【正文】 justice of his claims, what has never been in dispute is that children have certain inalienable rights, and the gradual erosion of those rights has led to scores of children worldwide being denied the joys and security of childhood.
　　i would therefore like to propose tonight that we install in every home a childrenamp。s the parents as well. for the more we cultivate littleadults in kidsamp。s greatest experts.
　　ours is a generation that has witnessed the abrogation of the parentchild covenant. psychologists are publishing libraries of books detailing the destructive effects of denying oneamp。此資料由網(wǎng)絡(luò)收集而來，如有侵權(quán)請告知上傳者立即刪除。39。39。quot。quot。quot。ndash。ndash。39。quot。39。ndash。39。quot。ndash。39。39。quot。39。quot。39。39。ndash。39。39。39。39。39。ndash。ndash。39。quot。quot。ndash。39。ndash。39。s a universal calamity, a global catastrophe. childhood has bee the great casualty of modernday living. all around us we are producing scores of kids who have not had the joy, who have not been accorded the right, who have not been allowed the freedom, or knowing what itamp。 wealth, success, fancy clothing and fancy cars, but an aching emptiness on the inside. that cavity in our chests, that barrenness at our core, that void in our centre is the place where the heart once beat and which love once occupied.
　　and itamp。s most precious legacy, its richest bequest, its golden inheritance. and it is a treasure that is handed down from one generation to another. previous ages may not have had the wealth we enjoy. their houses may have lacked electricity, and they squeezed their many kids into small homes without central heating. but those homes had no darkness, nor were they cold. they were lit bright with the glow of love and they were warmed snugly by the very heat of the human heart. parents, undistracted by the lust for luxury and status, accorded their children primacy in their lives.
　　as you all know, our two countries broke from each other over what thomas jefferson referred to as amp。 (even if you have a face that only a mother could love).
　　friends, the foundation of all human knowledge, the beginning of human consciousness, must be that each and every one of us is an object of love. before you know if you have red hair or brown, before you know if you are black or white, before you know of what religion you are a part, you have to know that you are loved.
　　about twelve years ago, when i was just about to start my bad tour, a little boy came with his parents to visit me at home in california. he was dying of cancer and he told me how much he loved my music and me. his parents told me that he wasnamp。you are gonna give it to me?amp。when you e to the show i want to see you in this jacket and in this gloveamp。t leave it alone.
　　if you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can he dealt with. a professor may degrade you, but you will not feel degraded, a boss may crush you, but you will not be crushed, a corporate gladiator might vanquish you, but you will still triumph. how could any of them truly prevail in pulling you down? for you know that you are an object worthy of love. the rest is just packaging.
　　but if you donamp。 399 kids will be arrested for drug abuse, 1,352 babies will be born to teen mothers. this is happening in one of the richest, most developed countries in the history of the world.
　　yes, in my country there is an epidemic of violence that parallels no other industrialized nation. these are the ways young people in america express their hurt and their anger. but donamp。 to recreate the parent/child bond, renew its promise and light the way forward for all the beautiful children who are destined one day to walk this earth.
　　but since this is my first public lecture, and you have so warmly weled me into your hearts, i feel that i want to tell you more. we each have our own story, and in that sense statistics can bee personal.
　　they say that parenting is like dancing. you take one step, your child takes another. i have discovered that getting parents to rededicate themselves to their children is only half the story. the other half is preparing the children to reaccept their parents.
　　when i was very young i remember that we had this crazy mutt of a dog named amp。t know with what. but whatever it was, it was enough to suc