Friendship

The­se are so valuable becau­se they are still com­ple­te­ly unaf­fec­ted by ever­y­thing that often plays an important role in the adult world: Bene­fit — what do I get out of my rela­ti­onship with a par­ti­cu­lar person?

Child­ren make fri­ends becau­se they are on the same wave­length with ano­ther child. Becau­se they give and recei­ve app­re­cia­ti­on, atten­ti­on and empa­thy. Fri­end­ship in the true sen­se of the word is a clo­se moral bond. The bene­fits are not important. One has the same atti­tu­de, the same opi­ni­on, the same view on many topics.
As dif­fe­rent as one may be on the out­side. Child­ren do not eva­lua­te peo­p­le as ratio­nal­ly as adults. This is about a first self-cho­sen emo­tio­nal con­nec­tion. And some­ti­mes one is lucky enough to have such a sand­pit fri­end­ship throug­hout one’s life. The­re is hard­ly any­thing more pre­cious. The level of under­stan­ding, trust and relia­bi­li­ty that such a fri­end­ship brings with it is some­thing that other­wi­se has to be sought for a long time in life. That’s why par­ents and nan­nies should sup­port and encou­ra­ge true fri­end­ships that are based on mutuality.