Suffer the little children

Terry Hobday shares a personal concern

Then there were brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said: Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19: 13-14 (KJV)

My heart is heavy within me. I have worked with children and young families for nigh on fifty years – first as a specialist teacher of dyslexics and latterly as an environmental therapist. One led to the other.

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