I AM THE CHILD

I am the child.
All the world waits for my coming.
All the earth watches with interest to see what I shall become.
Civilization hangs in the balance,
For what I am, the world of tomorrow will be.

I am the child.
I have come into your world, about which I know nothing.
Why I came I know not;
How I came I know not.
I am curious, I am interested.

I am the child.
You hold in your hand my destiny.
You determine, largely, whether I shall succeed or fail.
Give me, I pray you, those things that make for happiness
Train me, I beg you, that I may be a blessing to the world.

-from "Child's Appeal", Mamie Gene Cole
HEAD START- Touching Children, Reaching Families