20/03/2026
We should teach children simple, precious things from an early age: that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west; that if you stretch your right hand toward the east, your face faces north and your back remains facing south.
We should tell them that the water in a river always has one direction: the one that leads it to the sea. That the moon also follows its path, rising in the east and setting in the west.
And that, on moonless nights, there is a special star ready to guide those who know how to look at the sky: the North Star, the one that indicates north and also tells the observer's latitude.
The lower you see it on the horizon, the closer you are to the equator.
It would also be nice to teach them how to read the sea and the sky: knowing that if a bird appears in the middle of the ocean, land is probably not far away, precisely in the direction it is flying.
But above all, we should teach something that is more valuable than any notion: respect and love for animals, trees, the earth, and all the elements that make life possible.
All this should be explained before giving them a cell phone. Because phones run out of battery, the network sometimes drops, and the signal comes and goes. Wisdom, however, remains, accompanies children throughout their lives and never loses signal.
Perhaps the true connection we should protect is precisely this: the one between children and the world around them. If they learn to listen to the earth, the wind, and the sky, they will never be truly disconnected.
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