Children Learn What They Live

• Renee Wilcock, Grade 6, Avondale Primary School
• Poetry
• 2001

3rd in the 'Believe It Or Not 2001' competition

If a child lives with fairness
She learns to co-operate.

If a child lives with kindness
She learns to share.

If a child lives with money
She learns to be greedy.

If a child lives with love
She learns to care.

If a child lives with rejection
She learns to be shy.

If a child lives with abuse
She learns to withdraw herself.

If a child lives with poverty
She learns to share.