Anne Sullivan - It's a great mistake, I think,...

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things.

Anne Sullivan

American Educator

Born: Apr 14, 1866

Died: Oct 20, 1936

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Great, Parenting, Mistake, Think, About, Observation, Excite, Put, Know, Powers, Nonsense, Off, Falsehoods, Discrimination, Children, Them, Growing, Things, Desire

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