Parental Pals are passionate parents who believe in open minded education.
Their key elements: a global perspective, playful curiosity, confidence, respect,
good humoured common sense and partner families with a kindred spirit.

They see the benefits of cooperation. Here is where they meet.

How would you know if your mission on earth is accomplished? If you’re alive - it’s not !

Share passion and knowledge,
                       turn differences into benefits !

We need a young generation who will not be doing the mental countdown towards retirement by the time they are in their late forties! We have great admiration for people in their seventies and eighties who have full diaries and have plenty of plans yet to put into action. There is a lot to be said for a life that is a real LIFE until its last day. And not only artists and famous conductors manage to live that way ...

Young people need education for real life and encouragement to be creative.

Sir Ken Robinson makes a profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Why don't we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies -- far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity -- are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences.
A visionary cultural leader, Sir Ken led the British government's 1998 advisory committee on creative and cultural education, a massive inquiry into the significance of creativity in the educational system and the economy, and was knighted in 2003 for his achievements. It’s a twenty-minute talk and it might well save you a lot of time later for having listened to Sir Robinson. Apart from the fact that it’s highly entertaining too ...)

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