STRESSING ON VALUES

IT’S not easy in today’s world for children to be children with teachers and parents mounting pressure on them to excel. In light of this Matt Robertson’s advice to children at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival that they are special in their own little way, is noteworthy (‘You don’t have to have superpowers to be special’, April 21, The Gulf Today).

‘Just by being kind and helping your brother, sister or friend, you can be super,’ he said. That’s exactly what a child needs to know. And the rest will follow. Sushma Naik Dubai