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Choice in Children: Whose Responsibility Is It, Really?
Choice in children is a tender and often misunderstood subject. Children are not miniature adults, and their capacity to carry responsibility is still forming. In moving away from authority, we may be slipping into the other extreme, leaving children alone with decisions they are not yet ready to hold. Perhaps the question is not how soon children can choose for themselves, but how consciously adults are willing to choose for them, until they are truly ready.
Sumana Sethuraman
Feb 62 min read


The Hidden Hunger in Every Child and How Head Heart Hands Education Responds to It
As human beings, we are all seeking to find ourselves, and this search begins quietly in childhood. Children may not articulate it, but it lives within them as a natural hunger, often expressed through curiosity. When education meets this curiosity with meaning and lived experience, learning becomes alive. When reduced to information alone, this hunger remains unmet. This reflection explores that hidden hunger and how Head Heart Hands education responds to it.
Sumana Sethuraman
Jan 281 min read


What Should Children Become When They Grow Up? A New Way to Think About It.
A lot of children grow up believing that they must become something when they grow up. A doctor. A pilot. A filmmaker. An athlete. A chef. And almost always, the “something” they must become is a profession . We encourage children to dream, yes, but so often the dream we hand to them is a narrow, pre-defined one. Become successful in this. Become great in that. As though what children should become when they grow up is a fixed, predetermined answer. This morning, at 5:30 a
Sumana Sethuraman
Nov 16, 20254 min read


A Lesson on Warmth: The Role of Scientific Thinking in Relationships
Observing before concluding isn’t just for science—it’s a life skill that can lead to fewer misunderstandings and stronger connections.
Sumana Sethuraman
Aug 22, 20243 min read


What it Means to be a Partner, Parent, Educator, and Adult. What it Means to be Human.
In a world brimming with wisdom found in books, theories, and programs discussing healthy relationships, parenting, and education, I’m...
Sumana Sethuraman
Nov 4, 20236 min read


Nurturing the Will: Empowering Children for a Life of Purpose
Rudolf Steiner, a proponent of education based on anthroposophy (the wisdom of the human being), put forth the idea of the three-fold...
Sumana Sethuraman
Jul 1, 20237 min read
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