Why Right from the Start ? The
following quotes come from Kate Adie and George Alagiah who, together, launched
Right from the Start:
"We have an affluent society which is educated, has the social ability, educational
research to find out how we grow and develop and it is scandalous that we let so
many young lives go to waste, fail to flower, go wrong and end up stunted, damaging
themselves or perhaps the rest of society... We have got further and further away
from common sense - our innate ability to nurture, to care and eventually to educate
each other. We are nervous of common sense because everything around us has become
more specialised and less personal and human.
Right from the Start touches on what is common to
us all - basic humanity in this very, very pressurised world."
Kate Adie OBE - British Journalist and BBC News Presenter
"Children really are the key to unlocking so much that is wrong in our world ...
We face the loss of innocence - the loss of childhood but more importantly (these
children) will end up the sort of people who will not contribute to society because
they are damaged, abused and betrayed... This is why the rights of the child are
so important... There is a good way in which to be a parent, a good way in which
to bring up children, a good way in which to enjoy and learn from children - and
there are not such good ways. What Right from the Start is striving to do is part
of that goodness.
We need these kinds of books. Bringing up children is the most difficult task of
our lives for which we have no preparation."
George Alagiah OBE - British Journalist and BBC News Presenter
Our work is designed to have an impact where it is needed most. Not just among parents-to-be
and new parents ... but among everyone from midwives to primary school teachers,
and from health visitors to grandparents. It is for everyone
who either cares directly for children, or who cares about the way we treat them
and teach them.
Collaboration and an holistic approach lie at the heart of every
Right from the Start book ... presenting this new knowledge and lost
wisdom ... for all these people ... by all these people.
What also distinguishes Right from the Start is
a clear commitment to making this vital information and help engaging, inspiring
and widely accessible.
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