Children Learn What They Live

In 1999, artist Jack Wright created a series of nine giant frost nails, a type of nail used to attach shire horses’ shoes in icy conditions. Based on the idea of a horse-shoe as a traditional good luck symbol, the nails also evoke rooftops and homes rising from the ground. 

"Nailing Home" is part of the Radcliffe Cluster of the Irwell Sculpture Trail.
I've seen the nails so many times but had never stopped to have a look. I didn't know that each of the nine nails features a line of poetry quoting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. A Google search brought up the complete poem.

Poem for today:
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
- Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.