am a teacher of younger children. When you say young they are those who are still in the bracket of early childhood. I have been with them for the past three years and to tell you honestly, those three years have not been so easy but very fulfilling. I have seen some facets of myself that if I had not been given the chance to work with them, would have not surfaced.

My previous jobs entailed me to work with adults and some children as well and they were fine. I did not have a hard time. But I was already exposed to younger children before for I had an experience mingling with some who happened to be my cousin's pupils in the public school and also I had my volunteer work in a our local Day Care center before. I found out during those times that I had my way with kids. Even to this day.

In my previous school, the first formal school that I worked for, I handled Grade 5 pupils and they were not really a handful lot. It was easy to interact with them let alone give them instructions. I could just leave them on their own and I would just facilitate the classroom. Though there were episodes of behavioral problems, still I was able to manage them. Yet, something would stir up inside me whenever I would see the younger lot, those who belonged to Preschool up to Grades 1 and 2. But I did not see myself teaching them. I thought it was difficult. But my coordinator back then kept on telling me that come the next school year, she would place me in the lower levels for I really showed my ways with little kids. I did not believe it at first for it was not what I really wanted to believe maybe because I was too scared to go out of my comfort zone. But God had His other plans. He placed me in the institution I am in right now, put me in the lower level, touched my heart to love what I am doing and the rest, they say is history.

So what am I trying to say right now? What philosophy I came up with? Of course, it is about something that is closest to my heart. A belief that could really touch my heart. My belief about children. My philosophy about children.

I believe that children have a mind of their own. That we cannot fool them. That they are thinking and analytical beings endowed by God with functioning brains. That we should not underestimate the power of the children's mind. That we should not sugarcoat truth with them. They already know the truth in fact before we knew it. That if we would only listen to them carefully, if we would only take the time to know their thoughts and their opinions, we would realize that they are sensible and sometimes more conscientious than us, adults.

I believe that children need to be listened to, need not be underestimated. Children have to be respected and to be given time to express more of themselves, to be given opportunity to see the other side of humanity.


My philosophy basically stands on the premise of respect and time to be given to little children. Respect in a way that their opinions are to be given value and let them speak their minds not really to their heart's content but with a certain degree of consideration for others. My philosophy is that we, adults should take the time to just simply let them know and feel that someone really listens, someone really cares for them. Children somehow should be treated as our equal in loving, respectful and considerate ways.

I am blessed that I am given this sublime calling to teach and be involved with the young ones of our generation. I am grateful that I am given the chance to listen and to know what is really going on in a child's world. I am overjoyed for I am able to see and help mold the future generation we will have. I have learned already from the adults around me. I am thankful for I am given chance by God to do things differently with those little children.