I looked at the religious gifts available to children. There wasn't much available. What do you give a kid - a rosary, a statue?

The clock is ticking for a significant number of children in the southeastern part of Ethiopia who are already under life-threatening conditions.

The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they are tyrants, ignore natural gifts and say that children must learn through the same process that they learned by. We insist upon forced mental feeding and our lessons

"When counting our gifts, God has given us. We always need to include our children." ~Tom Baker

If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life

Janice Robinson, who contributes Christmas gifts for the children that the center works with, is a friend of mine for many years. She told me that they were having trouble raising funds this year because everyone was contributing to Hurricane Katrina relief.