Teach the Children Well Our spiritual investment

A book to support the parenting, teaching and education of children, thereby nourishing a more harmonious society

“This book (should be) read far and wide by teachers, would-be teachers, politicians and especially parents.”

Sandy MacGregor

Students Steps to Success

Director of CALM

Research Centre Sydney

True education has a critical mission to play on the planet. Religious life, initially, and nation building, subsequently, were, and still are, the main philosophical platforms from which many of our schools are run and operated. But what if the spiritual life of religious schools were founded on untruths and the desire to indoctrinate children's minds? What if the idea of building strong nationhood means that children are subjected to excessive pressure, inappropriate testing procedures and processes which dampen their spirit and self esteem?

One possibility, to which this book is dedicated, is that human consciousness itself should be the goal of true education, where individuals can grow into freedom and are neither indoctrinated by religious fervour nor conditioned to be a pawn in the game of materialistic nationhood. Schools therefore, should be an appropriate step along the journey of life's learning. They should lay positive foundations for an individual's development of body, soul and spirit, such that individuals can consciously and purposefully contribute to life when adult.