(Clearwisdom.net) I am the director of a daycare center in Northeast China. As a Falun Dafa practitioner, I put clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings as my top priority in operating the daycare. It is also a good environment to plant the root of compassion in young children’s hearts. I always let everyone know that I am a practitioner who follows the universal principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and that I don't believe in physically punishing children. Instead I use Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to teach them.
There are two classes at the daycare. For kids in the lower class, the teacher tells them stories of traditional Chinese culture, such as “Kong Rong Giving up the Biggest Pear” to teach them to be more selfless and considerate of others. Before nap time, we let them listen to the soothing Dafa music, “Pudu” or “Jishi” first.
The upper class has 40 children from grades one to six. When they are not learning their lessons or studying, the teachers tell the kids stories such as “Di Zi Gui” (or “Standards For Being a Good Student and Child” that was written in the Qing Dynasty) and let them watch prophecy stories or the staged Tiananmen Self-Immolation incident. We teach them to be a good person by following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Every child has quit the Young Pioneers, an affiliated organization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The older kids can recite poems from Hong Yin. They don’t fight with others or say bad words. Instead, our kids are thoughtful, polite, get good grades, and study hard. They also don't mind if they get to watch television or not. They are the type of students that good schools want.
Our kids listen to their parents. Those with bad tempers become kind after coming to our daycare and those who are shy become optimistic. When their parents get into an argument, they will tell them, “You are giving him/her virtue.” Some kids have also persuaded their parents to quit the CCP.
Seeing their kids' changes, the parents are very happy. They introduce more kids to our daycare. Some parents have told me, “The parents who have their kids at other kindergarten schools spend several hundred yuan on medical bills each month. But kids at your daycare center never seem to get sick. Dafa practitioners' daycare center is really good. Thank you very much!” The parents also like to bring gifts for the teachers to show their appreciation. However, all the teachers have kindly told them they can't take the gifts since they are only doing their jobs. I then told the parents, “You should be grateful to Master Li Hongzhi since he is the one who has taught us to do it this way.”
I also distribute the Shen Yun performance VCDs and other truth-clarification materials to the parents. Both the kids and parents are very happy and grateful to receive them.
The miracle of Dafa has been in evidence many times in our daycare. For example, one time in the summer of 2005, the door closed on one child’s finger and the fingernail on his middle finger fell off. His teacher was scared. I had only the thought, “We have Master. We have the Fa. It will be all right.” I put the fingernail back on his finger and asked Master to strengthen me in my mind. Then I took the him to the hospital. He completely recovered in three days. That truly demonstrated the wonderfulness of Dafa.
All the teachers and staff in our daycare center understand the truth. They will also remind me to send righteous thoughts at noon and they do not bother me at that time. Looking back the 12 years that I have run the daycare, it is all due to Master’s benevolent care and help that we are able to make it to today. Thank you, Master!
