الأطفال عادةً يكرهون الخمول، لذا فكلّ العناية ينبغي أن تنصبّ على أن تُشغَل نزعتهم النشيطة باستمرار بما ينفعهم.

“Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them”John Locke — Some thoughts on education and an essay on the consequences of the lowering of interest and raising the value of money