论童年在人生中的位置

童年是人生的根本,这是“儿童本位”得以支撑的基础。童年拥有丰富的天性资源。成人是童年资源的继承人、受益人。从个体发展来看,长大成人是儿童成长的目的。但从老子等人“复归于婴儿”的主张看,人生的目的是童年的复归,童年依然是人生的最终目的。从种系进化来看,童年是一种自然目的。童年资源是人的全部生活和整个文明大厦的根基。不只是儿童教育应当坚守“儿童本位”,文明的进步和提升也需要坚守“儿童本位”。人类社会和文化只有坚守“儿童本位”,才有可能实现马克思之“人性复归”的理想社会。
Childhood is the root of life, which is the basis supporting the principle of “child-centeredness”. Childhood has abundant resource of human nature. The adult is the successor as well as the beneficiary to the childhood resource. From the point of individual development, becoming adult is the end of children’s growth. But from the idea of “returning to the baby”, the end of life is the return of childhood; that is say, childhood is the ultimate goal of life. From the perspective of human evolution, the child is a natural end. Childhood resource is the foundation of life and civilization. Not only the children’s education should stick to the principle of “child-centeredness”, the progress of civilization also needs to stick to this principle so as to return to human nature as envisioned by Karl Marx