Picture this: you’re walking in a garden with your child. You reach a quiet spot, pause, and your little one begins to gaze out. Their tiny fingers are wrapped around your hand, their eyes wide, full of wonder. Maybe they’re watching the squirrels darting across the grass, or following the flight of a bird that so easily escapes the chaos below. In that moment, their mind is free, curious, and unburdened.

And then we interrupt.
“Look at that bridge!” we say. “See how many cars are going across? Can you spot the toll gate?”Without meaning to, we start directing their thoughts—telling them what to see, what to focus on, what to think. We pull them away from their own world and drag them into ours, filled with traffic, order, and limits.

But can we ever really know what’s going on in another person’s mind? Even after years of knowing someone, we can’t dictate their thoughts. With children, though, we often forget this truth. They don’t protest. They trust us completely. And that trust makes it so easy for us to unknowingly clip the wings of their imagination.

Children see what we no longer see. They notice the cat waiting patiently by the path, or the way sunlight dances on a leaf. Their eyes are fresh, their thoughts unrestricted, their imagination boundless. And yet, when we tell them what to think, we begin to replace that magic with our own limitations.

At Navriti, we believe a child’s mind deserves freedom. We don’t force children to think in a certain way or push them into ready-made boxes. Instead, we give them space to follow their curiosity, to ask questions, to create connections in ways that make sense to them. Because every child has a unique way of seeing the world—just as unique as their fingerprint.

And if we can pause long enough, resist the urge to interrupt, and simply stand beside them, maybe we too can see the world through their eyes—full of wonder, possibility, and hope.