兒童與生俱來有著不同的才能，是我們最珍貴的財產；但他們最終發展得好與壞就視乎我們怎樣培育他們了。潛能若得以充分發揮，兒童可以成為對社會有貢獻、有承擔的英才，是社會的財富。然而，假若兒童在成長路上稍有差錯，正常的發展被扼殺，他們的一生將可被完全改寫而白白浪費掉，成為社會的負擔。這從日益嚴重的青少年犯罪、吸毒、輟學、自殺等問題上可見一斑。

Children are born with different talents and are our greatest treasures. But whether they really become so depends on how we nurture them. They could develop to become productive and constructive citizens as well as elites in all walks of life and be our most valuable assets if we allow them to develop their own potentials. But on the contrary, they could also become our liabilities if we stifle their normal development. A wrong turn in childhood might, indeed, tell a different story of wasted life, as shown in the rising rate of delinquency, drug addiction, school drop-outs, suicide and other forms of undesirable development.